SHELLA: Watching the parade from the front row
"Is there any chance we can be there when you get the call?” I asked Dan Quayle on the morning he was chosen to be George Bush’s running mate.
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LEIGHTY: The Daniels era was truly impressive
Mitch Daniels has been the best thing to happen to the Hoosier state since Bobby Knight.
MARCUS: A proposal to put young people to work
The Rockefeller Foundation has called for ideas that address the nation’s youth unemployment situation. Here are mine:
SOUDER: The real education message sent by voters
Liberals, at least those aligned with the Indiana teachers’ union, have been creatively interpreting the victory of Glenda Ritz as a rejection of innovative education and a call to return to the old systems of exclusive trust in the educational establishment.
VARGUS: A long, steep climb makes the odds remote at best
The rise of any politician seems to cause speculation about their future. Such has certainly been the case of Gov.-elect Mike Pence, even though his rise has been relatively slow.
MASSON: Allow cursive writing to fade away
As I recall the story, the guys in my dad’s fraternity used to haze the pledges by cracking eggs, emptying them down the stairwell and making the new guys catch them in their mouths down at the bottom.
WESTERHAUS-RENFROW: ‘Bus stigma’ detailing mass transit
I moved to Indianapolis in the summer of 2005. Since then, I have learned to count on three things to occur each summer—a substantial number of die-hard Indianapolis Colts fans will still suffer from acute post-season withdrawal; mosquitoes the size of hummingbirds will nip at my ankles during my evening walk; and a massive, five-month road construction project (or two) will spring up somewhere on Interstate 465.
SCHEELE: Forget about 2016, but 2020 might be a possibility
There’s an old saying that a week is a lifetime in politics. Between now and Election Day 2016, there are 200 weeks—and that many lifetimes. If Gov.-elect Mike Pence is to run for president in 2016, he must begin immediately.
ODLE: Let’s be careful whom we call ‘takers’
Mitt Romney’s comment about 47 percent of people being “takers”—those who generally live off the rest of the population’s efforts—reawakened me to a local version of this concept that creeps into our local discourse, that African-Americans in large numbers tend to live off the subsidies of others.
BOEHM: Now is the time to invest in the future
Gov.-elect Mike Pence proposes a 10-percent reduction in Indiana’s income tax. Some question whether we can afford it. But if we can, should we?
VAUGHN: Door keeps revolving at Statehouse
With Republican super-majorities in both Statehouse chambers and a newly elected governor eager to make his mark on state government, the upcoming legislative session could get controversial real fast.
QUILHOT: GOP has become its own worst enemy
During the past three years, I have had the opportunity to serve Arsenal Tech High School’s football team. It has been an edifying time as I have gotten to know our urban high school students in ways only somebody called “coach” can understand.
HETRICK: In massacre’s wake, a Christmas wish for divinity in each of us
Time after time, we get ourselves in a lather; do nothing more than talk about the need to talk; then rinse and repeat when the next mass killing occurs.
Andrews on point about greedy Fair investors
Kudos to Greg Andrews on his [Dec. 10] column about the Fair Finance fraud. There is no excuse for this criminal behavior, and Tim Durham and his buddies got what they had coming to them. But Andrews is spot on in highlighting the complicity of the investors in their demise.
Roads are investment
Interesting how a Democrat liberal [Kennedy column, Dec. 3] can say, “They burden taxpayers now in diapers in order to deliver today’s services,” and ignore mentioning the fact that today’s entitlements are what the taxpayers in diapers will be paying for long after present taxpayers have enjoyed the new roads built during the Daniels era.
LIBMAN: Shrink unwieldy not-for-profit boards
As major arts institutions in central Indiana search for administrative leadership and financial stability, a logical question might be, what should be the role of the board for a not-for-profit organization?
RUSTHOVEN: Pence must win tax debate
Ben Franklin said nothing is certain but death and taxes. One could add a third item: If there is surplus revenue, legislators will spend it.
MAURER: My gift to you is a pair of puzzles
Now that the elections are over, please relax and enjoy this crossword puzzle and the political riddle it poses.
EDITORIAL: Doubling down on life sciences is right idea
The Indiana Economic Development Corp.’s proposal to create a $30 million venture fund dedicated to life sciences startups is good news for a valuable sector of our state economy that has been losing out to the more investor-friendly high-tech sector.
KIM: Buffett believes philanthropy is our investment in society
In June 2010, Buffett joined Bill and Melinda Gates to announce the Giving Pledge—their effort to persuade the richest Americans to donate at least half their wealth to charity.