DANIELS: Keeping arrestee DNA on file would solve crimes
We are thus losing the opportunity to identify repeat offenders before additional people are victimized; and we are losing the benefit of arrestee DNA analysis to exonerate the innocent.
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SITES: DNA profile should be destroyed without conviction
It is a bedrock principle of our criminal justice system that those arrested for or even charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
MEREDITH: Mandatory kindergarten, pre-K are no-brainers
Offering universal pre-K goes hand-in-hand with full-day, mandatory kindergarten. The results of a paired pre-K and half-day kindergarten program include “higher reading skills by the third grade than those who attend full-day kindergarten alone,” according to a study by the Center for Public Education.
BOEHM: Civic education is necessary to maintain our republic
The responsibility lies not with the schools, but with the requirements we place or do not place upon them.
ROBERTSON: Several things to watch in the new year
Let’s be honest here, no one knows what a Trump presidency will bring. There are fears and hopes, but no one has a clue what is going to happen.
LEPPERT: A bumper-sticker transition for the winners
Democratic voters are certainly struggling with the new political situation post-election. But I am predicting that will pass soon. Then comes the real transition.
WAGNER: Republicans should resist temptations to go too far
In the run-up to the legislative session, we’ve already heard rumblings from lawmakers who want to dismantle gun licensing, limit women’s health care, and engage in a debate about Sharia Law.
IRELAND: Democrats can make America great again
I do not ask for compromise for the sake of compromise but for a hard-fought contest between differing world views.
SCHNEIDER: A New Year’s resolution for Trump
In the aftermath of an election that left me depressed as no election ever had before, I needed something more basic: a positive outlook that, despite my fear that we have elected a man unfit to lead, the nation will be fine.
SHABAZZ: Ask not for whom the road tolls
Toll roads address two major problems: They give you a stable source of long-term road funding revenue and they also capture out-of-state traffic and don’t put the bulk of the burden on the locals.
HALE: Championing the ‘little things’ matters, too
Allison wants to ensure that Indiana high schools provide a feminine hygiene product dispenser in at least one of their restrooms accessible to students.
How Trump can parlay Carrier into broad economic win
If Donald Trump could script his presidency, every week would probably feature another Carrier. You get on the phone with some corporate big shot who’s considering closing a plant in the Rust Belt. You offer some carrots, you threaten implicitly, you make a deal: Jobs stay, factories don’t close, and maybe next time they even […]
’Tis the season to give gifts that make a difference
Sure, you can buy your uncle a necktie that he won’t wear, or your niece an Amazon certificate that she’ll forget to use. Or you can help remove shrapnel from an injured child in Syria, or assist students at risk of genocide in South Sudan. The major aid organizations have special catalogs this time of […]
What we can learn from the black kicker anomaly
Statistics disparities do not equal racism This is a football story with both political and legal implications. It was fourth down in a National Football League game, and the punting team came onto the field. The other team went into their formation to defend against the punt. Then somebody noticed that the man set to […]
DANIELS: Rest in peace, Bill Harvey, a giant in legal community
Dean Harvey was a giant to those of us who had the privilege of learning from him. His lectures were a wealth of valuable information about how law was actually practiced.
MASSON: Bicentennial is reason to learn some Hoosier history
A year ago, I decided I did not know enough about Indiana’s history and set out on a project to blog all 200 years’ worth of it. The project spiraled out of control and ended up spanning more than 110,000 words and 100 posts over the course of a year.
BOEHM: Approach provides way to measure gerrymandering
It might be 2018 before the Supreme Court addresses potentially groundbreaking issues in redistricting with major implications for many states, including Indiana.
IRELAND: Trump’s phone call challenged ‘One China’ fiction
The United States has since spent 40 years both sustaining a tempered relationship with Beijing while holding a range of informal ties with the Taiwanese.
SIDDIQUI: How Bill Clinton pushed Republicans to the far right
Many have seen Bill Clinton’s triangulation as simply a pragmatic way of making public policy in the center. Through the lens of history, I disagree.
SHABAZZ: I’ve heard enough whining from the anti-Trump crowd
Seriously, folks, you all need to take a step back from the hyperbole, the histrionics and the hyperventilating. It’s getting really old really quickly.