MAHERN: Politics, art collide on the Cultural Trail
If an artist says that it is art, who are we to gainsay it?
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MYERS: Lauding Wishard’s many unsung miracles
Most of our failures as a society end up in the emergency room, and in central Indiana that often means Wishard.
MUTZ: Faster—faster—on education attainment
We are behind the curve and becoming less competitive all the time.
LADWIG: Indiana run ‘like a business’? Not quite
Every time this man applied that advice to his particular corner of government, “All hell broke loose.”
HOWEY: Mayoral glass ceiling persists in big cities
A male candidate is more likely to get away with the bare-knuckled political brawls than a young mother.
SWAYZE: Conservative resolutions for the New Year
No one should have to join a union if they don’t wish to and unions should respect that.
STYRING: Right-to-work is rooted in basic fairness
Don’t be surprised if our Statehouse is routinely on the nightly news.
BONIFIELD: An easy way to help college students
This year represents the best chance that it will, and the current economic climate remains the best argument that it should.
FERGUSON: Even Louisiana has a limited smoking ban
Most observers will agree that Louisiana isn’t exactly famous for leading the way in progressive public policy
WAGNER: In praise of Parker, leader of Democrats
Elected officials and candidates asked him that same week to remain on the job, a testament to his track record.
VANE: The shock and awe of the Kittle Revolution
The Indianapolis furniture czar got his chance to run things his way.
KRULL: Calling Holcomb to a higher standard
Somehow we think behaving churlishly is acceptable.
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.