The reality is that we now have two political parties determined to go to Disneyland for the weekend. They just want to take different groups and pay for the trip with different kinds of credit cards.
History actually shows that Republicans have been the authors of the largest publicly funded transportation projects in U.S. history because they believed infrastructure investment was an important way government could be a catalyst for economic development.
Our recent billboard campaign—Illinnoyed—in and near Chicago was a little tongue-in-cheek, but it got our point across.
Businesses are choosing Illinois for reasons that go far beyond our strategic incentive packages, which are just one tool in our arsenal.
Policymakers, schools and educators must be realistic in their expectations for parents with the challenges families face.
The notion that kids from challenging backgrounds are destined to fail could not be more wrong.
The debt-ceiling debate reflects a harsher, less empathetic America.
She’s a bonanza for the news media, which these days have vast acres of not only cable TV but also cyberspace to fill.
The Rev. John Stott didn’t preach fire and brimstone on a Christian television network.
Was he a brain-dead liberal? The newspaper, not Mamet, put that headline on his article.
Why should the average taxpayer be subsidizing people who have much more wealth than they do?
The administration’s maneuvering keeps working out as planned, but Obama’s position keeps eroding.
The Indiana Guard Ranger Company served intact in the Vietnam War and earned more medals in 1969 than any U.S. Army company in a one-year period.
You could come up with a clumsier name for a college than Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, but it would be tough.
As a young person jaded by countless politicians’ broken promises to “ensure a better future for our children and grandchildren,” it is refreshing to see a political leader actually enact policies and programs that deliver on those promises.
Safe, traditional options won’t work here; we have to get aggressive.
For the voter, Republican or otherwise, it suggests an irresolute moral character that makes at least this conservative think twice about why she’s involved in a party that apparently can’t be bothered to look after its own.
The governor, legislative fiscal leaders and their fiscal staffs deserve a lot of credit, but their effort to put Indiana on sound fiscal footing is not miraculous. They did it the old-fashioned way—with a lot of hard work, tough decisions and a little luck.
For too long, candidates for county and city offices have taken for granted that a large percentage of their campaign war chests come from individuals and entities seeking to do business with local government.
New maps are as severely gerrymandered as their predecessors, and adherence to some stated goals of neutral districting does not come close to achieving a fair plan.
