WOLLEY: New leadership needs to exceed Lewis’ achievements
The city’s leadership must reflect the best of us.
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SCHNEIDER: Democratic dysfunction in the Circle City
There is another, more important loser: Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and his agenda.
RITZ: A call to action of the Indiana Rural Caucus
At nearly 250,000, Indiana has a larger absolutely rural student population than all but eight other states.
IRELAND: Conservative groups shouldn’t groom just future politicos
The need for conservatives to infiltrate media, to produce art and films, and to develop and create new technologies has never been more apparent.
DANIELS: Lugar deserves all the accolades he’s receiving
We are all better off because Dick Lugar has spent his entire adult life serving his fellow citizens.
SHABAZZ: Hoosiers for Life needs to get one
All their antics do is make people like me who tend to be more agnostic on the abortion issue want to write checks to Planned Parenthood.
SHELLA: Indiana’s Statehouse as a soap opera set
All these incidents at the Statehouse involve consensual behavior, as far as I know.
ROBERTSON: Medical marijuana and the opioid crisis
Studies show … that the majority of those who use marijuana do not move on to harder drugs
SHEPARD: Indiana leaders are rising to fight opioid crisis
Last year, more of our fellow citizens died from drug abuse than died in Vietnam.
SMITH: An inspirational story of faith and survival
Cody Byrns is ready to share with others the lessons mastered.
LEPPERT: A toast to the (possible) end of regulatory stupidity
These laws, like all the rest of them, are a product of us. When they seem stupid, we seem stupid.
PARR: The ultimate tension—who holds the power?
The freedom-through-government-regulation argument has never made much sense.
SIDDIQUI: Tax cut plan doesn’t set good example for other nations
The tax reform debate has little connection to research, data or thought-out policy implications.
WAGNER: It’s time to turn our anger into everyday action
Go do something that actually matters. Volunteer at a food bank or clean up a neighborhood or read to kids at a local school. Make a difference, and make that difference away from the partisan sideshow.
WOLLEY: Men must set right tone for women in workplace
Zero-tolerance sexual-harassment policies are only as good as the reporting and complaint-review process.
SCHNEIDER: Political parties must hold wrongdoers accountable
There’s been a stark double standard when it comes to consequences for this long-delayed reckoning.
Siddiqui: A user-fee is just a tax (not even in disguise)
There are two fundamental questions. First, is it the responsibility of lawmakers to create a long-term, sustained commitment to the regular upkeep of our infrastructure? Second, how do we fund this commitment?
Smith: Israel is a nation committed to religious freedom
There is an ethos in this land, something in the very DNA of the nation, that recognizes the strength of saying, “All are welcome as long as you live and let live.”
Hale: IU institute’s role is more important than ever
Thank goodness for those neutral bodies that make it their business to provide the evidence needed to get things done the right way.
Parr What it means to be a nation of laws
We could, I suppose, dispense with these constitutional protections and simply hold a people’s court by which an individual is found guilty or liable based solely on how a group feels on any given day or predicated on accusations alone. I’m not a lawyer yet, but I think that’s called mob justice.