VAUGHN: Courts will decide basic election issues
Although voters in Marion County won’t cast ballots for City-County elections until 2015, two courts are considering cases that will have a major impact on local elections.
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SHEPARD: Conrad’s intensity still felt downtown
Surely Larry Conrad is smiling over the recent report about the phenomenal strength of the housing market in downtown Indianapolis.
WAGNER: It’s a brave new world in the suburbs
Earlier this year, I wrote for this publication about the rise of a new Hoosier swing voter, women my age who live in the doughnut counties around Indianapolis.
BECK: Bipartisanship makes big things happen
Sid and Lois Eskenazi Hospital recently opened downtown to justifiable fanfare. The state-of-the-art campus is the city’s only public hospital. Formerly known as Wishard Hospital, Eskenazi Health has long served some of our most vulnerable neighbors.
MARCUS: Not the time to emphasize our negatives
What is the number one complaint of Hoosier employers? The labor force is outdated. We do not have enough workers with the training and experience to compete with other states and nations.
MAHERN: A marriage game plan for Republicans
Although they don’t all have a natural sense of rhythm, and a few of them are always laughing and carrying on, some of my best friends are Republicans.
MACALLISTER: Gay marriage detractors need space, time
We rejoice in technological change when it improves the efficacy of our computers, but greet societal changes with less exuberance.
DANIELS: Fight over marriage amendment is foolish
Indiana has a habit of being a bit behind the curve. In recent years, we have departed from that tradition, moving boldly in education reform, telecommunications reform and economic development. We have been named the fifth-best state to do business, third best in job attraction, and best in the country for international investment.
FROEHLE: Ritz’s, Pence’s bickering hurts education
emocratic Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz and Gov. Mike Pence are spending more time arguing than doing anything worthwhile for Indiana’s education system.
MEREDITH: Voters spoke clearly; now give democracy a chance
Despite being an underdog in her first run for public office, Glenda Ritz defeated incumbent Tony Bennett to become Indiana’s superintendent of public instruction in November.
HARRIS: Allow the governor to lead completely on education
For decades, the nation’s governors have been the driving force for changing—and improving—education policy.
COLLINS: A Ted Cruz on every corner in Texas
Have you noticed how many lawmakers from Texas were doing crazy things during the government shutdown debacle?
SOWELL: Does Yellen portend a return to Keynes?
The nomination of Janet Yellen to become head of the Federal Reserve System has set off a flurry of media stories. The Federal Reserve has become such a major player in the American economy that it needs far more scrutiny and criticism than it has received, regardless of who heads it.
RASMUSSEN: Health care, shutdown merely symptoms
Many reporters caught up in the bizarre world of official Washington have written extensively on political tactics and implications of the so-called government shutdown and disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov. Typical was a New York Times headline that blared “Republicans, Sensing Weakness in Health Law Rollout, Switch Tactics.”
BLOW: Billionaires and welfare lines lengthening
The stock market is hitting record highs. Bank profits are their highest in years. The market for luxury goods is rebounding.
DOUTHAT: But what if Obamacare actually works?
It’s likely that HealthCare.gov will be fixed by Thanksgiving and millions of Americans will (finally) be able to get a real look at what Obamacare is selling them.
GARRISON: We’re on a slippery slope to socialism
Central governments are really good at just a few things. Waging war, funding interstate highways (maybe), and protecting our borders (well, sort of) come to mind.
KETZENBERGER: Thoughtful notions from the Vlogbrothers
John and Hank Green, also known as the Vlogbrothers, exchange videos with each other twice a week. Sometimes the videos are funny and sometimes they’re serious, but they’re usually thought-provoking.
MASSON: Juries carry out noble, weighty duty
We ask juries to do a lot in Indiana. In simple terms, juries are a body empaneled to be fact finders as part of the judicial process for resolving criminal charges or civil disputes.
WESTERHAUS-RENFROW: Return to sender: Get a clue about email
If I had a dollar for every time I read a news article or post about a public official getting busted for sending or exchanging inappropriate emails and texts to fellow officials, colleagues and subordinates, I’d be well on my way to financial freedom.