News From Terre Haute, Indiana Flashpoint

FLASHPOINT: Graduation rates are up; great news for Indiana

2012-02-12T05:00:00-05:00

As Hoosiers celebrate the conclusion of a truly remarkable Super Bowl experience, there is even more good news that should fill us with pride.

FLASHPOINT: Tech trail leading us into a dense, digital forest

2012-02-05T05:00:00-05:00

It seems the Southwest Parke schools are the latest to play the laptop lottery game.

FLASHPOINT: Republicans enable war on middle class, unions

2012-01-29T05:00:00-05:00

About six years ago at the pinnacle of the Bush/GOP Dictatorship, I began telling you that the wealthy and Corporate America were laying the ground work to politically, financially and physically take over America.

FLASHPOINT: Howey ignores truth to advance his agenda

2012-01-22T05:00:00-05:00

Brian Howey’s Jan. 8 column about the U.S. Senate race proves once again that he will not allow the facts or journalistic ethics to get in the way of attacking Richard Mourdock and promoting his chosen candidate, Dick Lugar.

FLASHPOINT: Putting fairness first

2012-01-15T05:00:00-05:00

This time of year, with chords of Auld Lang Syne still ringing in our ears, it’s not uncommon or unnatural to think of days gone by as being more desirable than the era we live in today.

FLASHPOINT: What really motivates right-to-work proposal?

2012-01-08T05:00:00-05:00

You may have heard about the upcoming “right-to-work” legislation before our lawmakers in the next session of “law making.”

FLASHPOINT: The right-to-work debate: ‘Devil at Our Doorstep’

2012-01-08T05:00:00-05:00

As the 2012 Indiana Legislative Assembly convenes, January will represent a tipping point for all Hoosiers’ individual freedoms as politicians and Big Labor draw battle lines to determine if Indiana will become the 23rd right-to-work state.

FLASHPOINT: State’s House Democrats will offer alternative for job creation

2012-01-01T05:00:00-05:00

As the leaders of single-party control in state government outline their agendas for the 2012 session of the Indiana General Assembly, it is easy to be cynical about their intentions in the months to come.

FLASHPOINT: Community colleges must lead way in reshaping higher education

2011-12-25T05:02:00-05:00

In the 1970s, I began what was three decades in the automotive industry. ... Today, in my position as president of Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, I see higher education confronted with some of these same challenges.

FLASHPOINT: There’s little right about ‘right to work’ proposal

2011-12-18T05:00:00-05:00

The danger contained in these three simple words – “Right to Work” — is that they sound so innocent.