ROOB: A frustrated populous leads to revolution
The culture wars of the ’60s were fought in legislative chambers. Today, summary justice is handed down by unelected judges.
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WAGNER: Yes, we can—again
A star named Barack Obama was born at the Democratic National Convention in 2008. John Kerry would go on to lose that election, but out of that loss would begin a new era for the Democratic Party.
SEAT: Democrats need bench beyond Evan Bayh
If Democrats have to keep going back to Bayh to give them a shot at winning elections, how will they ever grow a respectable party in this state?
DIETER: Political musical chairs hurt Republican candidates
This year’s weirdness might have long-term repercussions.
IRELAND: Evan Bayh’s rocky digital rollout in Senate race
Despite Evan Bayh’s lifetime of experience on the campaign trail, the landscape both politically and technologically has shifted since his last statewide campaign in 2004. Needless to say, it shows.
BOEHM: Trump’s threat to disregard treaties is reckless
Trump now implies that the NATO treaty itself has become unenforceable, but he provided nothing to support that conclusion.
Republicans made a smart choice in Holcomb
Republicans made the right choice in naming Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb as the party’s nominee to be the next governor of the state of Indiana. Don’t listen to what the Democrats are saying. They are still reeling from the realization that they are left without a message since the whole John Gregg campaign has been, […]
SHEPARD: Indiana campaigns should rise above negative noise
What passes for debate in this election seems to represent a new low in the annals of public dialogue. I suggest Indiana has the capacity to go through the next three months without doing damage to our civic fabric.
MEREDITH: Public pensions aren’t for Pence (or anyone) to grab
Since when has it become OK for the retirement assets of Indiana’s public employees to be artificially manipulated to become risky seed money to benefit private companies?
SMITH: Gov. Pence built a state that works
More Hoosiers are working than ever. Hoosier employers have added nearly 150,000 jobs since 2013, while Indiana’s unemployment rate has plummeted from more than 8 percent to 4.8 percent.
TALLIAN: Gov. Pence prioritized surplus over government services
Indiana’s “filet mignon” surplus sizzles, while many agencies exist on generic mac and cheese. How does Mr. Pence sustain a policy of growing a bloated surplus while revenue declines?
The Supreme Court’s affirmative action fraud goes on
Last month the Supreme Court of the United States voted that President Obama exceeded his authority when he granted exemptions from the immigration laws passed by Congress. But the court also exceeded its authority by granting the University of Texas an exemption from the Constitution’s requirement of “equal protection of the laws,” by voting that […]
The utter inconsequence of Hillary’s veep
I doubt that Hillary Clinton really wants to run with Elizabeth Warren—I doubt that she fully trusts her—but if that’s her calculated decision: mazel tov. They sure were fiery together last week, two blue devils raring to bedevil Donald Trump. Tim Kaine is totally sensible, mostly safe and a bit of a snooze: the aspirin […]
The coming political realignment
Donald Trump has done something politically smart and substantively revolutionary. He is a Republican presidential candidate running against free trade and, effectively, free markets. By putting trade at the top of the conversation Trump elevates the issue on which Hillary Clinton is the most squirrelly, where her position reinforces the message that she will say […]
Tax dodging on the high seas
Let’s criticize cruise ships. I know, I know. Things are bad enough without going negative about your summer vacation. But we’ve got some problems here. Plus, I promise there will be a penguin. The cruise industry seems to be exploding—the newest generation of ships can carry more than 5,000 passengers. They make a great deal […]
MEREDITH: Rokita’s bill threatens school lunches
H.R. 5003 would significantly change how free and reduced lunches are delivered to students at schools across the country.
SHABAZZ: Whatever happened to my father’s Republican Party?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 would not have passed had it not been for Republicans. That’s right. While the Democrats of today have monopolized the title of champion of civil rights, back in the day, it was the GOP that came to the rescue.
BOEHM: Past elections show third parties can tilt outcome
Who knows whether the third parties will draw more from Clinton than from Trump, but the most recent polls show Clinton’s high single-digit lead over Trump in a two person race falls to a virtual tie if Libertarian and Green candidates are in the race.
BARLOW: Obama’s partisan ways have caused deep divisions
Time and time again, when given the opportunity to unite the country, President Obama always chooses the lower road of attempting to score political points.
IRELAND: British firebrand Nigel Farage shows third parties matter
Farage has drawn recent comparisons to prominent American Republicans such as presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. But stronger parallels can be drawn to Tea Party Patriots President and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin or perhaps libertarian-lite Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.