BOEHM: Supreme Court may be ready to tackle gerrymandering
Two critical questions are unanswered. Does the U.S. Constitution place limits on partisan gerrymanders? If so, how do the courts distinguish legitimate maps from impermissible ones?
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SHEPARD: New commercial court dockets could boost job growth
With its eye on the state’s economic future, the Indiana Supreme Court has launched the Indiana Commercial Court Pilot Project, in part to “enhance economic development in Indiana by furthering the efficient resolution of commercial law disputes.”
MEREDITH: Time is always right to show appreciation to educators
On average, teachers work more than 52 hours a week, which includes 30 hours on instruction and 22 hours on tasks like preparing lessons and grading papers.
DANIELS: Contempt for other views is no recipe for accomplishment
A certain nihilism has crept into our politics: a “let’s blow it up” philosophy far from an early shared belief that the end result was actually to govern.
IRELAND: Sanders plays the foil, making Clinton seem moderate
Not only did Bernie Sanders energize droves of new voters and help avoid an outright anointment, but he served to characterize Hillary Clinton in a more appealing light for the general electorate.
SPALDING: What the ‘woman’s card’ gets you in Indiana
Donald Trump’s idea that a woman has privileges because of her gender is laced with denial and the same belittling rhetoric so popular among his base.
SEAT: Inspiration from a weekend in Dallas
As the only son of two immigrant parents from a relatively small town in northwestern Indiana, I never thought my life’s journey would bring a president within eyesight. And, yet, there he was, the 43rd president of the United States.
WAGNER: State, federal candidates need suburban moms
If Democrat John Gregg can define himself as a worthy alternative, someone who can actually govern, the moderate moms so important in the 2012 election, might rally to his side in the governor’s race.
SHABAZZ: When third parties become our first choices
In a recent poll by Rasmussen, nearly one in four voters said they would stay home or vote a third party if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were the nominees of their respective parties.
BARLOW: NCAA should practice what it preaches
I have great respect for people who enter the public square and push for social change. I would caution, however, anyone against doing so without first taking a good look at themselves.
MILLER: ‘Bathroom bills’ are bad for everyone
Most people do not seem to experience gender dysphoria. Yet, there are thousands of people who say this is their experience. We should respect that.
WOLLEY: Let’s all be an Indy partisan—maybe even a zealot
When CEOs for Cities does its annual statistical rankings of municipalities, we don’t come in number one on much of anything. Yet, when you put all the variables together, the synergies make us “punch above our weight class.”
SMITH: Target must change its transgender bathroom policy to protect customers
The company must quit bowing to the political correctness of the radical left.
ROBERTSON: Retailer is now ally in LGBT rights fight
There has never been a single case of a transgender person going into the gendered bathroom he or she identifies with to assault someone.
The (un)Democratic Party’s nominating process
There are two prominent features of the Democratic Party’s presidential selection process that are thoroughly undemocratic and undermine faith in the party: superdelegates (which favor Hillary Clinton) and caucuses (which favor Bernie Sanders). As The New York Times editorial board explained: “Superdelegates are party bigwigs—712 Democratic leaders, legislators, governors and the like. They can vote […]
Democrats’ Supreme Court hypocrisy tiresome
If there is one thing that is bipartisan in Washington, it is brazen hypocrisy. Currently, Democrats are expressing much indignation because the Republican-controlled Senate refuses to hold confirmation hearings on President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The Democrats complain, and the media […]
Voters start to recognize Obama’s successes
Like many political junkies, I’ve been spending too much time looking at polls and trying to understand their implications. Can Donald Trump really win his party’s nomination? (Yes.) Can Bernie Sanders? (No.) But that’s not the only things being polled; we’re still getting updates on President Obama’s overall approval. And something striking has happened on […]
Trump does himself no favors with women
You could hear how hard it was for Donald Trump to say the words. “Yeah, it was a mistake,” he said, sounding a bit chastened. “If I had to do it again, I wouldn’t have sent it.” I was telling him he lost my sister’s vote when he retweeted a seriously unflattering photo of the […]
MASSON: The U.S. doesn’t need a constitutional convention
While things worked out very well in 1787, there is no particular reason to believe the delegates we would send to a modern convention would have the wisdom of the framers.
DANIELS: Celebrate success but let’s do more for abused women
Since 1996, Coburn Place has provided more than 1,700 people with safe housing for up to two years, along with the critical services they need to become self-sufficient. But there’s a waiting list and more help is needed.