MAHERN: Might freebies have greased this deal?
Some call it flimflam or a thimblerig. It is probably most recognized as the old shell game. Regardless of its moniker, our city leaders are about to pull it on local taxpayers.
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BECK: Let’s talk reasonably about guns
I didn’t want to write about guns. The subject is fraught with complications. If I thought the political commentary on Facebook was extreme during the election, it became downright ludicrous following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
MACALLISTER: Early CIB is model for civil discourse
The element of controversy that clogs political debate, embitters theologians and fosters ethnic bitterness is surely as familiar to us as Cain and Abel. King Solomon in 950 B.C. acknowledged its damage—and its danger—when he pleaded with his subjects, “Come then, let us reason together” (though, like many “well-meaners,” he was better in advising than complying).
MYERS: Hoosiers still know how to cooperate
They say bipartisanship is dead in Washington, D.C. They say a Democrat won’t buy a Republican a beer and a Republican won’t share a glass of Chardonnay with a Democrat.
VAUGHN: Action will make IEDC talk believable
When I first met Mike Pence back in the mid-1990s, he was working as a radio and TV talk show host in Indianapolis. I was a guest on his public affairs program many times and came to know the future governor as an affable and evenhanded host who made room for all points of view while clearly stating his own.
STYRING: This carrot might leave a bitter taste
Some time before April 15, the Legislature must decide whether to accept a deal from the federal government to expand Medicaid coverage. It’s shaping up as one of two or three major calls our lawmakers must make.
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.
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.