WINSTON: Why rural voters should support Obama
Politics is an amazing, yet perplexing, profession. I have often wondered why President Obama trails Mitt Romney by a large margin in rural areas.
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SOUDER: Pence is show horse and work horse
Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg has hauled out the canard that Mike Pence is a “show horse,” not a “work horse,” based upon two “polls” in 2006 and 2008. Neither was scientific: They were anonymous, voting multiple times could be easily done, and rivals could rig the voting.
DAVIS: Republicans’ turn to vote for Democrats
If you know me, I think you agree that I am not a firebrand partisan with automatic reactions based on my Democratic Party affiliation.
SHELLA: A kitchen where the heat is turned down
All of a sudden, when I check out news stories on the Internet, a negative political ad pops up and I can’t make it go away. That is, unless I want the news story to go away, too.
EARLY: Donnelly running on high-pocrisy
It is only a few days until the election, and the Mourdock-Donnelly Senate race is still in limbo.
BOHANON: Mourdock’s uncompromising ‘extremism’
Politics is about compromise. But compromise is always around an agenda and elections are about agendas.
GARRISON: This time, the stakes truly are huge
Almost every politics-attentive person around Indianapolis probably sees the Nov. 6 elections as of huge consequence.
ODLE: The fight to get out the vote is ongoing
Americans seem to be full of contradictions. Perhaps that is why we are so admired, and yet so hated, by the rest of the world.
VAUGHN: Election bullies threaten right to vote
With Indiana ranked a dismal 48th for voter turnout, you would think Republicans and Democrats could agree that our state needs to take aggressive steps to increase the number of active voters.
BOEHM: Good reasons not to toss out judges
The ballot this year will ask you whether two judges of the Indiana Supreme Court and four on the Court of Appeals will be retained in office. Don’t forget to vote yes on all six retention questions.
HARRIS: Trigger laws critical to amplifying parents’ voices
For too long, power over urban schools has rested too much with district central offices and not enough with parents.
MEREDITH: Involved parents can lend support to their schools
I do not think parents need a trigger law to allow them to do what they should be doing already by advocating for their children.
WALKER: Republicans keep winning with common sense values
As with Mark Twain, the report of the death of the Marion County Republican Party was an exaggeration. Don’t believe me? Check the 25th floor of the City-County Building.
TREACY: County is trending Democratic for three big reasons
I’m going to surprise you. I’m not going to tell you Marion County is absolutely a Democratic county. It is more complex than yes or no.
BASILE: In Houston, a megachurch offered a practical message
As a professional speaker myself, I could appreciate his pacing and understated gestures.
LOU’S VIEWS: Art + theater made for memorable road trip
George Seurat’s painting “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884” provided the inspiration for the musical “Sunday in the Park with George.” For an Oct. 20 visit to both the painting and the musical, I was in the company of 35 participants in the first IBJ A&E Road Trip, an exercise in arts connectivity.
DINING: Sonny’s is a welcome spot
Last in a month-long series of reviews of possessive restaurant reviews.
Rapid rise of ExactTarget uplifting for young techies
In just over a decade, the interactive marketer has rocketed from bootstrapped startup to New York Stock Exchange-listed company with a market value of $1.5 billion.
KIM: Election may not sway markets like expected
With election rhetoric reaching a fever pitch, investors are curious about what an Obama re-election or Romney win will mean for the stock market.
HICKS: Some additional clarity on gender and pay
The facts by themselves offer no cause or understanding of the issue, much less an explanation of potential policy interventions.