Being attorney general in a lot of statesâincluding, apparently, Indianaâmust not be that demanding a job. Because these folks seem to have a lot of time on their hands. All too often, they use that time to drag their states into fights that are none of their business. In doi â...â
Talk about a revelation that isnât much of a surprise. The Anti-Defamation League recently released a report revealing that an alarming number of elected officials, law-enforcement officers and first responders are or have been members or supporters of the radical-right conspir â...â
The social conservatives who rushed and rammed through Indianaâs draconian law banning abortion have a new fight on their handsâwith an interesting and formidable opponent. Themselves. A few days ago, the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed its second legal challe â...â
An Indiana Supreme Court ruling regarding the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolisâs decision to fire a teacher at a Catholic high school because he was gay raises more questions than it answers. The stateâs high court sided with the archdioceseâand did so in sweeping â...â
The other day, Gov. Eric Holcomb did his best to spray perfume in and around the Hoosier outhouse. It didnât eliminate the stench created by the Indiana General Assemblyâs foolish and frantic rush to be the first state in the nation to adopt a near total ban on abortion. How â...â
If the conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court intended to smash America into fragments by overturning Roe vs. Wade, their plan is working splendidly. The just-completed demolition derby in the Indiana Senate demonstrates that. During a special session Hoosier legislators â...â
Sacramento, California — Indiana followed me across the country. Most places I stopped as I meandered my way to the west coast, people along my route asked what was going on in my home state. A woman at a bookstore in Iowa City says she had been getting action alerts and up â...â
Somedayâsoon, I hopeâthe fever will break, and we will find ourselves asking the same questions about this delirious, delusional age. Why were we so crazy?, we will ask. Why did we have to be so mean? The saga of the 10-year-old girl who was raped and had to travel to Indiana â...â
Some years ago, a group opposed to abortion created a series of television commercials and an ad campaign. The theme was: âLife, what a beautiful choice.â Each spot featured a story about a woman who had decided to have a child rather than an abortion. They ended with the sam â...â
Many years ago, a political operative who served the cause of social conservatives gave me an off-the-record tutorial. At the time, he and his colleagues were in the middle of what had been predicted to be a toughly contested race. It didnât turn out that wayâlargely because â...â