KETZENBERGER: Dreaming of an honorable political ad
The really good ones, and by that I mean highly effective politically, whack your senses in such a way that you don’t realize it.
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BROOKS: For young adults today, if it feels right …
It’s not so much that these young Americans are living lives of sin and debauchery, at least no more than you’d expect from 18- to 23-year-olds. What’s disheartening is how bad they are at thinking and talking about moral issues.
DOWD: Our choice—blockheads or the egghead
At the cusp of the 2012 race, we have a classic cultural collision between a skinny Eastern egghead lawyer who’s inept in Washington gunfights and a pistol-totin’, lethal-injectin’, square-shouldered cowboy who has no patience for book learnin’.
FRIEDMAN: Fixing Arabia, Europe, China and the U.S.
Recasting any of these alone would be huge. Doing all four at once—when the world has never been more interconnected—is mind-boggling.
WAGNER: Coming soon, the Indiana Gridiron Dinner
Civility in politics isn’t dead. You just have to find the middle ground of funny.
STYRING: An Iron reason why Obama will lose in 2012
Mike Pence shouldn’t pop any champagne corks, though. Indiana gubernatorial elections have a nasty habit of running counter to national trends.
LADWIG: Chamber scores questionably on economy
We are left with the sobering realization that there is no lobby for free-market economics at the Statehouse.
VANE: A conversation with an Indianapolis sage
Where would we be without the P.E. MacAllisters of the world? Not just in politics—and there are many Democrats about whom we could ask the same question—but throughout all our society.
FARGO: Meet the new public access counselor
Hoage is correct that his office shouldn’t be advising agencies on how to comply with the law, educating them, and also fining them when they misbehave.
SWAYZE: Unholy liberal axis is cracking up, finally
Change is hard, for sure. But the stirring of citizens’ souls in this country is exciting. “Take it back!” I shout.
KRULL: Conservatism has its own costs to society
Is it right to allow kids to suffer because of their parents’s choices?
BONIFIELD: Hitch library needs to government reform
Libraries, like roads, are government where nearly everyone wants it.
MUTZ: Pressure’s on to tackle immigration reform
Until some reasonable change in the legislation is made, we will continue to have a system that is unfair and impossible to enforce.
TAFT: More leverage needed from Water Co. sale
If these funds are completely spent on infrastructure repairs or even enhancing service programs by capitalizing a new endowment, we will miss an opportunity to attract a far greater investment in transforming our core city.
HOWEY: Hinkle’s icky predicament when he’s 64
In addition to his clothes, confidentiality and dignity, he has been stripped of his committee chairmanships.
MORELAND: Will college be just for rich Hoosiers?
It seems that, for those fighting the hardest to stay afloat in this economy, the hits just keep coming.
FERGUSON: Reform overlooks special-needs children
In a telling exchange, an education expert at a local advocacy group with whom I spoke reported that she home-schooled her children with special needs. This is not at all uncommon.
MAHERN: Let teachers operate like professionals
The factory system is no longer acceptable. We now demand professionalism from our teachers and a system that adapts to each child’s particular needs.
MEREDITH: Design districts with both students and the community in mind
The entire school culture would be developed to improve expectations and accountability for both its students and community.
HARRIS: A better structure would let standout schools emerge
Urban school systems across the country are in crisis, but some individual urban schools are thriving.