Whitley Yates: Digital democracy: A new public forum for discourse
Algorithms dictate what goes viral and whose voices are heard, raising concerns about fairness in political discourse.
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Claire Fiddian-Green: Lessons to attract and retain young talent
We must build the type of city where young people want to live, and we must make sure they know about it.
Dr. Richard Feldman: Should we reduce nicotine in combustible tobacco?
A big question is whether to reduce nicotine to minimal levels abruptly or gradually.
Shariq Siddiqui: How do Muslim Hoosiers practice zakat?
Muslim Hoosiers are highly diverse, consisting of African Americans, Hispanics, whites, Arabs and Asians—with no one group being a majority.
Deborah Daniels: Three judges on Indiana ballot should be retained
What we want above all from our justices is their commitment to the rule of law and their fairness and impartiality in the pursuit of justice.
Curt Smith: What we can learn from William Wilberforce
He invested his life, his energy, his fortune and his fervent prayers in resolving a moral contradiction that eluded American leaders, even one as formidable as Lincoln.
George Gemelas: I’m young. I now see why the debt crisis must cease.
Politely put, hitting the U.S. fiscal tipping point would leave no aspect of young people’s lives untouched.
George Hornedo and Cindy Simon Skjodt: A better democracy for Indiana and America
Democracy thrives when everyone makes their voice heard, and our state works best when every Hoosier has a fair chance to participate in the political process.
Jim Shella: What happens to the GOP if Trump loses, wins?
The MAGA crowd will not go softly into that good night.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier: Good leaders accept responsibility and are honest
In my experience, the people and organizations that lead with honesty and transparency are the ones who succeed as leaders in the long run—even if their ideas do not.
Deborah Daniels: Reasons to vote yes on justice retention this fall
Chief Justice Rush, and the court as a whole, are recognized as national models of what a chief justice and a supreme court should be.
Dr. Richard Feldman: Is endgame tobacco control the best answer?
Millions of lives and billions in health-care costs would be saved.
George Hornedo: To overcome poverty, we must work together
I’m here today in Indiana because my American Dream was made here.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Immigrants aren’t interested in eating your pets
Unfortunately, our country has a long history of demonizing recent immigrant arrivals.
Jim Shella: Campaigns need just a few things—mostly money
I feel like I have a new pen pal. Well, no one is picking up a pen, the medium is email. You know what I mean. Then again, I don’t respond, so maybe pal is the wrong word, too. What I am trying to say is, I get a lot of messages, suddenly, from one […]
Curt Smith: Family support takes the stage in presidential race
Both the growing focus on family policy and the fact it is a bipartisan conversation in both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate offer some encouragement.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Our elected officials are playing mission creep
It is hard to say who is worse: State Treasurer Dan Elliott or Attorney General Todd Rokita.
Dana Black: Harris outperformed Trump in presidential debate
Trump was incapable of offering anything new in that debate, only the same old blabber that he has been spewing since 2015.
Brian Schutt: The need for transcendence, revisited
Beyond a diatribe encouraging disconnection from digital media, I hope to underscore a testimony of reconnection.
Shariq Siddiqui: Zakat serves as a tool of macroeconomic policy
Explore the idea that only not-for-profit organizations or institutions of specific sizes would be better equipped to collect and distribute Zakat systematically.