Ed DeLaney: Hoosier educators—walking out or just walking away?
There always will be pay differences between school districts. But the growing reliance on referendums to increase pay presents a novel threat.
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Celestino-Horseman: Take an impeachment break and think about animals
We must make a commitment to helping animals, who are the weakest members of our society.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Let’s build bridges with people who don’t think like us
Why not strengthen fraying relationships by developing solutions in areas where we agree?
John McDonald: The Red Line—a future success or missed opportunity?
The public transportation industry is moving toward self-driving and autonomous capabilities at a rapid pace.”
Marshawn Wolley: Shifting needs as Indy moves to majority-minority city
The black community has been a sizable population in this city for much of its early development through the 19th and 20th centuries, while the Latinx community and Asian communities are relatively smaller and newer.
Deborah Daniels: Campaigns shouldn’t be about ‘fighting’
The point of this rhetoric is not necessarily to persuade additional people to the cause being advocated; it is to rally the already-convinced and bring them into the camp of the speaker (shouter).
Jim Shella: A former partisan is trying to make sure everyone votes
Moreau wants everyone who is eligible to get out and vote. The Indianapolis attorney is behind a large-scale effort to increase the number of Indiana voters in the 2020 election. It’s already underway.
Bill Oesterle: Population contraction means recruiting must change
In a world where every open job has, on average, fewer than one applicant, employers will be forced to abandon standardized skill requirements. They are going to have to move from a skills-first model to a talent-first model.
Jennifer Wagner: Democrats need more money to win in Indiana
You have to raise enough money to show that you’re a serious contender. Once you hit that mark, and you’re able to pay for a poll that shows a path to victory, those who guard the gold are willing to give you the time of day and invest in your race.
Curt Smith: Barr speech clarifies what’s at stake in 2020
William Barr’s Oct. 11 address at the Law School of Notre Dame University offers the clearest critique yet of the status and significance of the left’s decades-long assault on religious liberty.
Richard Feldman: Atrocities led to ethical standards for human trials
Their “medical” experiments punctuate Nazi Germany’s cruel, brutal and ruthless obsession to “cleanse” the world of Jews and other groups they considered unworthy of living.
Michael Leppert: Finding the best platform for activism is the key
I have long thought the private sector would end up playing a bigger role in gun safety than the government would. Not just because the private sector is more capable at some aspects of it, but also because government has become so incapable in general.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: Eliminating charters, vouchers won’t boost teacher pay
Over the course of the teacher-pay debate, I’ve heard numerous advocates for increasing teacher pay argue that if the state got rid of the voucher program and no longer funded charter schools, there would be plenty of money to increase teacher salaries. Their math doesn’t add up.
Shariq Siddiqui: Donor-advised funds shouldn’t be tool of hate
The real challenge we face is not about the instrumentality of a DAF. The real challenge is that there is hate, bigotry and prejudice in our country. We must find different ways to come together and educate society.
Tom LoBianco: Morphing your way to the top
So who is Mike Pence? The guy who understands a paramount lesson in politics: change to win.
Andrew Ireland: Patients need right to control genetic information
Creating a property interest in a person’s genetic information helps foster an efficient market for information, encourage ethical and equitable research practices, and mitigate the inherent risks of the exposure of genetic information to the world.
Ed DeLaney: Time to check on the turkey
School districts do not have enough money to support our teachers.
Dana Black: Consider Merritt’s record—not promises—as you vote
He would like for us to forget the votes he has taken … . Sorry, senator; that just isn’t possible.
Una Osili: U.S. should focus more resources on maternal health
The hard truth is that more American women—of all races—are dying of pregnancy-related complications than in any other developed country.
Deborah Hearn Smith: Look past the diversions and distractions and vote
I am not suggesting we all agree on the issues or solutions; however, we all have a chance to get off the sidelines.