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MAURER: A memo to Kasich, Cruz and Trump
A post-mortem for the drop-outs, and some advice for the presumptive nominee.
BOHANON & STYRING: Your annual checkup is really just an oil change
Yes, most health insurance plans protect against large insurable events. The kicker is that most health insurance plans also cover the equivalent of oil changes.
In Hamilton’s debt: Why he’s worth saving on the $10 bill
The Treasury Department picked an interesting moment to announce a revision in its plans to change the faces on America’s money. Plans to boot Alexander Hamilton off the $10 bill in favor of a woman have been shelved. Instead, Harriet Tubman—one of the most heroic figures in the history of our nation, or any nation—will […]
Candidates’ silence on women’s health troubling
What if we talked about gun violence, and discussed only bullet size? To me, that seems akin to the presidential campaign discussion of women’s health. Somehow, in nine Democratic debates, not a single question was asked about women’s health, and when the issue came up elsewhere it was often in the narrowest form, about abortion: […]
SIDDIQUI: A look at our super-charged immigration debate
Our current immigration laws would permanently prohibit Superman from receiving legal immigration status. This would remain true even if he married Lois Lane, a U.S. citizen.
DIETER: Justice delayed on the high courts is justice denied
The Indiana Supreme Court desperately needs to look more like Indiana’s population. In the court’s 200-year history, 108 justices have taken the bench. Two are women. Two are African-American.
BOEHM: Supreme Court may be ready to tackle gerrymandering
Two critical questions are unanswered. Does the U.S. Constitution place limits on partisan gerrymanders? If so, how do the courts distinguish legitimate maps from impermissible ones?
SHEPARD: New commercial court dockets could boost job growth
With its eye on the state’s economic future, the Indiana Supreme Court has launched the Indiana Commercial Court Pilot Project, in part to “enhance economic development in Indiana by furthering the efficient resolution of commercial law disputes.”
MEREDITH: Time is always right to show appreciation to educators
On average, teachers work more than 52 hours a week, which includes 30 hours on instruction and 22 hours on tasks like preparing lessons and grading papers.
DANIELS: Contempt for other views is no recipe for accomplishment
A certain nihilism has crept into our politics: a “let’s blow it up” philosophy far from an early shared belief that the end result was actually to govern.
IRELAND: Sanders plays the foil, making Clinton seem moderate
Not only did Bernie Sanders energize droves of new voters and help avoid an outright anointment, but he served to characterize Hillary Clinton in a more appealing light for the general electorate.
SPALDING: What the ‘woman’s card’ gets you in Indiana
Donald Trump’s idea that a woman has privileges because of her gender is laced with denial and the same belittling rhetoric so popular among his base.
SEAT: Inspiration from a weekend in Dallas
As the only son of two immigrant parents from a relatively small town in northwestern Indiana, I never thought my life’s journey would bring a president within eyesight. And, yet, there he was, the 43rd president of the United States.
WAGNER: State, federal candidates need suburban moms
If Democrat John Gregg can define himself as a worthy alternative, someone who can actually govern, the moderate moms so important in the 2012 election, might rally to his side in the governor’s race.
SHABAZZ: When third parties become our first choices
In a recent poll by Rasmussen, nearly one in four voters said they would stay home or vote a third party if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were the nominees of their respective parties.
BARLOW: NCAA should practice what it preaches
I have great respect for people who enter the public square and push for social change. I would caution, however, anyone against doing so without first taking a good look at themselves.
MILLER: ‘Bathroom bills’ are bad for everyone
Most people do not seem to experience gender dysphoria. Yet, there are thousands of people who say this is their experience. We should respect that.
WOLLEY: Let’s all be an Indy partisan—maybe even a zealot
When CEOs for Cities does its annual statistical rankings of municipalities, we don’t come in number one on much of anything. Yet, when you put all the variables together, the synergies make us “punch above our weight class.”
SMITH: Target must change its transgender bathroom policy to protect customers
The company must quit bowing to the political correctness of the radical left.