Leppert: Public health and education are infrastructure, too
Just as a company is only as good as “the intelligence of its people,” the same rule applies to “the health of its people.” And these two rules apply to our nation.
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Parr: Now entrenched, government health care hard to purge
in cases of extreme expansion of federal power, the court of public opinion is arguably at least as important as the legal process.
Hollingsworth: Focus on central question: Who’s in charge?
Under Obamacare, these decisions are increasingly being taken from you and your family and made by bureaucrats who don’t know you, don’t know your needs, and don’t have a stake in your future.
Donnelly: Our top priority must be to do no harm
I won’t support any effort that undermines the coverage of those Hoosiers—or of the families whose children have complex medical conditions and rely on HIP 2.0 and Medicaid to get the care they need.
Wolley: Going to war with a racially biased education system
Winning this war means my son will proudly remain black, beautiful and intelligent as he graduates from college and graduate school. He won’t be society’s statistic
Schneider: How about less groupthink, more independence?
Courage is standing against a president of your own party when he is wrong.
Siddiqui: Eliminate public funding of political primaries
We should require each political party to develop, fund and implement its own mechanisms to select electoral candidates.
PARKER: The rise of the American welfare state
Blindly dropping taxpayer funds from helicopters is not compassion.
COLLINS: Putin and Europe meet an entire fleet of Trumps
Trump had begun to resemble a dinner guest who does nothing but talk about his superior tennis skills, better car and more interesting vacations.
WAGNER: Thank goodness for government close to the people
States are sometimes called the "laboratories of Democracy."
SMITH: Exploring what it means to be conservative
Our aim is to convene the brightest minds in politics and thought to come together to cast a vision for the conservative movement in Indiana.
PARR: What if America is destined for constant disagreement?
There has always been a tension in America between the costs and benefits of too much government and too much individual freedom.
SHABAZZ: My take on the flap over Jennifer Messer’s Fishers contract
I didn’t write this column in my downtown office, but in my back yard, where I can have a cigar and adult beverage.
SHELLA: It’s time to make it easier to vote in Indiana
I don't care what party or candidate benefits.
DANIELS: Can we wake from this scary era of polarized politics?
People no longer have to hear the voices of those with whom they disagree—and they rarely force themselves to listen.
WOLLEY: Police-action shootings deserve better investigations
This flawed process is generally exacerbated by local media's rush to research and report criminal backgrounds demonizing the victims.
HALE: The disturbing decline in trust in our institutions
You have to wonder, when high schools students go to write term papers in five years, what will they consider to be a trustworthy news source?
LEPPERT: It’s no surprise that America’s image has suffered
Too many of the complex problems facing the planet today cannot be resolved without building coalitions.
IRELAND: Trump’s actions portend meaningful progress in North Korea
As Republican infighting continues to stall the president’s domestic agenda, Trump has shown laudable strength as commander-in-chief.
SHEPARD: Hoosiers recognize wisdom of gas-tax hike
It was a story of Indiana as a place where collective goodwill still plays a large role in civic life, to good result.