NATE FELTMAN: Lugar’s legacy lives on in those he mentored
Civic engagement and good character are important values from which he never strayed.
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Lugar’s less-partisan approach should guide public discourse
Richard Lugar, the former mayor of Indianapolis and six-term U.S. senator who died April 28, set so many good examples for us to follow that it’s impossible to address them all in one place. But we hope the tributes and recollections that have poured forth since his passing impart some lessons that will stick. Lugar […]
MICKEY MAURER: Here’s a tale of two heroes
Sen. Richard Lugar comes face to face with with a grateful constituent who emigrated from Ukraine.
MARY BETH SCHNEIDER: The grade for this year’s legislative session? Incomplete.
In the end, there were good things that happened during the 2019 legislative session, and things that are good because they didn’t happen. But there also is too much money unspent and too many needs unmet.
Ed Feigenbaum: Lawmakers plod along in era of rapid change
While the General Assembly filled some holes in the law discovered by the increasing use of such services as Airbnb, rental scooters and peer-to-peer vehicle sharing, nothing was done to examine the framework behind some of these popular new concepts.
MIKE LOPRESTI: A primer on the art of stadium naming
What will we call the fieldhouse after the Bankers Life moniker disappears this summer?
PETE THE PLANNER: Don’t forget the 401(k) when evaluating a job offer
Mere minutes after raising my glass in celebration of my dear friend’s new job, I was on the verge of ordering another round to drown my dismay. He had just made a $713,000 mistake, and had no idea. I’m not normally a judgmental friend when it comes to money, despite what you might think, but […]
BOHANON & CUROTT: ‘Rational ignorance’ results from voters’ lack of influence
Becoming a truly informed voter takes a lot of time. But the odds that an individual’s vote decides an outcome is vanishingly small. So most voters conclude it isn’t worth the effort.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Mental-health screening for children must be norm
It’s as if we collectively shrug our shoulders and say, “These diseases are too hard to handle, so you’re on your own.”
Deborah Hearn Smith: Things to work on this summer
On a local level, sponsor a child in a summer program. Help a child before he or she becomes a victim.
Una Osili: Rallying for Notre Dame and other great causes
To unleash more resources to worthy causes, we need leaders and policy environments that will facilitate rather than limit philanthropic capital.
Adrianne Slash: Moving the needle on racism in Indianapolis
We have neighbors who are doing really well living beside neighbors who haven’t had the same access to or benefits from the same opportunities.
Jennifer Ping: Braun’s workforce-training bill is worthy of passage
Without a dedicated focus to filling this gap, it is estimated the skilled-worker shortage could reach 11 million nationwide by 2020.
Brandt Hershman: When is a tax cut a bad idea?
My view is that, if people don’t like paying high state and local taxes, they need to change their state and local legislators.
John McDonald: Connected tech in aisle 6
Imagine if we could help eliminate food deserts altogether by using autonomous vehicles to deliver groceries to underserved neighborhoods.
Dana Black: GOP-led Legislature focuses in all the wrong places
The Republican supermajority and the governor are failing to prepare Indiana for an ever-changing and uncertain future.
Ed DeLaney: The charm of statistics and the allure of central planning
I am confronted with two efforts to impose plans from above and to drown us under statistics designed to ensure that the plans are executed.
Gary Varvel: Taylor students have bought into Pence caricature
It’s possible for people of faith to serve in government and have a godly impact.
Riley Parr: Don’t sacrifice free enterprise for ‘complete’ equality
These adherents’ focus is to use the law in an attempt to manufacture equality across all spheres of life.
Brad Rateike: A ‘bad’ movie with good lessons for politics, business
Demonstrating grace in defeat is probably the most difficult thing any political candidate is ever asked to do—and some are never able to do it.