CAMPBELL: Most of all, mass transit needs a hero
In the next 10 to 20 years, it will be impossible to tout our region as a world-class center of innovation and entrepreneurship without meaningfully addressing transit.
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RENN: Indianapolis must reinvent itself … again
Despite outperforming not just the Midwest, but America as a whole, long-term challenges facing Marion County put the region at risk.
COLLINS: Arizona strikes again, with Medicaid
Try to imagine what the Republicans would have said if someone in the Obama administration proposed cutting off liver transplants for Medicare recipients.
BROOKS: Ben Franklin’s nation as a world model
In a world of relative equals, the U.S. will have to learn to define itself by its values.
DOUTHAT: The extreme sensibility of Tom Coburn
In the last two years, Oklahoma’s junior senator has proved himself braver than many of his colleagues, more creative on public policy, and more intellectually honest about the consequences of popular legislation.
GREGG: A parlor full of possible ‘pub’ nominees
As I review the list of potential Democratic nominees, none of the Republican hopefuls can keep the Statehouse in Republican hands.
HOWEY: Tea partiers imprudently target Lugar
A question that must be posed to the tea partiers intent on taking Sen. Richard Lugar out: Who replaces him?
FARGO: Shield laws are beyond party labels
Good government should be transparent, no matter who’s in charge.
KRULL: Daniels got his wish – and should shudder
Barack Obama can tell the governor that nuance is one of the first casualties of a political war.
BOSMA: Upgraded tech, science education outrank attraction
What should be done to attract more young professionals to Indiana? The availability of a talented innovative work force is now as important as low taxes, energy costs and location when entrepreneurs make job-location decisions.
BAUER: Tech, education are calling cards with greatest appeal
What should be done to attract more young professionals to Indiana? While manufacturing continues to play an important role in our economic base, we must be realistic and focus our attention on advanced manufacturing and green technologies.
MYERS: Cure the education death spiral
As we move deeper into the second decade of the new century, we must face the reality of our failure to keep our kids at the front of the competition, especially in math and science.
RIVERA: Lackluster schools rob kids of future
I applaud the signs of progress that have been reported recently, but we are a long way from success.
LUBBERS: More performance funds for universities
Indiana cannot meet growing economic and educational expectations without fundamentally rethinking how we deliver higher education to our students, how we measure progress, and how we reward results.
WAGNER: Democrats should be pleased, cautious
Indianapolis is in desperate need of leadership, both the vision to steer a wayward ship back on course and the competence to implement large projects while deftly managing daily operations.
STRAUB: Re-engineering ‘surge’ will restore trust, confidence
How should the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department be fixed? Unfortunately, the conduct of a small group of police officers has eroded the public’s trust and confidence in IMPD.
OWENSBY: Problems, sure. Broken? Not these everyday heroes
How should the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department be fixed? But it’s not broken.
MAHERN: Indy hotels should give workers a raise
The city should not approve another hotel development until it is clear the hotel operator will not pursue the same low-wage path of those who came before it.
LADWIG: Public-sector unions burden taxpayers
Our ruin absent heroic stances at the Statehouse and the Governor’s Office, is not only politically likely but mathematically certain.
MUTZ: Reclaim education from the unions
No doubt about it. My vote for collective bargaining rights for teachers as a state senator in 1973 was a big mistake. Not my only miscue in public life, but a whopper.