Randall T. Shepard: Judiciary’s growing role leads to nominee scrutiny
Do not doubt that President Trump’s nominee will be asked about policies like campaign finance and regulation of abortions.
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Michael Leppert: The incomparable court few Americans understand
That’s right, America, one does not even have to be an attorney to be appointed to our highest court.
Riley Parr: GOP presidents don’t always pick well politically
I’m not arrogant enough to think only conservative jurists should be on the Supreme Court.
Curt Smith: Kennedy retirement best news in 35 years
Justice Kennedy has kept abortion-on-demand legal nationwide.
Betty Cockrum: Nominee should leave religion at courtroom door
We are your daughters, your sisters, your granddaughters, your nieces. Show us respect.
A less-cruel way to curb illegal immigration
Let’s start with the easy part. The policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border, delivering them into a bureaucratic labyrinth while their fathers and mothers await trial or petition for asylum, is the wickedest thing the Trump administration has done so far—and you can tell exactly how wicked by observing how […]
How to lose the midterms and re-elect Trump
Dear Robert De Niro, Samantha Bee and other Trump haters: I get that you’re angry. I’m angry, too. But anger isn’t a strategy. Sometimes it’s a trap. When you find yourself spewing four-letter words, you’ve fallen into it. You’ve chosen cheap theatrics over the long game, catharsis over cunning. You think you’re raising your fist […]
Will more blacks vote Republican?
As we lay the framework for November’s elections, we’re seeing the emergence of a new face of the Democratic Party—more progressive, more left wing. The Democratic Party is delivering more candidates around the nation like Stacey Abrams, recently nominated for governor in Georgia. She’s unabashedly boilerplate, in-your-face, hard left. Pro-big government, pro-abortion, pro-LGBT rights. Recent […]
Bill Oesterle: Pledge requires creative anti-smoking effort
The best way to reduce smoking is to tax the hell out of it and use the tax dollars to fund programs that help people quit.
Curt Smith: Divorce rate drags down Hoosiers’ well-being
About 37,000 Hoosier babies are born each year with two strikes against them—no father in the home and an impoverished mother.
Dana Black: Celebrating Pride Month is to be better American
The fact that we stand strong is proof that no matter how some try to harm or silence us, we will not go away.
Celestino-Horseman: Shame on GOP for keeping marriage language
The list of those supporting this language reads like a who’s who of Republican politics.
Michael Simpson: Republicans need broader, inclusive view to grow
Hoosier families are more varied and diverse than just a few decades ago.
Micah Clark: GOP delegates recognize importance of marriage
The collapse of marriage is the primary cause of child poverty in the United States.
Deborah Hearn Smith: A cautionary tale: Is 2018 another 1968?
We have once again gone to our corners to shout at the other side. Listening is a lost art.
John McDonald: Five employee perks that don’t cost a dime
Companies that offer flexible work schedules frequently see more productive, engaged and happier employees.
Beverly Gard: Indiana’s waterways are cleaner than you think
IDEM works side by side with numerous locally led watershed groups to help improve water quality.
Adrianne Slash: Give black drug users same empathy as white ones
Equity matters. In order to build trust with communities, our response in their time of need must be equitable.
Ed DeLaney: Will Indiana leaders offer health care safety net?
Until the passage of the Affordable Care Act, our regulation was a very light touch.
Baron Hill: Don’t put up with the GOP attack on health care
Policymakers should be working together to improve the ACA, rather than blow it up.