McNAMAR: I love Indy, but not the public transit system
I would like to commute by bus—I can’t. I work in Carmel, but IndyGo does not go beyond 96th Street.
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RUSTHOVEN: Yank the shepherd’s crook on Gingrich
Newt Gingrich is a horrid conservative standard-bearer.
MOURDOCK: Congress should use the same rules as everyone else
We have seen the federal government use “crony capitalism” to save businesses that should have otherwise failed.
LUGAR: Government, economy will survive Obama’s mistakes
Obama has sought political gain by attacking Congress rather than seeking agreement.
DONNELLY: A few common-sense actions would restore confidence
If Congress played by the same rules that Hoosier families do, we could start addressing the critical issues facing our nation.
MEREDITH: Use available technology first to improve learning
Yes, they could call a helpline, but they would land in an automated system, leave a message and days later might get a response.
HARRIS: A good idea, as long as quality is closely monitored
In certain instances technology is actually changing the very nature of teaching and learning and helping students achieve at drastically higher rates.
DOWD: Mitt, aren’t you capable of better wit?
Mitt was a prankster in school and stone sober.
BROOKS: This should be liberalism’s golden age
Obama might consider running for re-election as Luther.
BLOW: Government is a friend, with benefits
The only thing keeping millions more out of poverty were the very safety net programs that many Republicans despise.
SOWELL: Presumptuous ignorance or Brass Age?
Why would people who have spent their careers in politics know more about investing than people who have spent their careers as investors?
STOSSEL: Pining for today’s champions of freedom
Alfred Kahn was a bureaucrat who, under President Carter, managed to kill off the Civil Aeronautics Board and Interstate Commerce Commission.
NOCERA: Living in fear of the overpowering NCAA
Tanesha turned over her bank statements, as the NCAA demanded.
EARLY: Some friendly advice to the Democrats
I realize it is late for a new team to enter the fray.
VAUGHN: Good news, bad news for public access
It is time to make a point with those hardcore offenders that keeping secrets from the public won’t be tolerated.
CAMPBELL: Lilly, Pulliam, Walker … and Manning
Manning has been one of the most important figures in our city’s history.
KETZENBERGER: A grocery clerk sizes up the contenders
Republicans are about to lose a whole generation of potential voters.
WINSTON: Ballard won the social media skirmish
If you are going to go after an incumbent who already has online traction, then the order of the day is “Tweet early, tweet often.”
SHELLA: Free speech on display at the Legislature
All of this union-backed expression is in response to the right-to-work bill.
BOEHM: Questions about who’s minding the store
The names of the married couple who sold the home to us in 1991 remained on the voter lists at our address.