Med school students share their stories
Five students at Indiana University School of Medicine contemplate whether to opt for family practice or a specialty.
Five students at Indiana University School of Medicine contemplate whether to opt for family practice or a specialty.
Hoosiers should discard the cloak of indifference that too many wear with pride.
Forefront, which debuts this month, is designed to be another public square where various voices will debate the issues of our day.
Those of you who work in manufacturing businesses, and many others, are familiar with the idea that a flawed process produces flawed products.
Hoosier Republican leaders must resist the temptation to play political payback with redistricting and instead create a process that is fair, open and free of partisanship.
Indiana politicians have never shown an interest in leaving the redistricting duty to others, and don’t look for it to happen anytime soon.
As long as there is an air of uncertainty around the economic picture, we must remain focused on protecting the progress Indiana has made while weathering what’s left of the economic storm.
With Indiana’s high unemployment, the dismal state of our economy, and a $1 billion budget deficit, social issues should not be our biggest concern.
The old unwritten rule would have prohibited campaigning for a 2012 office in 2011. You can forget that rule; the reason is money.
Education reform promises to be central in the upcoming legislative session and many important reforms are on the agenda.
Indiana politicians clearly are divided on the “silver bullet” that will reform schools, but in reality, there is no simple solution to such a complicated issue.
If there were a full public accounting of our education system’s failure, inadequacy and resulting costs, there would be widespread outrage.
Proponents have to connect government reform to the real pocketbook issues that drive people.
In a campaign where Dan Coats’ primary and general election opponents questioned his Hoosier bona fides, why didn’t the former senator regale us with his Indiana policy success stories?
An initial drop in local property taxes overall is likely to increase over time. The questions are when and how?
Major infrastructure investment at the state and local level is a significant reason for optimism for the long-term competitive positioning for the city and state.
Indiana cannot endure without serious reform, and this session must be approached with the urgency it deserves.
We need an all-society effort—from the White House to the classroom to the living room—to nurture a culture of achievement and excellence.
The death penalty in the United States has never been anything but an abomination—a grotesque, uncivilized, overwhelmingly racist affront to the very idea of justice.
On an individual level, a partisan mind-set corrupts the intellect and poisons the wells of human sympathy.