Shepard: Appreciating Larry McKinney and Denise LaRue
Judges don’t have armies or taxing power at their disposal, only the power of thoughtful and impartial decisions to prompt people to follow their rulings.
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Daniels: Keep monuments of past, but add to list of honored
Let us never seek to erase the signs of a past we must remember, in order to avoid repeating our collective sins.
Hale: U.S. must be more open, not wall itself off
This is domestic, economic policy that will drive new, closer relationships and a probable shifting of alliances over time.
Siddiqui: Obamacare not all good or bad, so let’s fix it
Perhaps parents who are under 65 but lack insurance should be allowed to be added to their children’s insurance.
Wagner: Becoming a more thoughtful protester
It’s easy to see how things can get out of control. When you’re in the heat of the moment, you don’t necessarily feel the intensity. When you’re on the receiving end, the ebb and flow of the crowd is more apparent.
Robertson: A return (hopefully) to compromise in U.S. Senate
Those GOP senators who did not sign on to the repeal-and-replace legislation did the entire Republican Party a giant favor.
Ireland: How doubling tweet length matters to public debate
While brevity is a welcome touch for encouraging access to discourse, it also fixes the discussion in favor of intellectually weak perspectives.
Leppert: The power of words is often underestimated
While “straight talk” can seem refreshing and honest at times, it can also be vulgar and offensive during others.
Shabazz: Patriotism, politics and professional athletes
Patriotism is loving your country so much that you are willing to call it out when you think it is wrong.
Shella: Free speech rights apply to those kneeling, booing
I thought it was a tribute to America that some of the players at a recent Colts game held on to the giant flag that covered the field at Lucas Oil Stadium while teammates nearby kneeled in protest.
Schneider: What it means to be the land of the free
Being compelled to perform and conform to what most people think is proper behavior debases what the anthem and flag stand for.
Wolley: It’s about equality—not the anthem or free speech
U.S. soldiers don’t fight and die so that black people can be treated like second-class citizens by the criminal justice system.
Fraser: Lower-income Hoosiers don’t benefit enough
Given that many Hoosiers have not recovered from the recession, I argue that we need better jobs, not skewed tax cuts.
Brinegar: Tax plan would drive investments, income growth
Encouraging business investment and accelerating economic growth are always winning strategies. Additional elements of the administration’s proposal bring more benefits for all Hoosier taxpayers.
LETTER: Free speech rights should extend to work
Employees should not be asked to hold their tongues, or otherwise be someone they are not when at work for fear of losing their job. Politics is part of who each of us are. It is a manifestation of our values and our social conscious.
ELLSPERMANN: Rural Indiana needs the NEH and NEA
Indiana has made a concerted effort to promote the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines, and, as a college president and engineer, I support that effort 100 percent. But I don’t believe that this emphasis should be at the expense of the arts and humanities.
PETERSON: Indy has role attacking Africa’s HIV crisis
Five hundred medical students from IU have received training in Kenya, and lessons learned from the program have been applied back here in the United States.
MORRIS: Forty Under 40 spans 25 years
We’ve honored 1,000 young leaders (some of whom aren’t so young now), in a variety of professions.
EDITORIAL: Party war in Carmel is not over yet
We’re sympathetic to the concerns of the neighbors, but the generosity Forrest and Charlotte Lucas show by holding fundraisers for not-for-profits at their Carmel estate is worth preserving.