Shawn Christ: Protecting businesses from liability would be shameful
Senate Bill 1 would deny a day in court to workers and consumers whose sickness or death from the virus was caused by the negligence of a corporation.
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Should the Legislature shield companies from lawsuits related to COVID-19? That’s the Forefront debate question this week. Plus, columns about marijuana, education and President Trump’s culpability in the violence at the Capitol.
Mark Messmer: Businesses need COVID-19 immunity to fully recover
This immunity does not apply if the party engages in gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
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Jennifer Wagner: Pandemic offers opportunity to rethink regulations
Starting a career in a profession like cosmetology can be a way out of poverty. … But the barrier to entry is more than $10,000. That’s a pretty expensive ticket to pursue the American Dream.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: State lawmakers need to get on the pot (sort of)
A lot of states waited until after they legalized pot to come up with rules. Indiana can be ahead of the game.
Dr. Richard Feldman: Increasing cigarette tax would make Indiana healthier
Will we finally increase the cigarette tax this legislative session? It would be big medicine for Indiana’s health and economics.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Ensuring Hoosier children can read should be 2021 goal
Let’s apply the same sense of urgency to ensuring students learn to read as we have to producing a coronavirus vaccine.
Una Osili: Pandemic can be catalyst to reimagine society
The COVID-19 recession has not only exacerbated high levels of inequality, it has also reinforced widening racial and social divisions.
Brad Rateike: Exiting gracefully is as important as first impression
Crafting and executing a successful exit plan is less instinctive than trying to make a strong first impression. However … just because it is calculated does not necessarily make it insincere.
Jim Shella: Trump’s legacy inspires us to reject the truth
Politicians no longer shade the truth. They reject it and they encourage us to reject it, too.
Riley Parr: Republicans must present ideas in next four years
It’s not enough to poke holes in the Democrats’ agenda. Republicans must have ideas of their own, and the ideas must be rooted in free enterprise, liberty, opportunity and growth.
Michael Leppert: Government exists for the governed, not the governors
All the things Vice President Mike Pence has done since he attached himself to the worst president ever were obviously done for Pence himself.
Shariq Siddiqui: Politicians must find common ground to move forward
Common ground does not mean slowing things down until the next election. Common ground means finding incremental solutions to fast-track into public policy before the next election.
Deborah Daniels: Sad to see Brooks leave a polarized Congress
As I watch some in Congress pursue destructive goals that threaten our democratic ideals and institutions … I am very sorry to see that institution lose someone like Brooks.
Curt Smith: After narrow leads, Democrats must cooperate
The voices these so-called leaders ignore are not easily dismissed as rancor from the right. This half of the Great Divide desires and deserves a voice in these deliberations.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Politicians’ words can inspire destruction
Every member of the Indiana delegation should now acknowledge that Biden is our next president and Harris our next vice president. … Their priority should be about saving lives, not preserving power.
Marshawn Wolley: Like the tea party, Trumpism will die
Perhaps recognizing the issues related to racial-threat anxiety and addressing the economic anxieties of poor white people could create a political herd mentality.
Dana Black: Indiana Republicans should have been truth-tellers
Inadequate elected Republicans had the opportunity to be … the voices of reason and truth-tellers of an election with no fraud before the destruction in our nation’s Capitol ensued.
Pierre Atlas: Elected leaders incited insurrection and terrorism
Trump and his minions have “blood on their hands.”
Dana Black: Indiana Democrats must stay in the fight
As Democrats, it is our job to magnify the concerns of the people while concurrently offering tangible solutions.
Pierre Atlas: Republicans are playing a dangerous game
My fear is that their inflammatory—and knowingly false—rhetoric could incite right-wing extremist groups or lone wolves to commit acts of political violence.
Brad Rateike: Let’s add some flexibility into our holiday schedules
Instead of spouses fighting over which side of the family to see, you could have multiple options.
Marshawn Wolley: Black business owners need to have voices heard
All business owners are problem-solvers, and Black business owners are no different.