TENBARGE: Don’t overlook Lugar’s history of service
Though I have enormous admiration and respect for Mourdock, I stand firmly behind Lugar for the good of this nation and this state.
Though I have enormous admiration and respect for Mourdock, I stand firmly behind Lugar for the good of this nation and this state.
Cook took wealth for himself, no doubt, but not before he made sure the companies and the employees had what they needed, and we’re all the better for it.
To identify and reject abuses of power, citizens need to understand the wisdom in the constitutional limits on the role of each branch of government and the respective domains of federal and state governments.
Come to think of it, I would vote for Charlie White, regardless where he is living, before I would vote for Obama.
I’ve learned what everyday people have known for years: Unlike the media, we don’t pay attention to the fight.
Without someone to ring the bell and call out the low blows, there isn’t much stopping political tussles from escalating to fights and then to brawls.
Despite all the rhetoric about fairness and transparency, the 2011 round of redistricting remained shrouded in secrecy and conducted mostly behind closed doors.
Indianapolis Democrat Greg Taylor goes to the microphone so much he makes Don Quixote look lethargic. Carmel Republican Mike Delph seems to scour the Drudge Report looking for new ways to make the electorate adopt his values.
We should not want judges who put their fingers in the air to see which way the political wind is blowing.
Hoosiers have had enough of the bickering and back-room deals on Capitol Hill and Capitol Avenue, and bickering has never created a single job.
Our state will best address our future needs by fostering engagement, confidence with optimism, and accountability.
Removing this possibility from future minority parties (whoever they may be) would unfairly hamstring the minority and give them no voice in the face of an unyielding majority.
Tax rates are meant to make an ideological statement and promote class-warfare politics, not just bring in revenue.
No one should be soothed by assurances that publication of those lists poses no threat to law-abiding gun owners.
Rand is blazing back as an icon of the Tea Party, which overlooks her atheism, amorality in romance and vigorous support for abortion.
Sometimes the most powerful force for social change is a bunch of irreverent and wise-cracking students, working together.
This isn’t about balancing budgets or fiscal discipline or prosperity-for-posterity stewardship. This is open piracy for plutocrats.
Under the president’s plan, we soak the rich in the short term, and then just keep going deeper into the red.
The realization was startling. How could someone with such a high profile—a major political figure by any standard—be so nonchalant in weaving across the center line?
Are they politically motivated? Probably. Do they have the potential to intimidate professors and institutions? Yes. Are they illegal or unethical? No.