KRISTOF: Get used to the messy democracy in Egypt
Roads to democracy are always bumpy—and, frankly, I feel pretty good about Egypt.
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COLLINS: Some of the dimmer bulbs are at it again
Hysteria over the government taking away our right to buy inefficient light bulbs has been sweeping through certain segments of the Republican Party.
BROOKS: Paul Ryan’s enlightened moment of truth
Ryan leaped into the vacuum left by the president’s passivity.
DOWD: Republican Party gone the way of Mad Men
When Mitch Daniels, the Indiana governor and Republican presidential aspirant, dared to urge his party to “mute” social issues, he was smacked.
KRUGMAN: It’s too bad the truth is still inconvenient
As Upton Sinclair pointed out long ago, it’s difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
DOUTHAT: Opportunity is ripe for GOP; stage is empty
Alas, somebody else may have to ensure the survival of the republic, since Daniels has spent the month backpedaling from the idea of a presidential run.
RENN: Indy is still the Midwest growth champion
Add it all up, and Indianapolis appears to be demographically strong, with a strong appeal to Hoosier and ethnic newcomers, and an emergent black growth engine as well.
HEIN: In praise of mighty not-for-profit groups
Not-for-profit employees, and the volunteers who join their mission, are the tip of Indiana’s public service arrow.
EARLY: Lugar, Mourdock fight already a bruiser
In any event, Mourdock will have an energized Tea Party in his corner as well as many of the party regulars. Mourdock is a great speaker and a tireless worker. Lugar does not want to debate him.
BOEHM: State employees hang in court balance
If the Supreme Court agrees with the 1984 opinion, the effect would presumably be to bar state employees from serving in the Legislature, a holding of no small consequence.
KETZENBERGER: Drafting Daniels for corporate Indiana
If his first run for governor is any indication, he’d make a heckuva presidential candidate. I hope he doesn’t.
VAUGHN: No excuse for keeping tainted Durham funds
Continuing to use the excuse that the money is already spent amounts to a slap in the face of the Ohio victims of Durham’s illegal scheme, many who lost their life savings.
SMITH: Ban counterfeits to preserve critically important institution
Across all time and all cultures, wise leaders and wise societies have recognized that marriage is good, and wise societies have protected and nurtured it.
KENNEDY: About those intended and unintended consequences …
Even if one believes that same-sex marriages are a “problem,” enacting House Joint Resolution 6 will change nothing.
KENNEDY: Seattle is benefiting from comprehensive youth program
Question: What is one big idea from another city that you’d like to implement here? Answer: As a young man, my father left the shores of Greece for the hope and opportunity of America. Once here, he worked to realize the American dream: start a family, work hard and save enough money to start his […]
GIBSON: A bus system like Charlotte’s would offer many benefits
Charlotte, N.C., operates approximately 325 buses with 74 routes on a budget of $110 million while IndyGo has an annual budget of $55 million with only 150 buses and 29 routes.
CARSON: Houston’s mass transit system is helping solve problems
Houston’s comprehensive mass transit plan, which incorporates neighborhood economic development and community control of infrastructure, got its start 20 years ago amid cries that it couldn’t happen.
BALLARD: Atlanta impresses with redeveloped steel mill location
Atlanta turned the contaminated site of a former steel mill into an urban jewel called Atlantic Station.
FRIEDMAN: Fiscal, environmental mess cries for leaders
The world is caught in a dangerous feedback loop—higher oil prices and climate disruptions lead to higher food prices, higher food prices lead to more instability, more instability leads to higher oil prices.
KRISTOF: Paying teachers more would be a bargain
These days, brilliant women become surgeons and investment bankers—and 47 percent of America’s kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers come from the bottom one-third of their college classes (as measured by SAT scores).