Curt Smith: How Hilton Head became such a magical place
Fraser’s first defining burst of brilliance was preserving the natural flora and fauna, including a now-330-year-old oak tree.
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Marshawn Wolley: New fund to help address challenges in black community
There is a limit to what government can do, should do and, unfortunately, will do.
Shariq Siddiqui: As donor-advised funds grow, there are concerns
According to Nonprofit Quarterly, the number of donor-advised fund accounts has increased 200% over the past five years.
Jennifer Wagner: Watching today’s debates is less than satisfying
The words uttered on stage matter far less than the theatrics of the performance.
Tom LoBianco: In halls of power, there’s infestation—literally
Out of seven pests tracked, Washington tallied rats, cockroaches, mosquitoes, bedbugs and termites.
Leah McGrath: America is more than a snapshot in time
America is an idea, the great experiment of history, a pursuit toward liberty that never ends.
Gary Varvel: Sad to see the end of Mad magazine
Mad became my art school. My instructors were Mort Drucker, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Don Martin, Paul Coker Jr. and Sergio Aragones.
Una Osili: One way to solve re-entry is to offer a prize for ideas
With 716 people in prison per 100,000 residents, the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Ed DeLaney: This is how ‘we’ missed problem with virtual schools
It should be obvious that virtual schools could be ripe for abuse, given they offer no physical presence for students and no elected leaders or school board to provide oversight.
Jennifer Hallowell: Conservative solutions to college costs, student debt
We need to find sustainable, affordable models for young people to pay for college, not saddle taxpayers with even more of the burden.
Deborah Hearn Smith: We can’t sugarcoat the truth about this president
Did I really hear the president tell a nation of immigrants to return to their country of origin?
Dana Black: We must stop looking other way on sexual exploitation
Many in the African American community heard the rumors about R. Kelly but ignored the victims’ cries because his music made us believe we could fly.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Indiana’s moonshot should be to become a healthy state
Indiana ranks 41st out of 50 states for people’s overall health, and the top driver of this low ranking is Indiana’s high prevalence of smoking.
Brad Rateike: Brad Paisley had it right when he sang ‘The internet is forever’
Once a post is out there, it’s out there. I’ve seen “deleted” Tweets and Facebook posts appear in vetting reports for job applicants and in stories on cable news.
Anne Hathaway: Holcomb deserves a second term as Indiana governor
Every elected official has detractors, but even my Democratic friends have admitted to me that the guy they didn’t know much about when he became lieutenant governor and then governor in 2016 has done a pretty darn good job.
John McDonald: What communities can learn from Fishers’ growth
As for the naysayers, they’ll always persist, but a consensus among longtime residents lets us know what the city is doing is working.
Pierre Atlas: Court right to reject citizenship question for census
The purpose of the census is not to divide citizen from non-citizen, but to count every person.
Adrianne Slash: Hogsett’s Hudnut ads are misleading
The ad featuring current Mayor Joe Hogsett and Bill Hudnut confuses voters with the idea that the two men shared the same level of vision.
Shariq Siddiqui: Lawmakers must act now to encourage giving
Pluralism has long been one of the important purposes of the charitable deduction.
Marshawn Wolley: Mayoral candidates must make schools a priority
Both candidates have to have the courage to say the status quo isn’t good enough.