ZWIRN: Tax bills betray GOP principles
The Republican tax bills stand among the most backward-thinking pieces of tax legislation since the 1920s.
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FELTMAN: Why an avid IBJ reader became an owner
To ensure IBJ’s future, you will see us take chances and go in new directions in the coming months and years.
EDITORIAL: Instill common sense into alcohol laws
Lawmakers have an obligation to listen to their constituents and develop a system for selling alcohol that serves and protects Hoosiers’ interests first and foremost.
RITZ: A call to action of the Indiana Rural Caucus
At nearly 250,000, Indiana has a larger absolutely rural student population than all but eight other states.
IRELAND: Conservative groups shouldn’t groom just future politicos
The need for conservatives to infiltrate media, to produce art and films, and to develop and create new technologies has never been more apparent.
DANIELS: Lugar deserves all the accolades he’s receiving
We are all better off because Dick Lugar has spent his entire adult life serving his fellow citizens.
SHABAZZ: Hoosiers for Life needs to get one
All their antics do is make people like me who tend to be more agnostic on the abortion issue want to write checks to Planned Parenthood.
SHELLA: Indiana’s Statehouse as a soap opera set
All these incidents at the Statehouse involve consensual behavior, as far as I know.
ROBERTSON: Medical marijuana and the opioid crisis
Studies show … that the majority of those who use marijuana do not move on to harder drugs
SHEPARD: Indiana leaders are rising to fight opioid crisis
Last year, more of our fellow citizens died from drug abuse than died in Vietnam.
SMITH: An inspirational story of faith and survival
Cody Byrns is ready to share with others the lessons mastered.
LEPPERT: A toast to the (possible) end of regulatory stupidity
These laws, like all the rest of them, are a product of us. When they seem stupid, we seem stupid.
PARR: The ultimate tension—who holds the power?
The freedom-through-government-regulation argument has never made much sense.
SIDDIQUI: Tax cut plan doesn’t set good example for other nations
The tax reform debate has little connection to research, data or thought-out policy implications.
WAGNER: It’s time to turn our anger into everyday action
Go do something that actually matters. Volunteer at a food bank or clean up a neighborhood or read to kids at a local school. Make a difference, and make that difference away from the partisan sideshow.
WOLLEY: Men must set right tone for women in workplace
Zero-tolerance sexual-harassment policies are only as good as the reporting and complaint-review process.
SCHNEIDER: Political parties must hold wrongdoers accountable
There’s been a stark double standard when it comes to consequences for this long-delayed reckoning.
SINDER: Pass expanded sales, expanded safety rules
To make Sunday sales happen, we need more collaboration and less division.
IMUS: Alcohol reform for all, not just the powerful
These Hoosiers are our partners; we call them customers.
LOU’S VIEWS: Kangaroos, frogs, fauna, more fill first-time fairgrounds fest
Indiana Chinese Latern Festival joins lineup of well-lit family offerings.