WAGNER: Come November, Hillary could win Hoosiers’ hearts
Hillary Clinton is running a solid state-by-state campaign to be our next president, but she’s not center stage. The Republican circus side show has occupied that space.
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ROOB: Mr. President, don’t go back on bipartisan HIP 2.0 deal
In the case of HIP 2.0, both the Obama and Pence administrations felt their compromise was a small price to pay for the larger goal of insuring more people. But once a deal is done, let’s keep it done.
MEREDITH: To address shortage, understand why teachers teach
Educators choose to stay in the classroom when their desire to make an impact on the next generation overcomes a desire for significant salary advancement, when collaboration is embedded in the culture of the profession, when support from administrators guides smart classroom decisions.
MASSON: Criminalizing bathrooms puts biology over biography
What makes human life more valuable than the lives of other animals? Is it the biographical life we value or is it the mere fact of human biology we find consequential?
BOEHM: Courts could draw the line on gerrymandering run amok
The challenge is to establish a test to distinguish unconstitutional infringement of voters’ rights from disparities that result from legitimate considerations or from the natural concentration of some populations. Help may be on the way.
DIETER: It sure looks like Hoosier hospitality is disappearing
The concept of Hoosier hospitality suffered some body blows in 2015, thanks largely to the person who, more than anyone, should be looking out for Indiana’s reputation: Gov. Mike Pence.
DANIELS: Attractive communities will attract talent, jobs
Young, talented people are looking for quality of life, and will choose a community with a rich lifestyle over a good job elsewhere. Indiana has seen stagnating population growth at least in part as a result of our failure to keep up with this trend.
SHABAZZ: Hogsett, Dems own Indy’s government—and its problems
With Joe Hogsett as mayor and the Democrats with control of the council by a 13-12 margin, they now have the power to put their vision into play. They also get the responsibility if things go south.
DANIELS:Pass a pay increase but put off the implementation
It’s really not surprising that the City-County Council, in an 11th-hour, post-election/pre-inauguration move, is seeking to increase the salary of council members. An accompanying proposal to raise the mayor’s pay unfortunately has been withdrawn.
BOEHM: Pay increase for Marion County pols is long overdue
The bipartisan proposal to raise the salaries of city-county councilors and the mayor was certainly reasonable. (The mayoral raise has since been withdrawn.)
DIETER: Reaping the results of what we do and fail to do
Two recent news stories would seem to have nothing to do with each other. But they represent cause and effect. Reaping what we sow.
MEREDITH: Renewed respect for teachers tops this wish list
Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is respect for all those who serve in Indiana’s public schools.
MASSON: Too much fear, politics inform governor’s refugee policy
The world is getting more tightly intertwined all the time. We are now immediately immersed in events that take place thousands of miles away. Far-off atrocities are now the subject of swift political decisions and corresponding lawsuits.
SIDDIQUI: Honestly, we don’t have answers for extremism
America is weaker because our leaders are busier fighting elections than keeping us safe. The biggest example of this failure is failing to have an honest conversation about our Middle East policy.
DOUTHAT: Contrasting the conflicts in Syria and pre-WWII Spain
Between 1936 and 1939, the Spanish Civil War condensed the awful drama of the 1930s into one conflict.
SOWELL: Battling back against surging campus intolerance
Storm-trooper tactics by bands of college students making ideological demands across the country, and immediate pre-emptive surrender by college administrators—such as at the University of Missouri recently—bring back memories of the 1960s, for those of us old enough to remember what it was like being there, and seeing firsthand how painful events unfolded. At Harvard, […]
BARLOW: The real motive of the gun-control intelligentsia
Agendas are a tricky thing. On the one hand, it’s easy to assume that someone’s agenda motivates his or her actions and that this is inherently sinister. But even after spending over a decade in politics, I still think most people are good and want the best for their neighbor, their community, and themselves.
DOWD: A liberal’s GOP brother rates the 2016 candidates
With the intense interest in the thrill-a-minute, through-the-looking-glass 2016 race, fueled by anger at maladjusted Washington and anxiety after the Paris attacks, I decided to let my Republican brother offer his red-state soliloquy, hoping. He-e-e-ere’s Kevin:
SHEPARD: Latest Lilly Endowment gusher furthers state impact
During a season when we often pause to express gratitude, Indiana can give special thanks for Lilly Endowment’s recent commitment of $100 million to 14 cultural institutions. The endowment’s action will enrich our civic life. And if you haven’t thought about its economic impact, think again.
SHABAZZ: Worried about Trump? Scrutinize the survey numbers
For all the consternation about alleged Republican GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump, I really don’t worry about him all that much.