RITZ: Health care issues follow children into the classroom
We all know who pays for health care—the American people.
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ROBERTSON: Pro-life doesn’t always mean what you think
It's about reducing the number of unintended pregnancies so that a woman never has to make that decision.
LEHMAN: Let’s balance individual rights and government oversight
I believe we must be diligent in finding ways for Hoosiers and local governments to coexist in this sharing economy.
TALLIAN: Neighbors need to have protections, too
The Legislature cannot simply decide to eliminate the ability of local zoning or other regulations regarding property use in their towns.
Trump’s budget repairs our broken culture
George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen has just published a timely new book, “The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream.” Cowen’s message is that America is a nation that has lost its edge. Entrepreneurism and the willingness to take risks—key factors that once defined the American economy and made it the growth […]
Neither hot nor cold on climate change
Like a lot of conservatives who write about public policy, my views on climate change place me in the ranks of what the British writer Matt Ridley once dubbed the “lukewarmers.” Lukewarmers accept that the earth is warming and that our civilization’s ample CO2 emissions are a major cause. They doubt, however, that climate change […]
ROBERTSON: Stand for American values by confronting bigoted behavior
I know taking action can come with consequences to individuals, but inaction will come with profound consequences felt across our entire society.
State needs roundtable to focus on Indiana families
Far too many Indiana families today struggle for economic stability.
RITZ: Trump/DeVos budget out of touch with student needs
Perhaps they need to look at their definition of student achievement.
SHEPARD: Education and advancing Indiana’s economy
We are standing on a stronger platform for improvement than many places.
SIDDIQUI: Middle East policy: new hope or wishful thinking?
Although the president is having popularity problems in the United States, he has a very deep level of support among the people I met in Saudi Arabia.
SMITH: Focusing on policy through politics
Some pundits insist we were idiots. But, actually, we won a huge policy victory.
PARR: Newton’s third law and Trump’s new defenders
Extreme overreactions might be causing those who were wary of Trump to come to his defense.
LEPPERT: The rural/urban divide in Indiana politics
If support for RFRA had also been prevalent in the city of Indianapolis, I do not believe the largest tower in our skyline would have a Salesforce sign on it today.
SHABAZZ: The turmoil that is Donald Trump
Now, is the impeachment talk premature? I would say yes. But is the groundwork being laid for a constitutional crisis? Yes.
SHELLA: President Mike Pence. The president, Mike Pence?
A Pence presidency would be good for Indiana. Make no doubt about it.
SCHNEIDER: The problem with seeing the poor as ‘undeserving’
The implication? Those who are sick have themselves to blame.
WAGNER: The frightening erosion of respect for the media
The process of unearthing and sharing information can be as uncomfortable as it is critical to our democracy.
WOLLEY: Raising minimum wage for city workers is good start
People generally don’t get rich working for someone else, but unfortunately, more and more people are working hard and staying poor.