LEPPERT: Hiding behind a wall never works
I have found through researching the famous walls of history that they all have one thing in common: Their intended purpose and usefulness are uniformly temporary.
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SHABAZZ: Indiana black Democrats right to demand diversity
Since 2004, Indiana Democrats have had only one African-American running on the statewide ticket. It was Vop Osili, who ran for secretary of state in 2010.
SCHNEIDER: A bipartisan recipe for failed government
I’d urge Republicans to remember that with incredible power comes incredible responsibility. Now, more than in split government, those in power must pay attention to not just those who voted for them but also those who didn’t.
SHELLA: Good journalism needed now more than ever
As a political reporter, I am often asked to speak about how the media works to groups that include the Lugar Series, the Agricultural Leadership Institute, freshman lawmakers, General Assembly staff and others. I tell them most reporters are biased only in favor of a good story.
IRELAND: Universities overstep bounds on executive order
I have grown accustomed to being a political minority in the classroom—studying journalism and public affairs only furthers this reality. In many ways, this has benefited my education; but, as I enter my final semester, I am concerned by our academic leaders’ foray into politics.
RITZ: State must be equitable in students access to technology
For about $17 million over the biennium, the state could begin to make sure all schools are at connectivity levels that would allow them to seriously address equity in technology access for our children’s learning.
HALE: People are getting involved—and that’s good
Regardless of what you think about the new Trump administration, you are likely to feel passionate about it.
BEHNING: Pre-K pilot programs should be expanded responsibly
Right now, Indiana is not ready to provide universal, statewide pre-K.
GOODIN: Early education too important to limit its reach
At a time when everything indicates more should be done to spread state-funded pre-K statewide, the tendency of many legislative leaders is to dawdle
DINING: Delicious elk burger lights up West Clay’s Lit Moose eatery
Making a restaurant succeed anywhere is a challenge. Trying to make it work in the Village of West Clay has proven to be an even greater one.
LOU’S VIEWS: Altar-ed states at wedding musical ‘It Shoulda Been You’
A few generations ago, Broadway audiences were more generous toward good-enough shows that weren’t spawned from movies and didn’t have marketable gimmicks.
LOPRESTI: If only … alternative sports facts we only wish were true
Imagine local defensive juggernauts, annual contenders and packed high school gyms.
FEIGENBAUM: Pay attention: Curtis Hill is in the Statehouse
Hill, who won more votes than any other candidate on the November ballot, is assuming a law-and-order stance on one of the most pervasive problems plaguing Hoosier communities from rich or poor, rural or urban, from Lake Michigan to the Ohio River: opioid abuse.
SKARBECK: Indiana’s pension system suffering from low returns
The glaring factor that needs attention at INPRS is investment performance—it, like most pension plans, has suffered from poor returns the past decade.
LETTER: Sports analogy fell flat
I found it in poor taste to use a basketball metaphor when describing something as unfortunate and sad as someone seeing his dead father, and his lifeless body laying on the floor of a local auto dealership.
BOHANON & STYRING: Trump has no easy way out of his Mexican standoff
How do we make Mexico pay for the wall? “Mexico” is a nation-state abstraction. Economists insist all costs are borne by people, not legal entities called countries or corporations.
LETTER: The inefficiency of tolls
The cost of collection should not outweigh in time or dollars the cost of the cause being funded.
LETTER: Stay out of vaccine issue
No law needed is needed here. Get out of private employer/employee relationships.
WESTERHAUS-RENFROW: How to deal with bullies at work
An Accountemps study found managers and executives at Fortune 1,000 firms spend 13 percent of their work time resolving uncivil behavior. That’s the equivalent of seven weeks a year down the proverbial drain.
KENNEDY: Trump: And so it begins
In his first week in the White House, Donald Trump exceeded my expectations—and not in a good way.