The social conservatives who rushed and rammed through Indiana’s draconian law banning abortion have a new fight on their hands—with an interesting and formidable opponent. Themselves. A few days ago, the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed its second legal challe “...”
An Indiana Supreme Court ruling regarding the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis’s decision to fire a teacher at a Catholic high school because he was gay raises more questions than it answers. The state’s high court sided with the archdiocese—and did so in sweeping “...”
The other day, Gov. Eric Holcomb did his best to spray perfume in and around the Hoosier outhouse. It didn’t eliminate the stench created by the Indiana General Assembly’s foolish and frantic rush to be the first state in the nation to adopt a near total ban on abortion. How “...”
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 “...”
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 “...”
Someday—soon, I hope—the 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 “...”
Some years ago, a group opposed to abortion created a series of television commercials and an ad campaign. The theme was: “Life, what a beautiful choice.” Each spot featured a story about a woman who had decided to have a child rather than an abortion. They ended with the sam “...”
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 didn’t turn out that way—largely because “...”
Political courage is a rare commodity these days. When an elected official demonstrates it, he or she deserves commendation. U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, did so the other day. He was one of 14 Republican senators voting in favor of the compromise gun-safety bill moving throug “...”
Now that Mitch Daniels has decided to step down as president of Purdue University, the U.S. House of Representatives Jan. 6 Select Committee has made clear that there’s a retirement project waiting for him. He can try to return his political party—the Republican Party—to sa “...”