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FLASHPOINT: Milestone year for Rose-Hulman
The Rose-Hulman campus traditionally quiets down this time of year, yet for me I sense a renewed energy from the phenomenal year just closing.
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FLASHPOINT: ISU’s reasoning flawed in flight school planning
ISU and the taxpayers of Indiana and Vigo County are being led down a path of deception once again.
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FLASHPOINT: Incessant attacks on Christianity by the ACLU
It is obviously apparent that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is continuing its onslaught against religious freedom in the United States.
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FLASHPOINT: Americans deserve more value for their tax dollars
While traveling the 8th District and listening to fellow Hoosiers during my first term in Congress, I have reached the conclusion that many constituents do not believe they are getting value for the tax dollars that come out of their paychecks and are sent to Washington, D.C.
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FLASHPOINT: Election results finally in: Media reports were negative
Analysts who wonder why the citizenry is so down on politics can begin the discussion by looking at media coverage.
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FLASHPOINT: With proper support, diabetes can be managed effectively
As the nation watches the rate of diabetes grow, many individuals who are diagnosed with the disease worry about what it means for them. The good news is, if identified early, individuals who have diabetes can lead healthy, active lives.
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FLASHPOINT: Post offices could be restored and made financially viable
This letter is to tell you about our campaign to keep the post office in its current form.
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FLASHPOINT: Big Brother may be watching but he’s not telling the truth
What would you think if you were a new financial officer for a governmental unit and the State of Indiana gave you a budget of $619,218?
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FLASHPOINT: Victims need our help to escape domestic abuse
I ask that we all pause and reflect on October’s designation as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Despite the important progress of the last two decades, there is much work to be done. -
FLASHPOINT: Rate structure unacceptable
This is an open letter to the Board of Sanitary Commissioners, the Terre Haute City Council, and all fellow residents who are connected to the Terre Haute Sewage system but are not in the city, or are not using the city water providers service.
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FLASHPOINT: Working for bipartisanship
Over the past few months, you have heard two very different visions for the direction of our country and our state.
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FLASHPOINT: Standing up for middle-class Hoosiers
Having spent the past 18 months traveling the 8th district, I’ve had a chance to meet with thousands of voters and listen to their concerns.
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FLASHPOINT: Support for troops makes a difference for those serving
With several Army deployments since 9/11 (including tours in Afghanistan and Iraq) it is particularly tough to be away from home for a third time.
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FLASHPOINT: Meningitis: What you need to know
You’ve likely heard or read headlines about the latest outbreak of meningitis that has led to at least 11 deaths and over 100 illnesses throughout the United States.
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FLASHPOINT: Radio stronger than ever
It is embarrassing to read your paper and see such incorrect information regarding the radio broadcast world. Columnist Ronn Mott is obviously disgruntled over the end of his broadcast career and looks to live vicariously through your op-ed page.
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FLASHPOINT: No mistake about Statesman Towers
Invoking his first impression as a “really, really, ugly” epitaph for the Statesman Towers, I was surprised to hear Dan Bradley, delivering his fall address to ISU, utilize aesthetics to condemn the structures, or spin his personal critique amongst more objective factors.
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FLASHPOINT: In defense of American politics
Americans enter this campaign season in a cynical mood. Half of America doesn’t approve of the job President Barack Obama has done and the other half remain fearful of what President Mitt Romney might do.
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FLASHPOINT: Shouldn’t we all be Americans first?
I was first elected to Congress in 1964. That was the year Lyndon Johnson won a full term as president in a landslide. If ever a president had a popular mandate to pursue his goals, it was LBJ in the few years that followed that election.
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FLASHPOINT: A clear conscience in the handling of immigration case
In today’s politically charged environment where accusations are leveled against a person’s character purely for political gain, the unique role of the Indiana Attorney General makes the AG an easy target.
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FLASHPOINT: State’s welfare system now performing well
For years, our administration has sat silently through frequent criticism of our initial attempt to repair and reform Indiana’s welfare system. Much of the criticism was sincere and accurate, much was simply crude politics. But even when it crossed the line into inaccuracy, we endured it without protest; I told my coworkers in state government to make no reply until we could show with hard facts that the original problem had been addressed successfully. That time has arrived.
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FLASHPOINT: This election, women must make their voices heard
Women. We find new solutions to old problems. We care about children, education, health, fair pay and jobs with living wages; we care about Indiana’s future.
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FLASHPOINT: ISU decision on downtown housing location looms large
It was encouraging to read in the Aug. 14 Tribune-Star that ISU officials are “still studying the site” for Phase One of their downtown student housing project.
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FLASHPOINT: Quality evaluations support educators
When teachers succeed, our students succeed. Research tells us that an effective teacher is the most important school-based factor in a student’s academic success.
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FLASHPOINT: Party positions leave many people frustrated
With today’s two-party political system, it is easy to understand why many individuals find themselves frustrated with the government in some form.
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FLASHPOINT: Will junk economics drive the Indiana Chamber?
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce recently made known that it had considered, and may reconsider, weighing in on the same-sex marriage debate in the Indiana General Assembly. Eli Lilly and Cummins Engine have lobbied the Chamber to oppose allowing Hoosiers to vote on the issue even as 31 states have moved to protect their statutory definition of a man and a woman with a marriage-protection amendment.
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FLASHPOINT: Why isn’t government reform on candidates’ agenda?
As the presidential candidates go at it over the next several months, we’ll be hearing a lot about what the federal government ought to be doing.
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FLASHPOINT: State AGs serve as chief defenders of federalism
With the recent U.S. Supreme Court term now concluded, we have reflected on the major role state Attorneys General have played in defending state governments against federal encroachment.
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FLASHPOINT: See for yourself — private colleges are a smart choice
Leaders & Laggards, a report card on public higher education, was released recently by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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FLASHPOINT: Though some provisions are good, health-care law must be repealed
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, is bad for Hoosiers and bad for jobs.
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FLASHPOINT: Court decision places even more importance on election
The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Obama Administration’s health care mandate is a disappointing setback and makes clear the importance of this fall’s national elections. The decision will trigger a spirited and necessary debate, which should result in a complete repeal by a new Congress.
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