SMITH: We need some eat-your-peas Republicans
For a burst of bipartisanship-budgeting to have any chance of occurring, let alone succeeding, we need a public with an appetite for change and greater financial frugality.
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DANIELS: Ups and downs in a new DOJ administration
Occasionally, something has happened in the new Justice Department administration to give me pause.
RITZ: A common-sense way to college- and career-readiness
Moving away from the passing of high schools tests in English and math and toward demonstrating college- or career-readiness through a graduation pathway gives students many options to achieve an Indiana diploma tailored to their graduation goals.
SCHNEIDER: Time for independence in redistricting is now
Of the 50 senators, 17 had no opponent in their last election and 22 won with at least 60 percent of the vote. In the 100-member House, 27 lawmakers were unopposed in 2016 and 57 won with at least 60 percent of the vote.
LANOSGA: Providing public records is part of public duty
Taxpayers have already paid for the compilation and disclosure of public records.
WAGNER: Ensuring the darkness always gets some light
It was a relief last month when Gov. Eric Holcomb got out his veto pen for the very first time to strike down a proposed law that would have permitted units of government to charge up to $20 an hour to produce public records.
Fight against opioid crisis must be nuanced
Erin Moran died last month in southern Indiana. An early and erroneous report suggested the one-time Hollywood star’s death was the result of a heroin overdose. Her former co-star, Scott Baio, quickly condemned her behavior and that of anyone who takes drugs. He said in a radio interview, “You do drugs, you die.” It turns […]
DELANEY: The long view: Licensing makes sense
The law requiring a gun license is supported by logic. Weapons can be dangerous and attention needs to be paid to who has them and how they are used.
LUCAS: Short answer: Hell, yes
I view gun laws that inhibit lawful carry as extremely dangerous. They only make innocent people who follow gun laws easy victims for those who don’t follow gun laws.
Trump is wimping out on trade
During the campaign, Donald Trump talked loudly and often about how he was going to renegotiate the United States’ “horrible trade deals,” bringing back millions of good jobs. So far, however, nothing has happened. So on Friday the White House scheduled a ceremony in which Trump would sign two new executive orders on trade. The […]
The king of crash and burn
In the movie “Iron Man 2” (yes, superhero films are my guilty pleasure, so just bear with me) the villain, a rogue Russian scientist, informs the hero, Iron Man, of his theory on how easily he could be brought down: “If you could make God bleed, people will cease to believe in Him. There will […]
The strange persistence of guilt
In 1981, philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre opened his book “After Virtue” with a passage that is now famous. Imagine if we lost the theoretical coherence of science. Imagine if we still used scientific words like neutrino and atomic weight, but had no overall framework to explain how they fit together. That’s the state of our moral […]
SIDDIQUI: Holcomb will be ‘beacon of hope’ for diversity
Gov. Eric Holcomb hosted Muslim Hoosiers at the Muslim Alliance of Indiana-organized Muslim Day at the Statehouse a few weeks ago.
RITZ: Lawmakers have not made K-12 funding a priority
Our children deserve better. Our schools deserve better. Our teachers deserve better.
DANIELS: Another in the long list of reasons to fund pre-K
Early brain development is crucial: In just the first two years of a child’s life, neurons in the brain are frantically connecting to achieve the level of cognition necessary to live a successful life.
WOLLEY: Indy should affirm it’s a welcoming city for immigrants
The national discourse on immigration is affecting not only our immigrant neighbors but also U.S. citizens here.
SHEPARD: Hoosiers have a history of supporting roads
Building the state’s transportation network, of course, is hardly just a matter of loyalty to our slogan about being the “crossroads.” It’s a key to our own economic future and that of our children.
WAGNER: How about less mindless finger-pointing?
Let’s stop referring to stories of bipartisan collaboration as “refreshing” and “uplifting” and start expecting that kind of behavior as the norm.
SHABAZZ: Trump supporters hit hard by president’s cuts
Government spending, in the grand scheme of things, isn’t getting under control.
LEPPERT: The art of the gerrymandering re-deal
What is blocking progress for the Republican-controlled power structure in Washington right now is the presence and uncompromising approach of the Freedom Caucus.