LETTER: State must do more for voters
Considering the current prescription for social distancing, Gov. Holcomb and the IEC should make additional changes to Indiana’s voting rules to protect the health of voters and democracy.
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GREG MORRIS: The good and bad of Back on Track plan
Does it get us back to business as quickly as we’d like? No. But the governor and his team are doing the best they can under difficult circumstances.
Garrett Mintz: Your engagement numbers don’t mean anything
Engagement has clearly shown a correlation to greater productivity and workplace happiness, but how accurate is our method for measuring workplace engagement? There are better ways.
Editorial: Bigger firms taking undue heat for receiving paycheck loans
A better target for attack would be Congress, for crafting a program that let so many larger businesses in the door.
Sheila Kennedy: Constitutional tax caps limit governments’ response
When Daniels and the Republicans in the Statehouse told Hoosier voters they were “protecting taxpayers” by putting tax caps in the state’s constitution, objections by mayors and warnings by fiscal and tax policy experts were pooh-poohed. Politics won. Prudent and informed policy lost.
Mark Rosentraub: A hopeful (and realistic) plan for college sports
Going without college sports pales in comparison to the sacrifices made at hospitals every day, but the absence of normalcy weighs on everyone.
Letter: Bipartisan approach to civic health
Perhaps 2020 will be the year in which Indiana’s daunting public health challenges bring a bipartisan focus to our civic health challenges, too.
Laura Holzman: Arts play an essential role in challenging times
It’s no surprise that those of us who see the arts as a core part of our identity are finding ways to connect with creative expression even when we can’t gather in theaters, in the studio, on the street or in the gallery. We stream performances, collaborate remotely or document life at home.
Michael Chartier: Gov. Holcomb is rethinking the way Indiana protects public health
To overcome this crisis, we need to balance regulations that protect Indiana’s health with the freedom of private individuals to develop indispensable solutions.
Letter: Need for term limits is on display
Deep down, my view is that we should fire every single politician in Washington.
Samantha Julka: An ode to my colleagues, whom I miss so much
What I miss most is actually my people. My sweet, sweet colleagues. The lack of this serendipitous community has left the biggest impact on my body—a hole in my heart.
Editorial: Employers, workers must act responsibly as economy restarts
No one quite knows how this reopening of the economy will go—or, frankly, the best way to make it happen. So business owners must plan carefully, always with an eye to balancing the safety of workers and customers with the need for our economy to get moving again.
Letter: Recalling a different era for newspapers
Our local papers in the 1950s brought you local, state, national and international news—something in very short supply in today’s revised marketplace.
Mitch Daniels: Kids can’t write. Parents, this is your chance to help.
Even in a course fully subscribed by students from our Honors College, a class full of future doctors, business executives, computer engineers and the like, the quality of written expression was almost uniformly—sorry to choose this word—pathetic.
David Barrett: Take advantage of new rules to help employees in crisis
Under the federal government’s national emergency declaration, employers, corporate foundations and public charities have been granted more flexibility to issue financial assistance to employees facing hardship as the result of the pandemic.
Sarah Holsapple: I hate to be the bearer of good news, but …
I know people are under enormous strain and very tough days and weeks are ahead for all of us, but companies should not be afraid to share what they’re doing to help, how they are growing or how they are making life better in their communities. Good news is still important.
Letter: Don’t use Christianity to justify Trump vote
Gary Varvel’s attempt to reconcile his Christian faith with a vote for Trump fails to convince me. It is like claiming that you are a vegetarian, but you eat cheeseburgers every day. The two are not reconcilable.
Letter: Thanks to Walorski
Before the coronavirus crisis began, Indiana’s representatives in Congress, especially Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, showed they were listening to small businesses by pushing for the repeal of the health insurance tax, or HIT.
Editorial: Indiana’s leaders rise to the occasion
Gov. Eric Holcomb and his team took aggressive action early in the crisis and have been steady in their approach to minimizing the human and economic suffering the pandemic is causing.
Santiago Jaramillo: How to support employees as whole people
Resilience is found when people see obstacles as speed bumps rather than insurmountable peaks, and the coach’s role is simply to help his or her people maintain that perspective.