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.
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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.
GM, Chrysler didn’t need rescue
The automobile industry did not need rescue. It did not need the government takeover. Only two badly run corporations were in trouble.
Vote to restore balance
Three things have modulated the excesses of unfettered American capitalism since the rise of the Progressive Era in the early 20th century: labor unions, government regulations, and the progressive income tax system. It’s no coincidence that the rise of the American middle class followed.
How’s Obama workin’ for ya?
I have avoided writing about any of left-wing author Sheila Kennedy’s opinion pieces because she’s such an easy target. However her [Oct. 22] “Elections have consequence” piece calling Republicans extremist demands a response.
Hetrick spins, too
Bruce Hetrick’s Oct. 22 column “Spouting off about the all-too-common art of spin” begins by offering the reader his view on how characters in the Broadway play “The Book of Mormon” are adept at spinning falsehoods in the guise of “helping people.” Hetrick provides spinning of his own, personally reviewing the highly irreverent play as hilarious, pant-wetting entertainment.