WINSTON: Put Madam Walker on the Cultural Trail
We don’t need a statue of a slave to remind us of our history.
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KETZENBERGER: Driving into the past to find the future
It’s a timely reminder to ignore those who would rather hunker down, avoid risk and ride out the economic storm.
WOUDENBERG: Hands off my health savings account
Unfortunately, Obama’s solution for uninsured young people, rather than to educate and promote this great option, is to use that fact to justify imposing federal health insurance on everyone and to penalize those who don’t buy into the federal program.
KINGSOLVER: Do something about spiraling college costs
For leaders across our state to contribute to putting a college diploma out of reach for those who need it most is a social injustice.
BOEHM: Criminal sentencing laws due for reform
We do have the benefit of thoughtful study, if not completely reliable data, to support some basic reform that will save the state money and produce a fairer and more productive criminal justice system.
SHELLA: Why Hinkle needs to get out of politics
Never mind that Conan got the title wrong. He was right about the voting record and, most important, he got a laugh.
DAVIS: How Gregg can take the state up a notch
For Indiana to prosper, we need interesting work that provides value to the world.
We’re rebalancing, not losing our way
In response to “Congress let us down across the board” [Doran Moreland column in the Aug. 22 Forefront], has the author considered that the sharp divide in Congress might have something to do with the trillions of dollars at stake?
WHITE: Republicans should ease restrictions on busy voters
I believe flexible and convenient voting options encourage voter participation, which stimulates turnout.
DIETRICK: Satellite voting isn’t better, and it’s too expensive
Satellite voting, a type of “convenience voting,” does not enhance citizen participation and might actually hurt voter turnout.
KRUGMAN: The specious myth of Perry’s Texas miracle
What Texas shows is that a state offering cheap labor and, less important, weak regulation can attract jobs from other states.
MORELAND: Congress let us down across the board
We are witnessing antics from neophyte legislators who prefer symbolism over responsible governance.
SWAYZE: Fix the chaos Murphy Brown unleashed
It is time we start to look at these issues as a whole: Broken families are costing us dearly in both dollars and struggling lives.
VANE: Don’t miss out on the calling of politics
It is easy to focus on the scandals and the politicians who fall gracelessly from grace. But for every one of them, the ones we’d like to forget, there is a Richard Lugar or an Andy Jacobs whose service to this country we should never forget.
LADWIG: Bring the spirit of Lincoln back to Indiana
Is that our position? Stand there confident that the inscrutable workings of a free market will restore our failing towns? Pretty much.
MAHERN: Look how far our society has progressed
In these 30-some pages of advertising, there are photographs of 30 different individuals. Not one is African-American.
FARGO: Investigating a court record? Good luck
It might take a big chunk of the 21st century for the state to catch up to the 21st century.
MYERS: Another opportunity to ban killer tobacco
Yes, for me this is personal. My father, Woodrow Sr., died of lung cancer caused by cigarettes. So did his brother Rufus. So did his brother Alphonso. So did his brother Joseph.
FERGUSON: Indiana governors are not underpowered
Indeed, an astute governor who wants to push the boundaries of executive power can simply do so when legislators are looking the other way. While they are literally out of town.
STYRING: Abort the foolish new-terrain path for I-69
Even with the money already sunk in new terrain, I-70/U.S. 41 is the superior option.