BOHANON & STYRING: Saving for a rainy day is good for economy
A recent survey of U.S. households reveals that 46 percent of all households report their spending is equal to or in excess of their income.
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What does it really mean to love America?
It has been quite a month in politics. On one side, the Democratic National Convention was very much a celebration of America. On the other side, the Republican nominee for president, pressed on the obvious support he is getting from Vladimir Putin, once again praised Putin’s leadership, suggested that he is OK with Russian aggression […]
The Democrats win the summer with GOP messages
Donald Trump has found aa way to save the Democratic Party. He’s abandoned great patriotic themes that used to fire up the GOP and he’s allowed the Democrats to seize that ground. If you visited the two conventions this year, you would have come away thinking Democrats are the more patriotic of the two parties—and […]
Differences don’t equal discrimination
If there were a contest for the most stupid idea in politics, my choice would be the assumption that people would be evenly or randomly distributed in incomes, institutions, occupations or awards, in the absence of somebody doing somebody wrong. Political crusades, bureaucratic empires and lucrative personal careers as grievance mongers have been built on […]
DOUG MASSON: Hoosier history offers warning for politics today
We have a presidential candidate displaying the hallmarks of a grifter rising to power by exploiting anxieties and weariness of change. In more than a few ways, his pitch resembles that of D.C. Stephenson in the ’20s.
DANIELS: Bad cases make bad law that impacts future efforts
The decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton is understandable but will serve as a defense in other cases where a lesser-known individual is accused of mishandling classified material. So it will now be harder for the government to prevent the leaking of classified information.
SHABAZZ: Insightful facts about police-action shootings
A majority of the suspects who were shot while armed were white.
WOLLEY: Black lives should matter to equal-opportunity employers
Normal office pleasantries like being greeted with smiles or people just going along their day like nothing significant happened took a bizarre “Twilight Zone-esque” twist. I and a lot of my black friends found the silence of colleagues and friends deafening.
ROOB: A frustrated populous leads to revolution
The culture wars of the ’60s were fought in legislative chambers. Today, summary justice is handed down by unelected judges.
WAGNER: Yes, we can—again
A star named Barack Obama was born at the Democratic National Convention in 2008. John Kerry would go on to lose that election, but out of that loss would begin a new era for the Democratic Party.
SEAT: Democrats need bench beyond Evan Bayh
If Democrats have to keep going back to Bayh to give them a shot at winning elections, how will they ever grow a respectable party in this state?
DIETER: Political musical chairs hurt Republican candidates
This year’s weirdness might have long-term repercussions.
IRELAND: Evan Bayh’s rocky digital rollout in Senate race
Despite Evan Bayh’s lifetime of experience on the campaign trail, the landscape both politically and technologically has shifted since his last statewide campaign in 2004. Needless to say, it shows.
BOEHM: Trump’s threat to disregard treaties is reckless
Trump now implies that the NATO treaty itself has become unenforceable, but he provided nothing to support that conclusion.
Republicans made a smart choice in Holcomb
Republicans made the right choice in naming Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb as the party’s nominee to be the next governor of the state of Indiana. Don’t listen to what the Democrats are saying. They are still reeling from the realization that they are left without a message since the whole John Gregg campaign has been, […]
SHEPARD: Indiana campaigns should rise above negative noise
What passes for debate in this election seems to represent a new low in the annals of public dialogue. I suggest Indiana has the capacity to go through the next three months without doing damage to our civic fabric.
MEREDITH: Public pensions aren’t for Pence (or anyone) to grab
Since when has it become OK for the retirement assets of Indiana’s public employees to be artificially manipulated to become risky seed money to benefit private companies?
SMITH: Gov. Pence built a state that works
More Hoosiers are working than ever. Hoosier employers have added nearly 150,000 jobs since 2013, while Indiana’s unemployment rate has plummeted from more than 8 percent to 4.8 percent.
TALLIAN: Gov. Pence prioritized surplus over government services
Indiana’s “filet mignon” surplus sizzles, while many agencies exist on generic mac and cheese. How does Mr. Pence sustain a policy of growing a bloated surplus while revenue declines?
LETTER: Vote no on Fishers hotel
New developments mean more revenue but come with the potential for higher crime rates, congested traffic and the loss of smaller businesses.