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?
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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.
DIETER: ‘Pro-life’ GOP cares little for the lives of innocents
Republicans cynically added provisions to the appropriations bill to relax regulations on pesticides; increase the legal maximum hours that drivers of big-rig trucks can spend on the road; and, most astounding and ironic, cut government funding of birth control services offered by Planned Parenthood.
SEAT: Conservatives should be more like Bernie Sanders
It’s the inability to fully grasp and respect human emotion that puts conservatives, and their allied partisans the Republicans, in a bind.
MILLER: Regardless of party, we must band together to stop Trump
The truth does not hold Trump back. He has been called out on his lies countless times, but that does not stop him.
WAGNER: Gregg-Pence outcome to set stage for fascinating 2020
The do-over battle between John Gregg and Mike Pence will either lead to the second term of a governor who’s proven unable to resist wading into divisive social issues or the first term of a governor whose main campaign message was not being the other guy.
Indianapolis’ blitz of self-improvement initiatives
We aren’t just planning for the upside of Indy; there are plans to address the disparities inherent in being two different cities in one place—the “two cities gap.”
DANIELS: What should change in wake of massacre in Orlando?
There is a natural tension between our desire to keep people safe and to secure the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. In the aftermath of a terrorist act, we need to be particularly careful about how we balance these two important goals.
MASSON: It’s time to think big about our plans for 2116
There is really no reason to lack ambition when we consider the possibilities.
ROOB: City’s transit vision built upon fanciful thinking
How would a train-like bus benefit more than a very small portion of the community? Is it equitable to charge someone for a service they likely never will use or for that matter even see? I just do not get it.