Excerpts from recent Indiana editorials:
On Manny Ramirez suspension:
If Manny Ramirez was using performance-enhancing drugs, a 50-day suspension is a slap on the wrist.
This is not a case of a player who took steroids five years ago when the rules of baseball might have been a bit unclear. Either steroids are banned or they’re not, and if they’re banned, the penalty for using them should be severe.
Major League Baseball tests every player each year within five days of reporting to spring training and again at a randomly selected unannounced date. Ramirez apparently failed one of those tests.
He says it’s all a mistake. His personal physician prescribed something for a personal health issue, he says, and it turned out to be a banned substance.
If Major League Baseball is convinced that Ramirez was using performance-enhancing drugs, it should lower the boom on him. He should be kicked out of baseball for at least a year.
– Pharos-Tribune, Logansport
On president’s appearance at Notre Dame:
Talking to one another, seeking common ground, never will resolve the differences between those who believe women should have the right to choose an abortion and those who believe abortion is murder. The gulf is just too wide and the feelings are too strong.
We do think, however, that those who disagree with President Barack Obama on abortion, and those who agree with him, can find common ground regarding his upcoming visit to the University of Notre Dame.
Obama was offered the honor of delivering the May 17 commencement address. He did Notre Dame the honor of accepting.
Strong feelings on this issue were to be expected. What wasn’t expected — and what is a very great shame — is the conduct of people who have traveled to South Bend from other places with no purpose other than to make trouble and grab headlines.
No one can stop anti-abortion activist Randall Terry from vowing to turn the Notre Dame campus into a “political mud pit” and the commencement ceremony into a “circus.” But we can, as a community, show our shared disdain for his words. This is a community where not everyone agrees. But it also is a community where people can disagree without threats or expressions of hatred.
– South Bend Tribune
Opinion
Weekly wrap - Monday, May 18, 2009
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White shouldn’t return to office
The issue: The conviction of Indiana’s secretary of state.
Our view: Charlie White’s ouster from office should be permanent.
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Editorial - Feb. 8, 2012: Grand success for Indianapolis
The issue: The Super Bowl.
Our view: Indianapolis left a great impression on thousands of visitors.
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Letters to the Editor: Feb. 8, 2012
As Hoosiers celebrate the conclusion of a truly remarkable Super Bowl experience, there is even more good news that should fill us with pride. More Indiana students are graduating from high school than ever before.
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Which religions will we include?
The Indiana Senate last week approved a bill that would allow public schools to teach creationism, as long as they include theories from multiple religions.
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If you say so
In an opinion piece we published Thursday, state Rep. Mike Karickhoff announced why he voted against “right-to-work” legislation. His reason: The community told him to.
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Cheers and jeers - Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012
Karickhoff acted ‘cowardly’
The Rev. Robin Wentworth Mayer and Horst G. Mayer of Kokomo send the Jeer for state Rep. Mike Karickhoff’s silence during the “right-to-work” debate:
“Mr. Karickhoff, for someone who’s new to office, you’ve certainly learned the art of talking out of both sides of your mouth.
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Let’s drug test our lawmakers
Perhaps it’s appropriate that a measure passed by the Indiana House this week would ask not only welfare recipients but Indiana lawmakers to consent to a drug test.
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Editorial - Feb. 2, 2012: Peru delivers a message
The issue: Peru’s collection of $20,000 last year from property owners who failed to keep their yards mowed.
Our view: Aggressive enforcement can help a city’s finances, but the benefits go beyond dollars and cents.
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Karickhoff: Reason behind my ‘right-to-work’ vote
There is no doubt the “right-to-work” debate has brought mixed emotions, not only to our state but District 30 as well. There were only a handful of House Republicans who did not vote in support of this legislation. Let me explain why I felt it was necessary for me to vote in opposition to right to work.
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Heinig: ‘Right-to-work’ law to arouse continued resistance
I wouldn’t call Gov. Mitch Daniels a charismatic leader, but he does possess some leadership skills. If he didn’t, he couldn’t have brought us this far along the happy trail to his economic Valhalla.
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