LAMKIN: Solving health care woes with CO-OPs
Health costs remain the No. 1 cause of personal bankruptcy and the largest, most uncontrollable element for businesses. This is unsustainable.
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RUSTHOVEN: Right-to-work could spark Urbana 2.0
Here’s a right-to-work primer: Federal labor law permits states to prohibit bargaining agreements requiring workers to join a union (or to pay union dues). Unions hate this provision but have never been able to kill it.
MAURER: McKinney name and gift enhance our lives
A top-tier law school in the city of Indianapolis not only will enhance an honorable profession, but also will provide a fine legal education—a sound foundation for any career.
EDITORIAL: OK smoking ban before year end
A plea to City-County Council Democrats: Keep your eye on the prize and vote this month for smoke-free workplaces.
KIM: When credit evaporates, cash is king … so save some
Like many, I eagerly await the publication of Berkshire Hathaway’s annual reports, which always contain timeless lessons from Warren Buffett.
HICKS: Monetary policy for our times may involve trade-offs
This week, Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and leading contender to replace Ben Bernanke as Fed chairman, visited Muncie to give an important speech on moving the economy past the recession.
WALLACE: Fine-tune government and diversify into growth sectors
Fortunately, there are several things we can do to ignite the Indiana economy.
PENCE: Prudence, freedom, education, strong families create jobs
Fiscal restraint alone will not create jobs.
GREGG: Fair trade, education, regionalism will lead to prosperity
We’ve spent too much time looking over our shoulder at Illinois, when we should be looking out for India.
STOSSEL: America: Land of free speech, sometimes
We should counter hateful speech with more words—not government force.
DOWD: Gingrich’s long list of exploding cigars
Maybe the ideal man to fix Washington’s dysfunction is the one who made it dysfunctional.
SOWELL: No, centrists really don’t win elections
Just when did Ronald Reagan, with his two landslide election victories, “seize the center?”
FRIEDMAN: Bully for Obama on his fuel mileage deal
Naturally, the EPA-haters hate the deal.
WINSTON: Goodnight’s city is where we wanna go
Goodnight combines the attributes of Obama and Vice President Biden.
KANE: Pence’s out-of-state contributions are OK
There are more reasons to expand revenue sources than to limit them.
CAMPBELL: An eye-popping journey to the Carolinas
Make no mistake: The South is indeed rising again.
SHELLA: Will this be Ballard’s last term as mayor?
Look for the Democrats to field a stronger candidate in 2015.
DAVIS: Advice for the mayor and new council
When mistakes happen—and they do—fix them. It’s OK to say “oops” if you react.
EARLY: The council’s long and winding agenda
I do not care what people do as long as they don’t do it in the street and scare the horses.
VAUGHN: Voters left out of Vaughn’s power grab
His actions and the sweetheart deal with Brooks raise a long list of red flags.