SHEPARD: The Indiana way of picking appellate judges
We should not want judges who put their fingers in the air to see which way the political wind is blowing.
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GREGG: Politicians have lost sight of voter demands for job creation
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.
CARTER: Leadership traits will define whether Indiana succeeds
Our state will best address our future needs by fostering engagement, confidence with optimism, and accountability.
FERGUSON: Protest walkouts are worthy of protection
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.
SOWELL: The selfish idealism of American liberals
Tax rates are meant to make an ideological statement and promote class-warfare politics, not just bring in revenue.
STOSSEL: Gun owners have a right to privacy, too
No one should be soothed by assurances that publication of those lists poses no threat to law-abiding gun owners.
DOWD: Ayn Rand won’t go away and leave us alone
Rand is blazing back as an icon of the Tea Party, which overlooks her atheism, amorality in romance and vigorous support for abortion.
KRISTOF: Harnessing the power of mockery for change
Sometimes the most powerful force for social change is a bunch of irreverent and wise-cracking students, working together.
BLOW: The rich are sticking it to the poor again
This isn’t about balancing budgets or fiscal discipline or prosperity-for-posterity stewardship. This is open piracy for plutocrats.
DOUTHAT: Obama is laying a middle-class tax trap
Under the president’s plan, we soak the rich in the short term, and then just keep going deeper into the red.
BONIFIELD: Lee Hamilton, free of bumper stickers
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?
FARGO: In defense of controversial e-mail requests
Are they politically motivated? Probably. Do they have the potential to intimidate professors and institutions? Yes. Are they illegal or unethical? No.
LADWIG: The last thing newspapers need is a subsidy
You should know that publishers of the smaller community newspapers, specialty papers and media systems throughout the nation were outperforming the big shots until the recession, their closeness to their readerships saving them from the hubris of advocacy.
WAGNER: Pointers for those moments in the trenches
If you’re extremely lucky, your political adversary will have hired young, inexperienced staffers who telegraph their boss’s next moves on Twitter and Facebook.
MAHERN: Finger the elephant, mayoral candidates
Talking about education in a mayor’s race will only upset the adults who are the system’s primary beneficiaries—administrators and teachers.
KRULL: The weird election for Indianapolis mayor
Indianapolis now has a mayor who fades into the background. He is the mayor we still do not know.
HOWEY: Let’s count who might run for Congress
The most interesting will come in the new 6th congressional district that just about everyone expects to be vacated by U.S. Rep. Mike Pence for a 2012 gubernatorial run.
MYERS: A boardwalk view of medicinal marijuana
Carnival barkers hustle you into the “doctor’s office,” where virtually any diagnosis leads to a “prescription” for the FDA-unapproved “Sour Diesel.”
MUTZ: Indiana should pioneer ‘no adult left behind’
Indiana needs its own version of the G.I. Bill aimed at the undereducated. We should formulate a targeted program that is designed so that no adult is left behind.
SANDERS: Create a sense of community across broader Indianapolis
The dictionary defines “neighborhood” as “a district where people live.” That certainly defines Indianapolis …