LOU’S VIEWS: Picks from the Heartland
Strong films at the upcoming Heartland Film Festival include a coming-of-age story and a documentary about dancing trucks. Among my favorites: “Starry, Starry Night.”
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KIM: Disrespecting bull market can be costly to investors
What a difference a year makes. Last October, we wrote of the U.S. stock market’s dismal third-quarter performance.
HICKS: No lying, just bad news, in U.S. job numbers
Let me dispel the myth of a conspiracy to rig unemployment numbers. I have two reasons to know these data are not contrived.
COLLINS: Of Hooters, zombies and senators
Today, let’s take a look at debates that do not involve Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. You can thank me later.
MYERS: Monitoring health with an iPhone
I did not wait in line to get my new iPhone 5; I ordered it online and it arrived exactly when they said it would. The battery was charged when I got it out of the package, and it took all of about 10 minutes to transfer (using the “cloud”) all of the stuff from my antiquated iPhone 3GS.
TAFT: An excellent adventure in Portlandia
I am sitting on a plane with 90 representatives of Indianapolis returning from a leadership exchange to Portland, Ore., trying to puzzle out what we can learn from a city that is so different from our hometown. Portland is similar in size and has a blue-collar history like Indianapolis, but it followed a very different path the past 30 years.
SWAYZE: The real ‘war’ is now about abortion
The slogan “war on women” has gained traction in the election, but it is an old notion and a war that’s already been won.
RIVERA: Others should follow Hoosier leadership
When good men and women fail to lead, problems get worse. This has happened for too long, and now we need concrete proposals from our candidates for state and federal offices that address the crises that threaten our republic.
VANE: Pence is the substance candidate
If there is a word to describe the 2012 gubernatorial race, I would have to choose “curious.”
STYRING: Hoping it isn’t too late to rethink Rockport
A $2.8 billion coal-to-natural-gas plant in Rockport has been in the works for several years, but the economics of the project seem dodgier by the day.
MAHERN: School boards should stop butting out
After reams of newsprint and a bazillion 1’s and 0’s on the Internet bemoaning the state of public education in general and Indianapolis Public Schools in particular, you finally get your chance to weigh in.
MUTZ: Change won’t come without realignment
With the political landscape littered with failed attempts to end impasse and frustrated citizens worried about the need for change, many voters are saying they intend to vote for the man, not the party. Apparently they think this approach will get results.
KRULL: New GOP strategy won’t help Mourdock
For the past few days, Indiana Republicans have pounded away at a new message in their fight to hold onto the U.S. Senate seat that’s up for grabs this fall.
BONIFIELD: Mourdock’s bent is too hot for Senate
I miss Richard Mourdock. His goofy smile, his bizarre antics, his brand of angry patriotism—all have been notably absent over the past month.
WAGNER: Why the undecideds seem indecisive
I’ll bet you’re not an undecided voter. How do I know? Because you’re reading this opinion piece in this political publication that resides within a larger publication that’s focused on a narrow set of issues. In other words, you’re engaged.
FARGO: Too many politicians dodge the public
In Monroe County, the League of Women Voters has been having trouble with its candidate forums for local and state races. Some of the candidates refuse to take part.
BECK: Reasons why debates still matter
In the days leading up to the election, there are countless opportunities to learn about the candidates who are running for elected office. With Election Day just weeks away, chances are you are getting bombarded by campaign paraphernalia in the mailbox, on television and radio, the Internet and in your neighbor’s front yard.
HOWEY: Super PACs will likely lead to corruption
Last summer, when the conservative Americans for Prosperity dumped $700,000 into Indiana on a TV ad attacking Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Joe Donnelly, I posted a story on the Howey Politics Indiana website talking about how the Super PAC was running the ad “on behalf” of Republican Senate nominee Richard Mourdock.
KENLEY: Idea would encourage government to consider its actions
Mike’s goal No. 6 is to develop a plan to improve the health, safety and well-being of Hoosier families, especially children.
DELANEY: Family impact statements would be waste of money
The state could direct $10 million to reducing childhood poverty and require that “family impact statements” be devised as to proposed regulations. The result would be that poverty would be alleviated by the $10 million minus the cost of the impact statements and the cost of the inevitable litigation about them.