Ball State offers higher-ed aid to Iraq, Afghanistan January 4, 2012 New program is making progress in volatile countries.
Indiana House Democrats stall session over right-to-work bill January 4, 2012 Democrats determined to keep Indiana from becoming the first state in more than a decade to enact right-to-work legislation stymied the beginning of the House session Wednesday and said they planned to stall work indefinitely.
Indiana schools chief Bennett gears up for re-election bid January 4, 2012 String of controversial reforms draw campaign contributions, ire of opponents.
MEREDITH: Let’s not be so quick to abandon schools in peril January 4, 2012 The state is failing our schools and then punishing the very schools that carry the heaviest burden.
HARRIS: Takeover threats have a way of moving the needle January 4, 2012 With the state continuing to apply pressure on districts to improve student achievement, it’s time for bold new ideas.
FRIEDMAN: We’re out of Iraq, but will pluralism root? January 4, 2012 Now every other Arab democracy movement is trying to replicate it—without a U.S. midwife.
SOWELL: Focus on the future instead of Newt’s past January 4, 2012 We have to play the hand we were dealt.
STOSSEL: The corporate perspective on Obamacare January 4, 2012 When countries move to a government-funded system, taxes rise to crushing levels, as they have in Europe.
NOCERA: OPEC, NCAA aren’t all that different January 4, 2012 The NCAA’s real role is to oversee the collusion of university athletic departments.
CAMPBELL: Taking in the enormity of the Super Bowl January 4, 2012 There is but one event that all of America sits down to experience together.
KINGSOLVER: College students need tax holiday for books January 4, 2012 A clear disparity exists between Indiana’s brick-and-mortar textbook retailers and their online counterparts.
WINSTON: Marion County is key to state Dems in ’12 January 4, 2012 In 2011, we witnessed what happens when Republicans cut into the Democratic margin in Marion County.
SHELLA: Democrats will reorganize — eventually January 4, 2012 They are wasting their ammunition on each other.
EARLY: Thanks, John, for the Japanese auto plants January 4, 2012 Japan is now Indiana’s No. 1 international partner and a good friend.
MARCUS: Let’s do away with child labor laws, too January 4, 2012 Many parents would joyfully let their 14-year-olds become roofers, if it meant more money for meth.
SEAY: Dominion theology bounces off Hoosiers January 4, 2012 Advocates of dominion theology find ranking Indiana Republicans to be lukewarm politically and religiously.
KETZENBERGER: ‘Because we can’ is the wrong reason January 4, 2012 Lawmakers are wasting their time if they spend a single minute on anything but bills meant to improve business conditions.
DAVIS: Crack down on employees who ruin IPS January 4, 2012 Separate the teachers and administrators who aren’t serving our students. Fire them now.
WOUDENBERG: Put more effort into crime prevention January 4, 2012 Instead of solely finding a way to build more cellblocks, the focus should be on how to not need more.
VAUGHN: Indictment reveals rotten culture at IURC January 4, 2012 The Hardy/Duke scandal has left a dark stain of impropriety.