LANOSGA: Providing public records is part of public duty
Taxpayers have already paid for the compilation and disclosure of public records.
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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.
IRELAND: Seeing the forest through the trees
Topics like that of Russian influence should be investigated, but clinging to the latest piece of circumstantial evidence or giving weight to anonymous sources and witty headlines does the nation a disservice. All the while, beltway media and Washington’s most powerful continue to largely ignore a culture of pervasive corruption.
SCHNEIDER: Pence knows ‘no,’ and ‘no’ was what he got
It seems Vice President Mike Pence was asked to do a job he had almost no experience in at all: compromise.
SMITH: Nation will be watching Indiana Senate race
To keep his seat, Joe Donnelly will need to navigate issues and votes such as the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and reforming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a way that holds his base and left-leaning donors while not offending too many Hoosier voters.
SHELLA: Republicans prepare for family feud in Senate race
We can all jockey for ringside seats as we prepare for another Republican family feud. There is good reason to expect that both U.S. Reps. Todd Rokita and Luke Messer will enter the race.