Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: Democrats have only themselves to blame
This is one of the most politically idiotic moves a party chairman can make.
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Jim Shella: Why I’m pulling for Democrat Pete Buttigieg
There is a show business element to presidential politics that causes serious proposals and serious candidates to get lost.
Megan Robertson: What does being Republican even mean?
The principles our Founding Fathers set forth—the ones Republicans used to hold up as resolute pillars of our democracy—no longer seem to be of concern to the White House or Republican leadership.
Pierre Atlas: Let’s have an honest debate about socialism
Sweden is a prime example of the hybrid political-economic system known as the social democratic welfare state.
Riley Parr: Less government equals more freedom
Looking to government to solve every ill should not be the first course of action.
Jennifer Wagner: A hate crimes law should be a no-brainer
We must shake off our apathy and be part of the debate.
Deborah Daniels: Law must be crystal-clear about who’s protected
Isn’t it enough to say “bias” instead of listing specific protected classes? In a word, no.
Curt Smith: Judges already have better tool than hate crimes law
Actually, factually, Indiana has a model approach to fashioning justice to the crime, including hate, bias or discrimination.
Shariq Siddiqui: Senate action affront to death of Muslim-American
This was a chilling message to Indiana minorities who continue to suffer from bias crimes with little legal protection from their Legislature.
John Crane: A law without a list is inclusive; it covers everyone
Indiana already has in law, and practice, what proponents for a list-approach say they want.
Greg Porter: Law must have a victims list to be effective legal tool
Those who oppose a hate crimes law are on the wrong side of history.
Letter: Absentee-ballot voters shouldn’t need an excuse
State Rep. Carey Hamilton’s ideas to improve voter access in Indiana are common sense ideas, all well-proven in other states.
Letter: Indiana’s forests are in good hands
The Division of Forestry, staffed by real foresters, has no intention of liquidating our state forests. That would make no sense. The forest products industry gains nothing by lowering hardwood values and cutting away their futures.
Indiana’s kids can’t wait
What if you could give hope to a sick child? Or save a baby’s life? What if you could arrest childhood cancer? These are questions we are posing as Riley Children’s Foundation launches “Be the Hope NOW: The Campaign for Kids.” As one of the nation’s leaders in pediatric medicine, Riley Hospital for Children at […]
Not-for-profits should prepare for volunteers
I read Maggie Phelps’ recent In the Workplace column [Let’s become better-quality volunteers, Jan. 4] with great interest. Although she briefly touched upon a not-for-profit’s responsibility, I do not think she presented the case impartially by looking through the eyes of the volunteer. I have volunteered repeatedly for very worthy causes—from the Pan Am games […]
Tim Cook & Katie Culp: Legislature should learn from New York’s HQ2 flameout
How the New York collapse transpired was unique to that location and those facts, but it provides a meaningful lesson for the Hoosier state.
KENNEDY: Legislators ignore their constituents—again
This is the fourth year Indiana’s legislators have been asked to enact a bias-crimes bill. As proponents have pointed out, ours is one of only five states without such a law. As the business community has testified, the impression that Indiana is a state unfriendly to minorities—an impression that “went viral” during Gov. Mike Pence’s […]
GREG MORRIS: Agbiosciences innovation helps drive state economy
AgriNovus working to help Indiana capitalize on natural strengths.
Indiana on the right path in rethinking tourism approach
Last fall's state-commissioned report on Indiana’s tourism industry was upbeat, declaring “there is no single overt or monstrous problem that needs to be solved within the state’s tourism framework.” That’s the nature of state reports—no one wants to cast aspersions on the gains achieved by managers and rank-and-file employees in the state’s Office of Tourism […]
BOHANON & CUROTT: Here’s an issue almost everyone can agree on
Americans are more divided on political issues today than at any time since the Civil War. This makes the Feb. 20 U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Timbs v. Indiana a breath of fresh air.