SHEPARD: ‘Cost of justice’ matters to the economy
National headlines recently reminded us of the benefits Indiana reaps for its economy by thoughtful attention to our system of justice.
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DANIELS: Will we protect our kids, or won’t we?
As a society, we do everything we can to protect our children from harm and prepare them to live productive and successful lives.
FRIEDMAN: Russia moving backward under Putin
I’ve been a regular visitor to Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and, when I was describing what troubled me most about the place to a wise foreign policy friend, he urged me to read the play “Three Sisters” by Chekhov.
RASMUSSEN: Health care law still fighting for its life
Having survived the Supreme Court and the November elections, President Obama’s health care law now faces an even bigger hurdle: the reality of making it work.
EARLY: Majoring in the minors can be rewarding
Fifty years ago, the Marion County delegation to the Indiana House consisted of 12 men. Among them were Charles Bosma, Brian Bosma’s father; Jim Clark, Murray Clark’s father; and me.
NOCERA: Get angry about the gun carnage
I was out of town Dec. 14, when the Newtown, Conn., massacre took place and could only connect to my loved ones by phone. My fiancé wept uncontrollably: “I can’t imagine what it would be like to drop Mackie off at school, and never see him again,” she said, referring to our 2-year-old son.
SOWELL: Gun control crowd disarmed with facts
Must every tragic mass shooting bring out the shrill ignorance of “gun control” advocates?
GARRISON: Man up for the sake of the children
Walk any street in Jerusalem or other Israeli city and you will immediately note the presence of lots of school-age kids. They’re dressed for school, often holding hands as they wind their way through busy streets to various field-trip-type excursions.
SHELLA: Watching the parade from the front row
"Is there any chance we can be there when you get the call?” I asked Dan Quayle on the morning he was chosen to be George Bush’s running mate.
LEIGHTY: The Daniels era was truly impressive
Mitch Daniels has been the best thing to happen to the Hoosier state since Bobby Knight.
MARCUS: A proposal to put young people to work
The Rockefeller Foundation has called for ideas that address the nation’s youth unemployment situation. Here are mine:
SOUDER: The real education message sent by voters
Liberals, at least those aligned with the Indiana teachers’ union, have been creatively interpreting the victory of Glenda Ritz as a rejection of innovative education and a call to return to the old systems of exclusive trust in the educational establishment.
VARGUS: A long, steep climb makes the odds remote at best
The rise of any politician seems to cause speculation about their future. Such has certainly been the case of Gov.-elect Mike Pence, even though his rise has been relatively slow.
MASSON: Allow cursive writing to fade away
As I recall the story, the guys in my dad’s fraternity used to haze the pledges by cracking eggs, emptying them down the stairwell and making the new guys catch them in their mouths down at the bottom.
WESTERHAUS-RENFROW: ‘Bus stigma’ detailing mass transit
I moved to Indianapolis in the summer of 2005. Since then, I have learned to count on three things to occur each summer—a substantial number of die-hard Indianapolis Colts fans will still suffer from acute post-season withdrawal; mosquitoes the size of hummingbirds will nip at my ankles during my evening walk; and a massive, five-month road construction project (or two) will spring up somewhere on Interstate 465.
SCHEELE: Forget about 2016, but 2020 might be a possibility
There’s an old saying that a week is a lifetime in politics. Between now and Election Day 2016, there are 200 weeks—and that many lifetimes. If Gov.-elect Mike Pence is to run for president in 2016, he must begin immediately.
ODLE: Let’s be careful whom we call ‘takers’
Mitt Romney’s comment about 47 percent of people being “takers”—those who generally live off the rest of the population’s efforts—reawakened me to a local version of this concept that creeps into our local discourse, that African-Americans in large numbers tend to live off the subsidies of others.
BOEHM: Now is the time to invest in the future
Gov.-elect Mike Pence proposes a 10-percent reduction in Indiana’s income tax. Some question whether we can afford it. But if we can, should we?
VAUGHN: Door keeps revolving at Statehouse
With Republican super-majorities in both Statehouse chambers and a newly elected governor eager to make his mark on state government, the upcoming legislative session could get controversial real fast.
QUILHOT: GOP has become its own worst enemy
During the past three years, I have had the opportunity to serve Arsenal Tech High School’s football team. It has been an edifying time as I have gotten to know our urban high school students in ways only somebody called “coach” can understand.