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Opinion

Far-out Paul positions have GOP on the spot

After social conservatives rallied to Pat Robertson in Iowa in 1988, and soon took over the formal structure of the Republican Party in many states, it rapidly became difficult to win a GOP nomination for anything higher than dog catcher without aMonday

Web letter by Karen Allen: Schools lose more than experience when older teachers pushed aside

How is it good for our children, our country and our future to permit schools to be filled with a majority of young, new, inexperienced educators as touted by one administrator at a recent meeting of parents?May 20, 2012

Prudent investment

“Windfall” has been the frequently used description of the $8.5 million in income tax revenue the city recently found out it would receive from the state. But this is money the city should have received all along.May 13, 2012

Much of the education legislation coming out of the Indiana Statehouse in recent years has been bad for schools and, in turn, for students. House Bill 1169 bypasses the schools to take direct aim at student rights.

Presented as a student discipline bill and dressed up as a safeguard against cyber-bullying, the legislation is a chilling and unprecedented attempt to give school officials unlimited authority over student behavior outside of school. If not defeated, it demands a serious overhaul before it emerges as law.

For more on how House Bill 1169 could affect Indiana students, see Friday’s editorial page in print editions of The Journal Gazette or visit www.journalgazette.net after 3 a.m. Friday.