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DOWD: Ayn Rand won’t go away and leave us alone
Rand is blazing back as an icon of the Tea Party, which overlooks her atheism, amorality in romance and vigorous support for abortion.
KRISTOF: Harnessing the power of mockery for change
Sometimes the most powerful force for social change is a bunch of irreverent and wise-cracking students, working together.
BLOW: The rich are sticking it to the poor again
This isn’t about balancing budgets or fiscal discipline or prosperity-for-posterity stewardship. This is open piracy for plutocrats.
DOUTHAT: Obama is laying a middle-class tax trap
Under the president’s plan, we soak the rich in the short term, and then just keep going deeper into the red.
BONIFIELD: Lee Hamilton, free of bumper stickers
The realization was startling. How could someone with such a high profile—a major political figure by any standard—be so nonchalant in weaving across the center line?
FARGO: In defense of controversial e-mail requests
Are they politically motivated? Probably. Do they have the potential to intimidate professors and institutions? Yes. Are they illegal or unethical? No.
LADWIG: The last thing newspapers need is a subsidy
You should know that publishers of the smaller community newspapers, specialty papers and media systems throughout the nation were outperforming the big shots until the recession, their closeness to their readerships saving them from the hubris of advocacy.
WAGNER: Pointers for those moments in the trenches
If you’re extremely lucky, your political adversary will have hired young, inexperienced staffers who telegraph their boss’s next moves on Twitter and Facebook.
MAHERN: Finger the elephant, mayoral candidates
Talking about education in a mayor’s race will only upset the adults who are the system’s primary beneficiaries—administrators and teachers.
KRULL: The weird election for Indianapolis mayor
Indianapolis now has a mayor who fades into the background. He is the mayor we still do not know.
HOWEY: Let’s count who might run for Congress
The most interesting will come in the new 6th congressional district that just about everyone expects to be vacated by U.S. Rep. Mike Pence for a 2012 gubernatorial run.
MYERS: A boardwalk view of medicinal marijuana
Carnival barkers hustle you into the “doctor’s office,” where virtually any diagnosis leads to a “prescription” for the FDA-unapproved “Sour Diesel.”
MUTZ: Indiana should pioneer ‘no adult left behind’
Indiana needs its own version of the G.I. Bill aimed at the undereducated. We should formulate a targeted program that is designed so that no adult is left behind.
One-third in Indianapolis use cellphones only
Estimates released Wednesday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that 33.5 percent of adults in Indianapolis, which encompasses Marion County, use cellphones and lack traditional wired telephones.
State’s top anti-smoking agency could be abolished
Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, formed in 2001 and funded by money from a settlement with the tobacco industry, may be consolidated into the state Department of Health as a budget-cutting measure.
Murder suspect apprehended
Indianapolis police say a suspect wanted in connection with a north-side murder earlier this week has been arrested. Security officers at Community North Hospital recognized 21-year-old Christopher Woods and were able to apprehend him Tuesday night following a short chase. Woods faces charges of murder and possession of a firearm without a permit. He is accused of fatally shooting 21-year-old Sparkle Majors on Monday at an apartment in the 1700 block of Century Circle.
Capitol Police officers investigated
Indiana State Police have launched a formal investigation of two former Capitol Police officers over allegations that they “intruded” on personal property at the governor's mansion at 46th and Meridian streets in Indianapolis. The officers had been assigned to provide security at the residence but have since resigned. The names of the officers have not been released. Once complete, the investigation will be turned over to the Marion County Prosecutor's Office for review.
Student stabbed on bus
A Warren Central High School student was stabbed in the back Wednesday morning while on the bus to school. According to police, the victim provided information that helped them track down a suspect after he ran off the bus. The victim was taken to the hospital in unknown condition. Witnesses say the victim tried to break up a fight over an alleged home break-in.
Bill would shift tax appeals in property owners’ favor
A bill expected to be heard Wednesday in the Indiana House would give property owners appealing the assessed value of their homes or buildings more clout in the fight.