TEKOLSTE: Teacher shortage is a civil rights issue
Our legislators must act urgently and purposefully to provide incentives for high-performing individuals to become teachers and to stay in low-income urban and rural schools.
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SASSO & SASSO: It’s not about mental illness
To challenge acrimonious language and call out vindictive behavior is not partisan; it is patriotic.
MORRIS: Hone your real estate investing skills
Consider turning to Central Indiana Real Estate Investors Association for advice.
EDITORIAL: Feds must engage in marijuana, CBD oil debate
State laws across the country that legalize CBD oil and marijuana run afoul of federal law, a conflict that puts police, prosecutors, doctors and even patients in difficult positions.
LOPRESTI: What the McDaniels about-face says about the Colts
Josh McDaniels doesn’t look good in this, but the Colts have their own problems, and one of them might be that their general status is unstable enough to make a man think twice.
The bogus racist claims against Trump
Trump is bringing back individual freedom and economic freedom. And it’s working. The bogus racist claims against Trump As President Trump lays out and implements his vision for American success—via his campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again”—there remain defiant naysayers. Among the most defiant are those who want to talk about race. They oppose Trump, […]
Woody Allen meets the #MeToo movement
Over the years, I have reviewed the evidence, and on balance it persuades me. Woody Allen meets the #MeToo movement Four years ago, when Woody Allen was given a lifetime achievement award by the Golden Globes, Dylan Farrow curled up in a ball on her bed, crying hysterically. Then she wrote an open letter for […]
Siddiqui: Chain immigration, DACA are separate issues
We need a solution for DACA recipients. They should be allowed a pathway to citizenship.
Clark: Justice for all or only for some?
Do we really want the government to start punishing people for what they believe?
Maurer & Nasatir: Legislators ignore rallying cry for hate-crimes law
Perhaps in a future legislative session, we will seize this opportunity.
Ritz: Textbook fees cause inequities among schools
Paying these fees causes many families to sacrifice extra-curricular experiences and sports participation for their children or even curtail family vacations.
Robertson: Don’t leave foster youth behind in education
If you do not track results, there is no way to improve them-or to know if your efforts are effective.
Daniels: Changing gymnastics to protect children
Athletes must have a safe reporting channel. And above all, they must be believed.
Wolley: Community must act to stop black-male homicides
That elected officials have only recently been able to scrounge up funds for a witness-protection program is welcomed but troubling.
Hale: Fighting automation fears with creativity
Where there is creative talent, a creative industry closely follows.
Leppert: Amazon and the difference between cool and uncool
My hometown and state have seemingly been working overtime to display how uncool we really are.
Shabazz: Why should we pay for their primaries?
What do you put in place of the current primary system? Easy, a county convention.