MORRIS: Tony Bennett took one for the team
I’m worried the defeat of Tony Bennett as superintendent of public instruction puts this state’s education reforms not at risk, but on a slower pace.
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SKARBECK: Long-term investments make solid tax shelters
This is the season many investors review their year-to-date gains and losses and scan their portfolios for any other year-end tax maneuvers.
HICKS: Thelma and Louise approach the fiscal cliff
Reaching an agreement on our budget deficit requires one or both sides to concede central parts of their arguments.
Teachers crave rules
The Bennett/Ritz election was a contest between forward motion and status quo. Daniels and Bennett are pressing the accelerator. Ritz represents a tactically oriented teacher group and will pump the brakes to slow change initiatives.
Ritz should advocate higher teacher salaries
Teachers have the most difficult job in the world. They aren’t paid what they’re worth.” Across Indiana, these words have become cliché. In their guts, Hoosiers know what data has proven—better pay for teachers translates, in the long run, to better outcomes for students.
State Democrats reach critical turning point
Like many Democrats, I ended election night with polarized emotions. I started off ecstatic.
Maurer on target
A note to heartily second your thoughts [Maurer column, Nov. 12] regarding Republican Party politics.
Mass Ave project has character
Schmidt Associates is pushing Indianapolis’ building facades into 21st century leadership.
Don’t ruin Mass Ave
Carol Faenzi hit the nail on the head [Nov. 12 Viewpoint]. I don’t find many who endorse the exterior design of the proposed Mass Ave structure.
SNYDER: An unnecessary barrier to entry
A few months ago, I was visiting a friend in the hospital. As I observed the staff attending to him, I was impressed by the quality of care he received. It was clear he was in good hands.
KENNEDY: Be careful what you wish for
I’ll admit to taking guilty pleasure from two highly significant miscalculations of this year’s election cycle: the infusion of gazillions of corporate dollars to sway voters, and efforts to (ahem!) “true the vote.
LONG: Budget, education, criminal sentencing top agenda
As the smoke clears from the election season, Hoosiers have turned their attention back to the Statehouse. The newly elected members of the General Assembly have a long to-do list. Passing a balanced budget, examining education reforms and updating our criminal sentencing structure are just a few.
DOWD: Romney is president…of another country
It makes sense that Mitt Romney and his advisers are still gobsmacked by the fact that they’re not commandeering the West Wing.
MYERS: Indiana a leader in breast cancer fight
Breast cancer is not one disease; it is many diseases. And although it is not limited to women, women over the age of 50 are at the highest risk.
TAFT: Resurrecting Indy’s urban housing market
The recession affected some older Indianapolis neighborhoods differently than it did the larger metro area housing market, with areas of Marion County taking particularly hard hits.
STYRING: A Thanksgiving lesson in communism
The Pilgrims were small “c” communists. Lands were farmed in common and everything went into a common storehouse from which everyone drew sustenance.
RIVERA: Hoosiers’ common-sense triumphs
My generation of Hoosiers has elevated expectations for government. It must be environmentally friendly, embrace technology, help our neediest, treat everyone equally, and manage finances responsibly.
MAHERN: Now that you’ve been elected a legislator…
So, you have been elected to the Legislature. Robert Redford once starred in a movie called “The Candidate.” At the end of the film and after an improbable win for the U.S. Senate, the Redford character asks his consultant, “What do we do now?"
HOWEY: Mourdock camp ran a bad campaign
A couple of days after Richard Mourdock upset U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar in the May primary, Howard County Republican Chairman Craig Dunn called me. Would I be open to a “clear the air” meeting with Mourdock?
KRULL: Voters spoke, but is the GOP listening?
Oh, what strange things partisanship and ideology can be. The day after the votes had been counted in the 2012 election, Republican leaders new and old in state government declared that nothing—not even a pesky upset—was going to stop them from implementing their education agenda.