Tom LoBianco: Determining the ‘best obtainable version’ of truth
Maybe it’s time for reporters and journalists to let the public know more about how we do what we do.
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Marshawn Wolley: State must set high bar for minority student attainment
A lower proficiency goal for kids who look like my son means adults are planning for their failure instead of addressing our own failings.
Glenda Ritz: Stop state money to virtual schools
Education decisions at the state level should be about serving students, not politics.
Bill Oesterle: Bridge latest in ‘death by thousand cuts’ for 38th Street
About $4 million will be spent, and the street will be far worse off.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: Democrats have only themselves to blame
This is one of the most politically idiotic moves a party chairman can make.
Jim Shella: Why I’m pulling for Democrat Pete Buttigieg
There is a show business element to presidential politics that causes serious proposals and serious candidates to get lost.
Megan Robertson: What does being Republican even mean?
The principles our Founding Fathers set forth—the ones Republicans used to hold up as resolute pillars of our democracy—no longer seem to be of concern to the White House or Republican leadership.
Pierre Atlas: Let’s have an honest debate about socialism
Sweden is a prime example of the hybrid political-economic system known as the social democratic welfare state.
Riley Parr: Less government equals more freedom
Looking to government to solve every ill should not be the first course of action.
Jennifer Wagner: A hate crimes law should be a no-brainer
We must shake off our apathy and be part of the debate.
Deborah Daniels: Law must be crystal-clear about who’s protected
Isn’t it enough to say “bias” instead of listing specific protected classes? In a word, no.
Curt Smith: Judges already have better tool than hate crimes law
Actually, factually, Indiana has a model approach to fashioning justice to the crime, including hate, bias or discrimination.
Shariq Siddiqui: Senate action affront to death of Muslim-American
This was a chilling message to Indiana minorities who continue to suffer from bias crimes with little legal protection from their Legislature.
John Crane: A law without a list is inclusive; it covers everyone
Indiana already has in law, and practice, what proponents for a list-approach say they want.
Greg Porter: Law must have a victims list to be effective legal tool
Those who oppose a hate crimes law are on the wrong side of history.
Brad Rateike: Leaks undermine good governance
Imagine if every private conversation you had at work were made available to the press, to your customers, to your boss.
Adrianne Slash: Legislators need to get out of their echo chambers
The more representative voices in the elective process, the better.
Anne Hathaway: IndyGo has not made safety a priority in Red Line project
IndyGo officials have offered little in the way of solutions or partnership—replying with nothing more than verbal shrugs.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Gun ownership should come at a price
The Constitution might promise the right to bear arms, but that right is not unlimited.
VW money available soon for air-quality projects
The primary goal is to produce sustainable, transformative projects.