Editorials

Editorials

• EDITORIAL: A Senate seat in good hands

  For the first time in 36 years, someone other than Richard Lugar is holding the former senior senator’s seat in the United States Senate.

  January 4, 2013  

• EDITORIAL: Beyond the ‘fiscal cliff’

  A tattered curtain has finally fallen on the theater of the absurd that played out the past few days in the U.S. Congress. It was a frustrating spectacle to watch. And despite New Year’s Day’s late-night action to avoid the government’s going over the so-called “fiscal cliff,” it should be clear to all that Congress accomplished only part of its job.

  January 3, 2013  

• EDITORIAL: A checklist for good citizenship

  A year ago today, on New Year’s Day 2012, we offered a litany of thoughts for the coming year with the emphasis on becoming a better citizen. The editorial received so much positive response that we decided to republish it, with a couple of minor adjustments, on New Year’s Day 2013.

  January 1, 2013  

• EDITORIAL: ‘Year of the River’ brings focus to our Wabash bond

  New Year’s Day always brings a sense of expectation, reflection and anxiety.

  December 30, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Seeking holiday spirit in the Christmas story

  Let us reflect today on what Christmas is really about — a religious celebration that means so much to so many in our country and around the world.

  December 25, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Celebrating the children this Christmas

  Lest we forget amid the hustle and bustle of a frantic holiday season, children are an integral part of this religious holiday. It is, after all, the birth of a child we celebrate.

  December 24, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: State same-sex marriage ban should be rejected

  The American people have been shifting in their views of same-sex marriage for some time now, and the evolution of public opinion is clearly moving toward more tolerance, even acceptance.

  December 23, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Noteworthy in the news

  The construction season on Interstate 70 in 2012 was long, difficult and, on too many occasions, tragic.

  December 21, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Responding to a threat

  Vigo County school administrators and law enforcement officials found themselves in a tense and difficult predicament this week in wake of last week’s devastating massacre of 26 children and adults at an elementary school in Connecticut.

  December 20, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Renew the gun ban

  Curbing the type of hideous violence that claimed the lives of 26 innocent children and adults last week in an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., is by all estimations a “complex” challenge.

  December 19, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Don’t let pot smoke obscure bigger issue

  The national buzz over decriminalized marijuana is threatening to cast a smoky pall over a vitally important, long-time-coming improvement in Indiana’s criminal sentencing laws that deserves to gain General Assembly approval in 2013.

  December 17, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Toke ’em if ya got ’em?

  By now, you’ve probably seen the images of exultant Washington state residents lighting up marijuana cigarettes and pipes at midnight Dec. 6 when a new state law went into effect that decriminalizes possession of up to an ounce of pot by those 21 and older.

  December 16, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Inherited public expense

  The phrase “leaving the bill to our grandchildren” has become popular in recent years.

  December 13, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Ban smoking in our parks

  Ah, a brisk late fall day in the park.
  Birds flying, squirrels scampering, joggers running, breezes blowing, playground equipment rocking with kids, cigarette smokers puffing.
  The Terre Haute City Parks Department — and its Vigo counterparts — has a chance to eliminate the one of those that doesn’t fit the others in a park setting.

  December 10, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Teaching credentials changes are too much, too quick

  We thought the whole stated point of the Mitch Daniels-Tony Bennett torrent of breakneck changes exacted upon Indiana’s primary and secondary schools was to improve the quality of education so our student

  December 9, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Noteworthy in the news

  It was the “Ghost of Christmas Past” who paid a visit to downtown Terre Haute a few years ago, reminding one and all of those glorious days of yesteryear when the holiday shopping season played out in spectacular fashion on Wabash Avenue.

  December 7, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Online sales taxes — now

  Just about a year ago, when Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels sealed a sweetheart deal with online sales giant Amazon.com that let that company delay collecting sales tax until 2014, many, including us, complained about two more years of no tax revenues for Indiana from that merchant and others similar to it.

  December 6, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Miles reignited ISU’s football dream

  As Trent Miles leaves Terre Haute, this community now knows almost nothing here is impossible.

  December 5, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: A worthy wish list

  Amid the flashier holiday advertising sheets tucked inside last Thursday’s Tribune-Star, we hope you found a booklet labeled “2012 Holiday Wish List” that was compiled by the Wabash Valley Community Foundation.

  December 4, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Stakes are high as fiscal cliff looms

  Some constituents in the 8th District, represented in Congress by second-term Republican Larry Bucshon, want him to refuse any “fiscal cliff” compromise with Democrats.

  December 2, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Recognition for Ruble

  It’s not easy for someone operating in the public sphere to fly under proverbial radar for several decades, especially if a person’s vision, leadership and hard work are steadily building something destined to become a community treasure.

  November 30, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Noteworthy in the news

  • A party in need of a leader

  • Halt! Police! Drop that camera!

  • Cheers, jeers and tears

  • Reader poll results

  November 29, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Appreciation for courageous stand

  Solid public service improves the quality of life. In the wake of this month’s election, we remember the effort, careful consideration and fortitude involved in a landmark piece of local public policy.

  November 28, 2012  

• Editorial: Help us fill the baskets

  November 26, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Put ‘takers’ talk to rest

  In this season of giving, it’s ironic to hear such bitter words about “takers” in America.

  November 25, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: The season for shopping

  Terre Haute’s status as a regional retail center for the 10- to 12-county area of west-central Indiana and east-central Ilinois means steady shopping traffic into commercial districts virtually year-round.

  November 23, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: A day for gratitude

  How fitting it is that the movie “Lincoln” is a box-office hit this holiday season.

  November 22, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Noteworthy in the News

  Finally, we’re detecting a more moderate tone from Statehouse Republicans in their reaction to the recent defeat of education reform champion Tony Bennett, who lost his re-election bid for superintendent of public instruction to upstart Democrat Glenda Ritz.

  November 21, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Electing schools chief provides balance

  After losing the state Superintendent of Public Instruction race to an insurgent Democrat in the Nov. 6 election, some Republicans in the Indiana Statehouse now want to change the rules to make the position appointive rather than elective.

  November 19, 2012 1 Photo  

• EDITORIAL: Price for modernizing sewers steep, but an essential step

  The Civil War was a long time ago. Yet, segments of the Terre Haute city sewer system date back to that era.

  November 18, 2012  

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