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Food-desert legislation deserving of support
More than 20 percent of the population in five of the eight counties in the metro area live in food deserts.
All the LGBT coverage is getting tiresome
What percent of your paper and ink have you devoted to this matter which affects maybe 2-3 percent of the people?
LOPRESTI: Indiana’s Division I arenas packed with history, charm
After a tour of 10 college venues in 20 days, which one shines the brightest?
WILLIAMS: Lessons learned from our friend Denver Hutt
Hutt was the change we wanted to see, and there is plenty of wisdom that can be drawn from her work helping build Indianapolis’ innovation community.
KENNEDY: Religious liberty—one more time
The U.S. Constitution protects citizens’ right to believe anything. It does not, however, protect an untrammeled right to act on the basis of religious doctrine.
MORRIS: As milestones approach, the best is yet to come
A big birthday and a couple of significant anniversaries are cause for reflection, anticipation.
INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE: Broad support not enough to save work-share bill
Big business and labor both support legislation that would let companies cut workers’ hours during downturns but let the employees collect partial unemployment. But Gov. Mike Pence’s administration says it would be expensive to implement and so the bill will die.
Assertive analyst takes Klipsch owner to woodshed
The stock market value for Voxx today is just $118 million—far less than it paid just for Klipsch, one of a long list of acquisitions it made dating back a decade.
SKARBECK: As gloom-and-doomers fret, the wise go bargain hunting
The S&P 500 has fallen 10 percent in the first 11 trading days of 2016. It’s as if someone flipped the sell switch on Jan. 4 and left it on. Predictably, the gloom-and-doomers are out in force.
BOHANON & STYRING: Ethanol has lost its glow, but subsidies live on
Ethanol, the wonder fuel, has turned out to be a wonder flop. But corn ethanol has powerful interests protecting the subsidy, such as corn farmers and ethanol companies. Those who bear the costs of the ethanol subsidy are the widely dispersed and disorganized members of the general public.
INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE: Pence’s port plan could provide big economic punch
Indiana has one of the busiest port systems in the nation, even though it’s 600 miles from an ocean. Adding a fourth port could boost economic development in southeastern Indiana but also help businesses across the state distribute their products or obtain raw materials.
FORESTAL: Stop diverting gas taxes to uses other than roads
Let us repurpose existing revenue to roads, pursue more federal assistance, and use our budget surplus to fix our roads.
SOLIDAY: New revenue critical to keep roads, economy going
House Bill 1001 is built upon three principles: fiscal responsibility, data-driven metrics and sustainable infrastructure funding to support a safe, efficient transportation system and a thriving economy, without creating long-term debt for our children.
DOUTHAT: Failing to fix U.S. health care, Obamacare limps on
It seems likely that Obamacare is neither fixed nor fully paid for nor furiously opposed but simply limps along with the rest of our health care system for as long as both can limp.
BLOW: Searching for solutions to shootings at a gun show
Most gun enthusiasts are just seeking an extra layer of protection for themselves. Most gun control advocates are just seeking an extra layer of protection for innocent lives.
SOWELL: Obama’s latest gun proposals destined to backfire
None of the things proposed by the President Obama is likely to reduce gun violence. Like other restrictions on people’s ability to defend themselves, or to deter attacks by showing that they are armed, these new restrictions can cost more lives on net balance.
BROOKS: Millennials: liberal in polls but conservative in life
On the surface, the millennial generation, having endured the financial crash and stagnant wages, looks ready to lead a big leftward push. But if you look at how millennials actually live, you certainly don’t see a progressive counterculture.
COLLINS: Trump taps anger vote, but Sanders hits true villains
Outrage is the campaign theme for both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Sanders wants the country to rise up against the special privileges that keep making the richest 1 percent richer. Trump rocketed to the top of the polls by railing about illegal immigration.
BARLOW: Liberal yells of ‘racist’ rob the word of its meaning
What I find disgusting is when people misuse the term “racist,” because it detracts from the uniquely heinous history and nature of racism in order to morally equivocate different forms of discrimination that are, frankly, not as egregious.