BROOKS: This should be liberalism’s golden age
Obama might consider running for re-election as Luther.
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BLOW: Government is a friend, with benefits
The only thing keeping millions more out of poverty were the very safety net programs that many Republicans despise.
SOWELL: Presumptuous ignorance or Brass Age?
Why would people who have spent their careers in politics know more about investing than people who have spent their careers as investors?
STOSSEL: Pining for today’s champions of freedom
Alfred Kahn was a bureaucrat who, under President Carter, managed to kill off the Civil Aeronautics Board and Interstate Commerce Commission.
NOCERA: Living in fear of the overpowering NCAA
Tanesha turned over her bank statements, as the NCAA demanded.
EARLY: Some friendly advice to the Democrats
I realize it is late for a new team to enter the fray.
VAUGHN: Good news, bad news for public access
It is time to make a point with those hardcore offenders that keeping secrets from the public won’t be tolerated.
CAMPBELL: Lilly, Pulliam, Walker … and Manning
Manning has been one of the most important figures in our city’s history.
KETZENBERGER: A grocery clerk sizes up the contenders
Republicans are about to lose a whole generation of potential voters.
WINSTON: Ballard won the social media skirmish
If you are going to go after an incumbent who already has online traction, then the order of the day is “Tweet early, tweet often.”
SHELLA: Free speech on display at the Legislature
All of this union-backed expression is in response to the right-to-work bill.
BOEHM: Questions about who’s minding the store
The names of the married couple who sold the home to us in 1991 remained on the voter lists at our address.
DINING: Not-so-great Scots
Last in a month-long series of reviews of newish downtown eateries. This week: Tilted Kilt.
ALTOM: Anti-piracy efforts ignore realities of technology
There are times I have to go looking for a column topic, and there are times a topic stalks into my office and does an “Occupy the Desk” until I write about it.
LOU’S VIEWS: Turf’s up at downtown art showcase
The art installation exhibition occupying old Indianapolis City Hall doesn’t feel like it was created by committee.
SKARBECK: Regulatory battle brews over adviser standards
A behind-the-scenes battle is being waged over securities regulators’ proposal to hold investment advisers and stockbrokers to the same fiduciary standard—something investors wrongly assume is already the case.
HICKS: State of the Union chock full of wistful visions
The bacchanalia of the stimulus has limited spending choices far into the future. So, most of the policies outlined by President Obama are wistful visions of a future that cannot be.
BENNER: While enjoying Super Bowl, remember Stan Malless
Stan was 97 when he passed. His name long ago slipped from the newspapers and local broadcasts. His monument was the Indianapolis Tennis Center.
FEIGENBAUM: Democrats’ end game difficult to decipher
While the end game sought by House Democrats was elusive as they tried to halt the right-to-work bill advocated by all but a handful of House Republicans, the Jan. 25 passage of the legislation in the House doesn’t necessarily offer new certainty.
Hetrick created his own problem
I read with amazement Bruce Hetrick’s [Jan. 23] recent column about health care reform and an issue he had with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.