As you know if you pay attention to national affairs, the United States faces a perfect fiscal storm at the end of this year.

May 27, 2012  

During the primary election season there was much discussion regarding whether bipartisanship is a positive or negative attribute as it relates to the work of the United States Congress.

May 20, 2012  

If the situation were not so serious, it would be laughable. How can we improve reading achievement if we make it more difficult to put books in the hands of our children?

May 13, 2012  

I would like to comment on the Senate race just concluded and the direction of American politics and the Republican Party.

May 11, 2012  

The role of money in politics needs to be better understood. Does it make the political system work better, or is it a problem — and if so, how much of one?

May 6, 2012  

Over the past several years I have watched the Vigo County Council, followed by the City Council, and lastly the legislature of the great state of Indiana, wrestle with a smoking ban.

April 29, 2012  

With all of the opinions being expressed about the fate of the 500 block of Wabash Avenue, one element is sorely missing: the details.

April 26, 2012  

Perhaps, in a way that he doesn’t understand, Attorney General Eric Holder is correct in accusing America of being cowardly about discussing issues of race.

April 22, 2012  

In an April 13 article on the potential demolition of historic buildings at Fifth and Wabash for student housing, Mike Ellis says, “I love the old historic buildings and have always had a passion to see them saved and restored. I was an opponent of seeing the Terre Haute House come down and the new hotel go up,” he said. “I have been proven wrong with what that would do for Terre Haute.”
 

April 20, 2012  

There are several reasons why the historic buildings adjacent and west of Roger’s Jewelers should be saved, and why our downtown needs to protect and embrace our remaining historic fabric. First and foremost, rehab and reuse saves our historic buildings for future generations to experience, and the more architectural authenticity our downtown preserves, the more admired and “walkable” it will become.
 

April 17, 2012  

On Friday, March 30, a dear friend was brutally attacked in broad daylight in an alley in the neighborhood I grew up in, on the edge of Farrington’s Grove.

April 15, 2012  

Innumerable forces in our lives, and throughout our society, seem to have convinced us that immediacy is best. We have to do it now. We have to have it now. We must go there now. We need it now!

April 8, 2012  

I am writing as a mother and as president of the Terre Haute branch of the NAACP because there may be some who wonder why the shooting of Trayvon Martin has created such an uproar: “What exactly is the issue?”

April 1, 2012  

With the 2012 legislative session in the rearview mirror, the two-year work of the 117th General Assembly elected in November of 2010 is complete.

March 25, 2012  

On March 26, the United States Supreme Court will begin three days of hearings with six hours of oral argument on the constitutional challenge filed by Indiana and 25 other states against certain sections of the federal health care law: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often referred to as “Obamacare.” This historic lawsuit will explore the limits of the power of Congress under the U.S. Constitution.

March 24, 2012  

“Remember the firemen are rarely necessary. The public stopped reading of its own accord.” — Ray Bradbury, “Fahrenheit 451”

March 18, 2012  

University Hospital (Indianapolis), part of IU Health Group, is a wonderful place to be if you are seriously ill.

March 11, 2012  

The increase in fuel prices affects many aspects of our daily lives.

March 4, 2012  

The General Assembly is about to undergo a major face-lift. I’m not talking about new construction. I’m talking about destruction — partisan destruction, in fact.

February 26, 2012  

Imagine a project that could create 20,000 American jobs during construction, and as many as half a million longer-term positions.

February 19, 2012  

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

February 12, 2012  

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

February 5, 2012  

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.

January 29, 2012  

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.

January 22, 2012  

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. 

January 15, 2012  

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

January 8, 2012  

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.

January 8, 2012  

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.

January 1, 2012  

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.

December 25, 2011  

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

December 18, 2011