ANOTHER VIEWPOINT: Supreme Court hits and misses
Los Angeles Times
On Monday, the Supreme Court bolstered the Fourth Amendment's ban on "unreasonable searches and seizures," ruling that police officers may not enter...
Morton Marcus: Is there a future for the property tax?
Retentive readers will recall Gross Assessed Value is purported to approximate the market value of all taxable residential, commercial, industrial and agriculture properties.
Sum up...
ANOTHER VIEWPOINT: A worthy goal for Biden’s next 100 days
Bloomberg
On May 12, 113 days into his presidency, Joe Biden finally sat down with leaders of the House and Senate — Chuck Schumer, Mitch...
Michael Hicks: College grads and today’s job market
This month, nearly 2 million Americans will graduate college with a bachelor’s degree. Roughly 800,000 will receive a master’s degree, and just over 200,000...
Letter to the editor: Some important questions about legalizing pot
To the editor:Marijuana continues to be a contentious issue in our society. As noted in Jill Long Thompson's May 11 column ("How we should...
Richard Feldman: Overrides overshadowed triumphs
The 2021 Indiana legislative session was unusual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The contracted number of bills actively considered focused on COVID-19-related issues; state budget...
ANOTHER VIEWPOINT: It’s time for paid family leave
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
President Joe Biden's American Families Plan contains a long list of potential investments aimed at revitalizing the country, but one proposal in particular...
Leo Morris: A neighborhood political count
I still take the Sunday New York Times, though God knows why; I never actually read it anymore.
Its motto should probably be changed to...
John Krull: Albert Pujols swings against time
INDIANAPOLIS — A friend once told me, “Time and gravity have their way with all of us.”
By that, he meant that no one could...
Lee Hamilton: What is the ‘common good’?
I’ve always been impressed that the preamble to the Constitution begins, “We the People of the United States.” We’ve heard the phrase so often...
