Freedom is rooted in sanctity of life
In 1955, an unmarried pregnant University of Wisconsin graduate student left her home and traveled to San...
Talk of school consolidations return at the state level
It’s hard to separate the sentimentality tied to your high school years from a fact-based discussion about school consolidation. But it needs...
Help wanted: Good citizens
As we bid 2021 farewell, it’s not easy to generate much fondness for the year gone by. Perhaps the best thing about...
HIPAA rules confuse Hoosiers
Recent cases in Indiana have revealed the inconsistent and hard-to-decipher rules protecting patient records under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...
Criminal justice policy in the crosshairs of the session
Crime is a perennial issue already prominent in this election year’s conversation. So, before memory fades and the pitched political battles of...
The John Lindsay Democrats
One way to anticipate what may be ahead in politics is to gauge the balance of power...
This is how divided government should work
Before the memory of the recent debt ceiling negotiations disappears and we confront the next new drama in Washington, let’s pause a...
Remote work is Indiana’s biggest opportunity and risk
Indiana is in the beginning of labor market restructuring that offers a once in a century opportunity - and risk. Normally, government...
The Sport of Kings, et al
It’s probably sacrilegious for a Hoosier to admit this, but I find auto racing the dullest of...
Why Biden can’t embrace COVID normality
Joe Biden was the candidate of normality who hasn’t been able to deliver it, particularly on the...