SMITH: For some, hating crime in general isn’t enough
The LGBTQ community seeks to politicize the criminal code to elevate its legal status.
The LGBTQ community seeks to politicize the criminal code to elevate its legal status.
Cody Byrns is ready to share with others the lessons mastered.
There is an ethos in this land, something in the very DNA of the nation, that recognizes the strength of saying, “All are welcome as long as you live and let live.”
This new generation of Indiana leaders are more likely to ask ‘why not?’ rather than explain why Congress is not making progress on the nation’s pressing to-do list.”
The church is about far, far more than worship on Sunday morning. It affects whom we elect, how we earn and spend money, and the ways we solve shared problems.
Our aim is to convene the brightest minds in politics and thought to come together to cast a vision for the conservative movement in Indiana.
Some pundits insist we were idiots. But, actually, we won a huge policy victory.
For a burst of bipartisanship-budgeting to have any chance of occurring, let alone succeeding, we need a public with an appetite for change and greater financial frugality.
To keep his seat, Joe Donnelly will need to navigate issues and votes such as the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and reforming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a way that holds his base and left-leaning donors while not offending too many Hoosier voters.
Let me briefly indulge the desire to say, “We told you so.” For decades, pro-family groups like the Indiana Family Institute, Focus on the Family and faith leaders of all types and beliefs have decried the decline of the nuclear family and predicted a harvest of tears.
Now comes the first truly titanic fight of the new Trump/Pence administration: Indiana will be at the center of this battle to confirm a new U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Curtis Hill, running statewide for the first time and as a Republican no less, secured more votes than any candidate in Indiana’s 200-year history.
Policymakers understandably have concerns about e-cigarettes, including whether vaping will attract new customers who are not current smokers. To date, research both here and in Europe suggests this is exceedingly rare.
While Evan Bayh voted to confirm both of President Obama’s nominees, Justices Kagan and Sotomayor, he voted against every Republican nominee. This includes his vote against Chief Justice John Roberts, a fellow Hoosier with a distinguished record and moderate reputation.
Beginning in 2012, the Indiana inheritance tax was first lowered and then repealed for the surviving families of those dying after 2012. This was a victory for the Hoosier citizenry, especially farmers and landowners.
The company must quit bowing to the political correctness of the radical left.
IU took down Smith’s top-ranked North Carolina team in the ’84 tournament, but Dan Dakich dwells on the game that came next.
Among the more mystifying arguments against a constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman is the claim that having such a conversation creates an intolerant tone that hurts Indiana’s business climate. It’s mystifying because as we have respectfully debated this issue, Indiana’s economy improved remarkably.
John Smith, chief financial officer of Bastian Solutions, is a finalist in the private companies (revenue over $100 million) category.