Wolley: Community must act to stop black-male homicides
That elected officials have only recently been able to scrounge up funds for a witness-protection program is welcomed but troubling.
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Hale: Fighting automation fears with creativity
Where there is creative talent, a creative industry closely follows.
Leppert: Amazon and the difference between cool and uncool
My hometown and state have seemingly been working overtime to display how uncool we really are.
Shabazz: Why should we pay for their primaries?
What do you put in place of the current primary system? Easy, a county convention.
Ireland: The hollowness of ‘Stronger Together’
Our nation cannot afford to view political opposition as an absence of morality, a defect of the heart and soul of a man.
Schneider: No one knows what goes on behind closed doors
The system of keeping serious debate behind closed doors ‘whitewashes issues and denies the public the right to hear deliberations.’
Smith: How about some true accountability for spending?
If lawmakers invest wisely, we’d likely send them back. If they invest poorly, we’d look for a wiser financial steward.
HALE: Protecting children is great goal, mighty challenge
Children will die. Children right here in Indiana
SIDDIQUI: DCS is troubled—and not for the reason you think
Politicizing this issue doesn’t help us develop a better solution.
RITZ: Cursive writing still matters for career success
Indiana’s business community and parents should demand that students receive cursive instruction.
DANIELS: CEOs must take lead in sex harassment policies
Having policies against harassment is useless without a commitment to enforcing those policies.
LEPPERT: Slowing the pace of marijuana’s legislative ‘creep’
The Indiana General Assembly wants to see things work, or not, in other states before it goes jumping into the deep end.
SHABAZZ: Good governing isn’t always about being bold
People are complaining there is no significant initiative that costs a lot of money, takes years to accomplish and grabs a lot of headlines.
SHEPARD: What it means to be a state that works
Sometimes you can learn a lot about a community by virtue of the leaders it chooses.
SHELLA: Oprah exposes Democrats’ struggle to ID candidates
The search is on for the next Barack Obama.
IRELAND: Our first virtual reality president is coming soon
This emerging technology is likely to redefine what it means to be a candidate.
PARR: Ruling shows checks and balances are out of whack
It may well be that the Supreme Court rights the … ship when this issue finally makes its way to the nation’s highest court.
SMITH: For some, hating crime in general isn’t enough
The LGBTQ community seeks to politicize the criminal code to elevate its legal status.
ROBERTSON: Republican councilors lose souls in power grab
I am about as sympathetic a voter they have to their plight—and I am absolutely disgusted.