Deborah Daniels: Too many key federal positions remain unfilled
The country is suffering from inefficiency on the right and intransigence on the left.
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DEBORAH DANIELS: Indy should be hands-down winner in Amazon HQ2 race
My question is not whether we are a player, but why any of the other finalist cities even have a chance at this prize.
DANIELS: With Amazon, we shouldn’t sell ourselves short
Our humility may serve us well, if we can just avoid the strong temptation to undersell ourselves.
Daniels: Changing gymnastics to protect children
Athletes must have a safe reporting channel. And above all, they must be believed.
DANIELS: CEOs must take lead in sex harassment policies
Having policies against harassment is useless without a commitment to enforcing those policies.
DANIELS: Lugar deserves all the accolades he’s receiving
We are all better off because Dick Lugar has spent his entire adult life serving his fellow citizens.
Daniels: ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ lessons remain vital today
The whole point of the book is to make people uncomfortable as we confront a past that helps to explain a great deal about our present.
Daniels: Keep monuments of past, but add to list of honored
Let us never seek to erase the signs of a past we must remember, in order to avoid repeating our collective sins.
Daniels: Putting speech and violence into perspective
Our country was founded on the right of people—even purveyors of hateful thoughts—to express themselves peacefully.
Daniels: Defending the right to bear arms—with limitations
I agree in concept with John Lott’s “more guns, less crime” theory, based on data indicating that violent crime decreases when states are required to issue gun permits to law-abiding citizens. But I don’t see any need for the general public to own semi-automatic weapons.
DANIELS: Can we wake from this scary era of polarized politics?
People no longer have to hear the voices of those with whom they disagree—and they rarely force themselves to listen.
DANIELS: Minimum-wage-hike proposals aren’t so simple
You can’t increase wages significantly while also erasing the deficit.
DANIELS: Ups and downs in a new DOJ administration
Occasionally, something has happened in the new Justice Department administration to give me pause.
DANIELS: Another in the long list of reasons to fund pre-K
Early brain development is crucial: In just the first two years of a child’s life, neurons in the brain are frantically connecting to achieve the level of cognition necessary to live a successful life.
DANIELS: McClelland right choice to fight opioid epidemic
Jim McClelland will focus on reducing the number of deaths from overdoses, expanding access to evidence-based treatment for those who are addicted, and reducing exposure of Hoosiers to opioids.
DANIELS: Rest in peace, Bill Harvey, a giant in legal community
Dean Harvey was a giant to those of us who had the privilege of learning from him. His lectures were a wealth of valuable information about how law was actually practiced.
DANIELS: Obamacare helps defeat Democrats
Republicans warned in 2010 that a big-government approach based on mandates, excessive regulation and redistribution would be doomed to failure. Yet the Democrats marched on.
DANIELS: This fiscal conservative is voting ‘yes’ on transit tax
We’ve long bemoaned the quality of our bus system; but truth be told, we have failed to invest in it. Other needs, such as public safety, have been viewed as more pressing. At this point, we rank 86th in the country for transit investment per capita out of the 100 largest regions.
DANIELS: Police are pulling back when we need them most
Since 2014, every time a police officer is involved in the shooting of a civilian, the tension increases. We have now reached the point where outrage erupts even in justified shooting situations.
DANIELS: Bad cases make bad law that impacts future efforts
The decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton is understandable but will serve as a defense in other cases where a lesser-known individual is accused of mishandling classified material. So it will now be harder for the government to prevent the leaking of classified information.