KETZENBERGER: Polarizing politics paralyzes public policy
If we’re not careful with this increasingly all-or-nothing mentality, we’ll find ourselves living with tumbleweeds and dirt streets.
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GARCIA: Demonize one minority, demonize them all
Reasonable politicians begin their descent into hell as they look away while others within their constituency have their civil rights eroded.
HUDNUT: Nordstrom loss is setback … and opportunity
When I first heard about the downtown Nordstrom store closing, of course I was disappointed.
CAMPBELL: Let’s hear more trees falling in Indianapolis
The campaigns for these new developments were essentially commercials for all these nice and livable communities outside the city.
BOEHM: Mayor’s touch is key to IPS improvement
We are at risk of … bad outcomes from the way we choose the top leadership of our school systems.
DOWD: More camels’ noses getting under the wheel
The prince made a point of hiring a woman, born in the holy city of Mecca, and training her to be the pilot of his private jet.
DOUTHAT: Rising stars Rand, Rubio diverge on priorities
For the first time in a decade, it seems, the Republican Party doesn’t know where it stands on foreign policy.
NOCERA: The miraculous Glass-Steagall banking law
It was amazingly radical, not just for its time, but for any time; it didn’t so much reform banking as upend it.
SOWELL: Too many Americans dodge today’s realities
Someone needs to say to those who want Social Security and Medicare to continue on unchanged: “Don’t you understand? The money is not there any more.”
STOSSEL: Puerto Rico’s lessons for cutting spending
[Gov.] Fortuno’s predecessors had grown Puerto Rico’s government to the point that the state employed one out of every three workers. By the time he was elected, Puerto Rico was broke.
FARGO: Taking government transparency up a notch
The Internet has changed our expectations about the availability of information. We now expect information to be at our fingertips when we want it.
MAHERN: A call to properly honor civic giant Hudnut
Save for a bust in the lobby of the City-County Building, you would never know he had ever been around.
MYERS: Keep fighting the winning battle against HIV
Research is paying off; prevention is working better than before; fear and discrimination have lessened.
LADWIG: Chambers of commerce have lost their way
At best, many Indiana chambers see themselves as middlemen smoothing the government licensing and regulatory processes.
WAGNER: The unappealing options for life after Mitch
With a presidential bid off the table, those moderate Republicans who’ve loyally worked for Daniels over the years must now choose between life beyond politics or holding their noses on some issues just to stay in the game.
STYRING: How Pence can fight a Mediscare attack
“Don’t touch our Medicare” (and Social Security) will crush our kids and grandkids with horrendous taxes. To maintain otherwise is fantasy.
HOWEY: Mourdock’s big GOP gamble is taking hits
I ran into Rex Early last winter just as the buzz about Richard Mourdock’s challenge to U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar was reaching a crescendo. “Could Lugar get beat?” I asked him. Yes, was the answer from the former state Republican chairman. Early knows the ins and outs of Republican politics about as well as anyone. […]
BENNETT: No reform is toughest; all are getting careful attention
From the very beginning, we knew there was no silver bullet to creating world-class schools.
DRESSLAR: Behold the new politics of school reform
Traditional adversarial relationships between school district and teachers’ union leadership are evolving toward more collaborative relationships.
MORELAND: Let’s do more to improve community health
With so much evidence showing we are losing control of our health, why can we not collectively grab hold of this issue? I believe one reason is that Indiana is not an easy place to be healthy.