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Bill about protecting children

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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

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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...

Fatal Gibson County van wreck shines light on plight of those living in poverty

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The super-rich and the middle class. We’ll hear a lot about both groups as we spend the next year riding the wave of nonsense...

Protecting children means fighting drugs

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KPC News Service We give Gov. Mike Pence a lot of advice in this space. Today, we take time to...

Party no celebration of gerrymandering

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INDIANAPOLIS — Julia Vaughn, policy director of Common Cause Indiana, has soberly worked on the serious issue of political redistricting for 20 years without...

The difficulty of measuring ‘isms’

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Lew Rockwell, founder of the Mises Institute, has an interesting observation in his recent column, “What Exactly Is Racism?” He invites us to consider...

Proactive steps best on needle exchanges

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South Bend Tribune One of the major wins to come out of a less than stellar legislative session was the bipartisan law...

Legislator should have known better

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(Portland) Commercial Review Brian Bosma is a very smart guy. Any interview with the Speaker of the Indiana House of...

Give Old Glory her due by celebrating

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The Tribune Sunday is Flag Day. While it’s not a designated federal holiday, let alone a Monday holiday when many people get...

Glenda Ritz ready to be governor? Maybe

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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...