Campaign brought out the worst in us
Thank heavens the presidential campaign is over, because, for one thing, I will never again have to watch a conservation group's pro-Obama TV ad.
View ArticleFor one first-grader, taking turns applies to all
Sims Logan, 6-year-old son of Scott and Kristen Logan and grandson of Dr. Tom and Jo Logan of Henderson, had a mock election in his first-grade class at school the day before Election Day.
View ArticleJOHN KRULL: Indiana split its vote seeking candidates showing leadership
At the national level, Republicans lost big. They dropped the White House, lost two seats in the Senate and, while they retained control of the U.S. House of Representatives, it appears that the...
View ArticleLETTER: Electoral College should be dumped
Is it time for the people to elect the president instead of the Electoral College?
View ArticleLETTER: GOP complaining after Romney loss
With the recent re-election of President Obama it amazes me how the Republican Party wants to change the rules from election to election. One of your letter writers has echoed a complaint I have heard...
View ArticleBRIAN HOWEY: Obama's biggest win was Daniels saying 'no'
President Obama's re-election victory has been sliced and dissected relentlessly since Nov. 6 and as I analyzed earlier, part of it came down to the "female vote" and another centered on the various...
View ArticleChinese organ harvesting focus of local woman's petition efforts
A local woman is helping a national organization seek a response from President Barack Obama to allegations of deadly forced organ harvesting in China.
View ArticleGOP contender Rick Santorum to headline annual Right to Life banquet
Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who won 11 states during last year's Republican presidential primary campaign, will be the keynote speaker at this year's Right to Life of Southwestern...
View ArticleREKHA BASU: Birth control key in preventing abortion
As the landmark Roe v. Wade decision hits its 40th anniversary this week, each side in the abortion debate sees the other gaining ground. But 40 years after the Supreme Court legalized pregnancy...
View ArticleHOWEY: Pence's Medicaid stance leaves working poor wondering
How is Indiana going to ensure health insurance for the “working poor?”
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Rubio's backing of immigration a huge gamble
Freshman Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has quickly become one of the Republican Party’s great hopes, regularly mentioned as a 2016 presidential possibility and vital to recapturing Hispanic voters, whose...
View ArticleHOWEY: GOP refuses to see it lost health care fight
If you’re a Democrat, you’re looking over your shoulder heading into the 2014 Affordable Care Act installation (and midterm elections) and pointing out that people with pre-existing conditions will be...
View ArticleHowey: Repealing Obamacare remains a pipe dream
NASHVILLE, Ind. — When times change, Americans adapt.
View ArticleKRULL: Mourdock's star fell as quickly as it rose
It’s hard not to feel some sympathy for Richard Mourdock right now.
View ArticleHENRY: GOP gets testy over planned Clinton biopics
Everybody and his mother assumes that Hillary Clinton will run for president. This is especially true of everybody’s mother, because this nation has never had a female president and, arguably, Clinton...
View ArticleHouse Speaker Boehner to headline Friday fundraiser for Rep. Bucshon
In the thick of a national debate on military action in war-torn Syria, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, will be in Evansville Friday as the special guest at a fundraising luncheon for 8th District...
View ArticleHOWEY: Failure to lead costs Congress our support
As Obamacare careens into its second month of implementation, the one conclusion I am coming to is that we may have lost the ability to govern ourselves. My faith in government is eroding like a sand...
View ArticleBASU: High court to weigh companies' religious rights
“Corporations are people, my friend,” presidential candidate Mitt Romney famously declared during an Iowa State Fair visit in 2011 after a heckler challenged him to support raising corporate taxes....
View ArticleLETTER: Wealth gap just getting worse
A recent release of a study found the upper-income and wealthy are seeing their incomes and net worth rising over the last two or three years at perhaps the fastest rate in history while the middle and...
View ArticlePolitical watchdogs say District 8 not in play
The nation’s leading handicappers of congressional elections say Democrats stand virtually no chance of taking the 8th District House seat held by Republican U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon.
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