Vote could go either way in Indy mass transit referendum
A David vs. Goliath battle is taking shape in Indianapolis as citizens prepare to vote this fall on a controversial tax increase to upgrade...
Starting a conversation on giving
Americans gave a record amount of gifts to nonprofit and charitable organizations in 2015, the second year in a row.
Experience at...
Indiana’s economy: Better than expected, worse than it should be
It is election season and the op-ed pages are filled with commentaries on the good and bad features of the Hoosier economy. As an...
Young supporter makes reluctant transition to Clinton
INDIANAPOLIS — Krishna Pathak knows he won’t be casting his ballot in November for his political hero, Bernie Sanders, but he’ll still get a...
TRUMP APPEALS TO THE ‘unprotected’
I do not support Donald Trump. I will not vote for Donald Trump.
He is a protectionist. I support free trade. He...
Third-party challenges have woeful history
Third-party campaigns can have an effect in national elections.
The Populist uprising west of the Mississippi cost the Republicans control of Congress...
Bill about protecting children
Most of us have a pretty good notion of what it means when we say someone almost died.
For John Broden, the...
Why U.S. foreign policy needs a reboot
In a recent report on American public opinion and U.S. foreign policy, “Defending our allies’ security” ranked near the bottom of a list of...
The difficulty of measuring ‘isms’
Lew Rockwell, founder of the Mises Institute, has an interesting observation in his recent column, “What Exactly Is Racism?” He invites us to consider...
Glenda Ritz ready to be governor? Maybe
Sounds like someone’s been listening to the occasional Glenda Ritz for governor rants that come from mouths of Hoosiers frustrated by Statehouse efforts to...