Letter: Boy Scouts made bad decision
The decision of the BSA leadership to add girls was a poor decision and, as a past board member, I am embarrassed for them.
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Letter: Pass Senate farm bill
The House farm bill that failed to pass was riddled with reckless environmental rollbacks intended to promote logging on our national forests.
Amber Van Til: Credit unions should pay their fair share
When Congress passed the Federal Credit Union Act of 1934, it mandated that credit unions serve “persons of small means,” defined by common bonds, such as working for the same employer or living within specific geographic boundaries. Because of this mission, credit unions were granted federal tax exemption.
Teresa Lubbers: Let’s fill the jobs of today and get ready for tomorrow
Paired with new STEM requirements in our schools and resources for employers who train new employees for higher-wage jobs, tools like the Workforce Ready Grant can be cycle-breakers for entire families and can unleash the potential of Indiana businesses.
Greg Morris: Study, then legalize medical marijuana
Medical marijuana is legal today in 29 states and Washington, D.C. We don’t have to be a pioneer on this front. Plenty of existing legal structures are in place to provide sound counsel and guidance.
Editorial: City, IPS are smart to ditch status quo, rethink property needs
We applaud the leadership of both for thinking broadly about their needs and what’s best for their neighbors.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Incentives can backfire if carried to extremes
Part of economists’ useful function is to offer alternative ways of structuring incentives to attain socially desired ends.
Sheri Fella: Climbing onto the pitching mound of confidence
A feeling of knowing that, whatever is about to happen, all will be OK and all I can do is my best—that is confidence.
MIKE LOPRESTI: In a World Cup funk? Root for obvious underdog
Tiny Iceland, making its first appearance, tied Argentina to kick things off.
Dennis & Sandy Sasso: The children of immigrants is a moral emergency
Government officials should not have sought to defend their immigration policies using scripture.
Don’t ignore hateful rhetoric
I am writing to thank Bill Oesterle and IBJ for calling out the thinly-veiled slurs in the Mike Delph direct-mail campaign communication [Senate campaign piece was anti-Semitic, gay-baiting, May 25]. It is discouraging the extent to which our discourse has been debased over the past two years. Sadly, had such an ignorant message emanated from […]
Trust police to enforce laws
Regarding Marshawn Wolley’s recent column [We’re facing a crisis in our criminal justice system, Forefront, June 8], any loss of life regardless of color is tragic. However, there is no such thing to police officers as “to get tough on crime.” Their job on a daily basis is to enforce the law and protect and […]
Amy Liu & Michael Huber: Making inclusive economic growth a priority for Indy
Communities like Indianapolis cannot afford to watch idly as more of their human capital drifts further into isolation from the job market and productive economy.
NATE FELTMAN: Move to Circle shows commitment to city
Having Soldiers and Sailors Monument next to IBJ’s new headquarters is honor and inspiration.
Editorial: City officials must address perceptions about downtown
City officials can’t ignore the questions and concerns about downtown. Maybe the Mile Square taxing district wasn’t the right answer to address the problems. But we’re eager to find out what is.
A less-cruel way to curb illegal immigration
Let’s start with the easy part. The policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border, delivering them into a bureaucratic labyrinth while their fathers and mothers await trial or petition for asylum, is the wickedest thing the Trump administration has done so far—and you can tell exactly how wicked by observing how […]
How to lose the midterms and re-elect Trump
Dear Robert De Niro, Samantha Bee and other Trump haters: I get that you’re angry. I’m angry, too. But anger isn’t a strategy. Sometimes it’s a trap. When you find yourself spewing four-letter words, you’ve fallen into it. You’ve chosen cheap theatrics over the long game, catharsis over cunning. You think you’re raising your fist […]
Will more blacks vote Republican?
As we lay the framework for November’s elections, we’re seeing the emergence of a new face of the Democratic Party—more progressive, more left wing. The Democratic Party is delivering more candidates around the nation like Stacey Abrams, recently nominated for governor in Georgia. She’s unabashedly boilerplate, in-your-face, hard left. Pro-big government, pro-abortion, pro-LGBT rights. Recent […]
Bill Oesterle: Pledge requires creative anti-smoking effort
The best way to reduce smoking is to tax the hell out of it and use the tax dollars to fund programs that help people quit.
Curt Smith: Divorce rate drags down Hoosiers’ well-being
About 37,000 Hoosier babies are born each year with two strikes against them—no father in the home and an impoverished mother.