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DOUTHAT: The continuing paradox of the unborn

This is the paradox of America’s unborn. No life is so desperately sought after, so hungrily desired, so carefully nurtured. And yet no life is so legally unprotected, and so frequently destroyed.

COLLINS: Balance gun access, rights with sanity

In 2009, Gabrielle Giffords was holding a “Congress on Your Corner” meeting at a Safeway supermarket in her district when a protester, who was waving a sign that said “Don’t Tread on Me,” waved a little too strenuously. The pistol he was carrying under his armpit fell out of his holster.

HERBERT: Obama casting his lot with the megarich

Consider the extremes. President Barack Obama is redesigning his administration to make it even friendlier toward big business and the megabanks, which is to say the rich, who flourish no matter what is going on with the economy in this country. (They flourish even when they’re hard at work destroying the economy.) Meanwhile, we hear […]

FARGO: Building futures alongside memories

My hometown and the southern Indiana communities I encountered have much to offer, including hard-working people, clean air and beautiful scenery. To ensure they survive and grow, community and education leaders need to help prepare workers for opportunities in the new economy.

MAHERN: Kill off townships to save public services

OK, here’s your choice: You can reduce the public library book budget by a million dollars or you can recoup a good portion of that savings by deciding we really don’t need 72 elected public officials to dispense poor relief in Marion County.

Two stabbed at senior-living home

A scuffle inside a west-side senior living community ended with two stabbing victims and one arrest. Indianapolis police were called to Georgetown Woods Senior Apartments about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday and arrested someone trying to flee the scene. One of the victims said the incident started with an argument. The injuries were not serious, according to medics.

WAGNER: A new generation of Indiana Democrats

The creation of a political generation depends not just on working for a winning candidate, but on that elected official’s making it a priority to place top talent outside of his or her administration.

Student arrested after Facebook threat

Indianapolis police arrested a Warren Central High School student Tuesday morning who allegedly made threats on Facebook about “shooting up the school.” The 16-year-old is being held at Marion County's juvenile detention center on one felony count of intimidation. Police were alerted to the threat Monday night after students saw it posted and alerted their parents. A parent said no notification about a possible threat was given via the school district’s automated phone-message system, but police were on hand at the school Tuesday to speak with students.

Two die in shootings near fairgrounds

Two deadly shootings took place within a block of each other and only hours apart Monday night and early Tuesday morning near the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Indianapolis police are investigating the death of Carl Brown, 46, who was found shot in the head and lying in the street in the 4200 block of Evanston Avenue about 4 a.m. Nearby residents reported hearing a single gunshot a short time before the victim was found. Another deadly shooting occurred late Monday a block west on Crittenden Avenue. Police say an 18-year-old reported shooting another 18-year-old in self-defense during a robbery.

LADWIG: Local property rights, Zimbabwe style

Is it hyperbolic to relate anti-colonialism in the African Corn Belt to the machinations of the Capital Improvement Board, the Metropolitan Development Commission or the Indianapolis mayor’s office?

HOWEY: Daniels still thinking outside the rut

With just two years left in his second term—and beginning only his third year with Republican legislative majorities—Gov. Mitch Daniels presides over a state that has been trapped in a jobless rate hovering around 10 percent for two years.

Titanic buoys state museum attendance

“Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” attracted 88,465 paying visitors during its 103-day run and boosted overall museum attendance by 45 percent.