SWAYZE: Republicans will add head count in November
Right-to-work won’t move the needle as much as once thought because of the fizzle on the Dem side.
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MAHERN: Ballard’s silly intransigence on a smoking ban
If the mayor doesn’t believe the science, he should say so.
MYERS: The unvaccinated are putting society at risk
Individual liberty has limits when the health of the public is at stake.
WAGNER: Hoosiers need a high court like them
That there is no woman in the room means our state is missing out on a very important perspective.
FERGUSON: Solid higher education reforms, with caveats
It is imperative for the integrity of higher education that the faculty control the curriculum.
MUTZ: Next up in education reform: governance
Unfortunately, our existing system of elected school boards is not getting the results our state and nation need.
HOWEY: Gregg, Pence unveiling few policy details
Websites for the candidates have no “policy” sections.
VANE: Mourdock misses mark with Lugar attacks
Why in the world would any campaign question Lugar’s integrity or Hoosier credentials?
KRULL: Mourdock rolls over for big NRA endorsement
So much for a U.S. senator’s deliberative function.
BONIFIELD: Lugar loses a partisan Democrat admirer
I will not be voting for Lugar in November.
MORRIS: Approach of spring breeds optimism
Attitude makes a big difference with staff productivity at work. Happy troops are productive troops.
SKARBECK: Go all-in on stocks to avoid bond risks
The symbolic pie charts marketed to investors with multiple colored slices—each representing the percentage investors need in all the various categories of stocks, bonds, commodities, real estate and alternative investments—had suddenly turned into one solid color.
HICKS: Manufacturing industry is alive and well
America has always been a place where we make things. In fact, 2011 was a record year for manufacturing in America, as will be 2012 and 2013 (all in inflation-adjusted terms).
EDITORIAL: Online medical consults worth trying
Like it or not—and most of the time we like it—technology has changed the world we live in.
FEIGENBAUM: Costly transportation projects may spawn taxpayer road rage
Even many lawmakers expected the Major Moves transportation fund would obviate the need to find large amounts of state dollars for critical projects.
We don’t know what we don’t know
I take no issue with the premise [March 5 Maurer column] that politics far too often prevail over wisdom, but his argument that “religious right groups are manipulating religion to further their intolerant political agendas” is far too short-sighted for a man of his character and wisdom.
Vaccinations save lives
I read with shock Anita Y. Woudenberg’s [March 5 Forefront] column on vaccinations and find it irresponsible for the IBJ to print something so misleading, factually weak and potentially dangerous.
HILL: Business management for educators
In December, The Mind Trust, an education reform not-for-profit, released a report proposing a dramatic overhaul in the way IPS operates.
ALTOM: Does business really need gamification?
The purpose of gamification is to apply the principles of gaming to another environment, like education or business. And as “gamifiers” admit, this is really old hat in business.
KENNEDY: Tilting at the Enlightenment
Some people go through life like Don Quixote, tilting at windmills. Then there’s Rick Santorum. He wants to repeal the Enlightenment.