VAUGHN: State protects insurers better than consumers
Instead of an effective regulatory environment, the facts suggest [Insurance Commissioner Stephen] Robertson’s rubber stamp for rate increases is getting a real workout.
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BRINEGAR: Introducing an extended vision for Indiana
These education initiatives and provocative “we want Indiana to be the best” ideas in numerous policy areas are part of the Indiana Chamber’s Indiana Vision 2025 long-range economic development planning process.
WOUDENBERG: Indiana Supremes blew it with police case
Rather than limit the decision to its facts, the court instead sweepingly discarded the reasonable resistance right in its entirety.
MOURDOCK: Return conservatism to its constitutional roots of equality
Conservatism: Activities in defense of the U.S. Constitution so that the federal government is limited in power, individual liberty is enhanced, and American prosperity is assured.
LUGAR: The real thing is rooted in religion and flowers as liberty
True conservatism embraces core economic and cultural beliefs that center on individual liberty—the freedom to believe, say and do what your conscience dictates, without reprisal from any government or group.
BLOW: Will the government whiff on new HIV drug?
Not only is it morally reprehensible to restrict or deny life-saving drugs to those who need them (talk about death panels), it is a colossal miscalculation of public health policy, not to mention being fiscally irresponsible.
KRUGMAN: Republicans hold America hostage … again
It’s hard to know whether the “what, us worry?” types believe what they’re saying, or whether they’re just staking out a bargaining position.
LADWIG: Democracy, complex government don’t mix
It is reasonable to believe … that Custer thought he was running to ground a relatively small party of warriors when in fact he was about to be surrounded by what may have been three times as many.
WAGNER: The complete dynamo who is Pete Buttigieg
Unless something goes horribly awry in November, he’s going to be the next mayor of South Bend.
FARGO: Transparency’s value for economic growth
It is difficult to sell the benefits of democracy to your citizens or the stability of your government to foreign investors if too much information is kept hidden.
MUTZ: Small communities aren’t destined to decay
Although many planners and economists say some communities are a lost cause, local determination and leadership can make a difference.
MAHERN: Democrats go nuclear to defend township
It must be understood that Democrats even implying that other Democrats are racist is much worse than Republicans calling one another socialist.
STYRING: This sergeant at arms would bust chops
[The sergeant at arms] might request the assistance of a police officer in making the arrest, but he would be the official arresting officer, acting in the name of the House.
HOWEY: Bosma oversees calm, compelling change
A younger Bosma during an earlier stint as speaker might have responded with acid rhetoric and ultimatums.
FERGUSON: Take redistricting away from the politicians
Safe districts essentially decide elections and take the power out of the hands of voters today and for the next 10 years.
SOWELL: Not all ‘education’ should be taken seriously
There are too many other soft courses that allow students to spend years in college without becoming educated in any real sense.
BANTZ: What works in education and what doesn’t
We must develop a standard assessment instrument for kindergarten readiness and close the gaps in cognitive development that inhibit school performance.
MYERS: Our long conversation about race isn’t over
“Minority” is rapidly evolving to “majority,” and that makes a lot of people uncomfortable.
SWAYZE: Lugar has strayed; it’s time to replace him
I never dreamed I’d compare Lugar with moderate Democrats, but his record speaks for itself.
RUSTHOVEN: Mourdock’s irrational criticism of Lugar
If you’ve actually served in uniform—as Lugar has—giving those willing to fight and die for our country a path to citizenship isn’t what you call “amnesty” or “rewarding illegal immigrants.”