GREG MORRIS: Marianne Glick keeps family legacy alive
This year’s Charles L. Whistler Award winner joins a long list of those who’ve put community service first.
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Robin Winston: Focus on issues leads to big 2018 turnout
The constant debate over pre-existing conditions, jobs and immigration mattered.
Brad Rateike: Voters are smart enough to see through rhetoric
Political campaigns shouldn’t get a free pass on their tactics, nor should they automatically be condemned because they can be controversial.
Randall Shepard: Indiana’s growing world connection
There are perhaps 70,000 or 80,000 licensed lawyers of Asian or Pacific heritage, and more than half work in law firms or corporations advising individual clients, governments and businesses.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: A tribute to writer and commentator Matt Tully
Matt never hesitated to get out of the office and go interact with people to bring his readers a complete picture of what was going on.
Bill Oesterle: Matt Tully was great reporter, even better Hoosier
Matt did what great journalists do; he got the truth out.
Jim Shella: Election coverage reflects lack of voter interest
The failures on election night are the result of a lack of coverage in the weeks and months leading up to it because of a fear that viewers will change the channel.
Deborah Daniels: Words matter—especially when you’re president
While we all need to do our part, one person in the country has considerably more influence than the rest of us through his words and example.
Jennifer Wagner: Donnelly might have lost, but he served state well
He took care of every Hoosier whether they voted for him or not.
Andrew Ireland: Paul Ryan’s speakership ends with a whimper
Instead of going down in history for impressive legislative accomplishments, his legacy is likely to be defined by a failure to deliver.
Tom LoBianco: 2018, through the looking glass
Energizing the ideological wings of each party worked wonders for Democrats and Trump on election night—count on more of the same in the future.
Curt Smith: Kavanaugh vote was key to GOP’s keeping Senate
The American people were disgusted with what happened before the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by California Democrat Diane Feinstein.
Riley Parr: It’s not always what you say, it’s how you say it
Particularly for those right of center, successfully convincing the electorate of the benefits of conservative policies often depends on how an issue is presented.
Michael Leppert: Indiana Democrats need to look in their own mirrors
Ignoring portions of one’s own base shouldn’t work.
Marshawn Wolley: Braun should reach out to black constituents
The way the Republican Party treats my community is shocking and offensive.
Christina Hale: Democratic wins light way to party’s future
We need to take an important lesson from Donald Trump: People appreciate politicians who consistently, authentically and unapologetically behave and vote as the person they say they are.
Richard Feldman: Move to cut nicotine in smokes could be game changer
It is rather surprising that the FDA has moved so soon to regulate the nicotine content of cigarettes. It’s a bold and radical move that I thought would not take place for years.
MIKE LOPRESTI: College basketball in Indiana, by the numbers
A unique statistic for each of the state’s 10 Division I programs as they open a new season.
Roundabout support based on shaky stats
In his 2018 State of the City address, Carmel Mayor James Brainard said: “When roundabouts replace traditional signalized intersections, there is a reduction of fatalities by 90 percent, a reduction of injury accidents by 80 percent and a reduction of accidents overall by 40 percent.” He cites no source for those claims. His own police department’s annual reports […]
Build on SerVaas ideas for Circle
This is a hearty endorsement of Steve Pettinga’s recent suggestions for renovating Monument Circle [Letters, Oct. 26]. Such improvements would build on Dr. Beurt SerVaas’ initiative to brick and improve the Circle when he was City County Council president many years ago. Pettinga’s ideas would respectfully build on Dr. SerVaas’ vision and make this area […]