The House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to vote on a death tax bill later today. Tell your state legislators you support eliminating the death tax! Indiana is one of just a handful of state’s that imposes an inheritance tax. This tax is also known as the “Death Tax” because it occurs at the [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [...]

Coats: Bloomfield’s Veatch a “True American Hero” CRANE  – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) today participated in a ceremony honoring Bloomfield resident Brandon Veatch with the Purple Heart award. Veatch, a former Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army, sustained wounds during a firefight in Iraq in September 2004. “Brandon is a true American hero and an outstanding representative of the state of Indiana,” Coats said. “He is well deserving of this great honor that recognizes the tremendous sacrifices he has made in service to our nation.” Veatch served as part of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsula, Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 525 from the U.S [...]

(The following op-ed is from State Rep. Jud McMillin) It is imperative that we change our system of government to provide positive incentives for people to make good decisions. I am of the philosophy that people respond to consequences for actions, good or bad.  This belief led me to author a bill that would help [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [...]

Rick Santorum is taking a lot of heat for his statements that prenatal testing often leads to abortion. Let’s examine the facts. The New York Times reported in 2007 that 90% of women with Down Syndrome babies choose to have an abortion. Now, does this mean all prenatal testing is bad? No [...]

By: Brian Sikma Sen. Dan Coats (R) doesn’t normally remind people of Sen. Tom Coburn (R – Oklahoma), the fiery Senate budget hawk who has earned the moniker of “Dr. No” for his repeated opposition to wasteful or unpaid for spending proposals. But this week Coats was making a point that sounded an awful lot like something Coburn would say – and that’s not a bad thing [...]

From John Gregg’s Facebook page: This is why candidates shouldn’t allow people to post things to their wall. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [...]

A well-respected Indianapolis radio station, WIBC 93.1FM is reporting today that “[an] I-U law professor says there may be some validity to Richard Mourdock’s claim that Senator Dick Lugar doesn’t live in Indiana.”  And this isn’t just any professor, this is a professor of constitutional law. Despite the arrogant claims of the Lugar campaign, and his campaign staff and official staff’s sniping on Twitter, Lugar will likely not get the same regard as someone who is actually serving in the military in somewhere like Afghanistan or Iraq. Saying such a thing shows that the Dick Lugar campaign is just that high on hubris. WIBC continues, quoting the professor : John Hill, Professor of Constitutional Law at the I-U Robert H. McKinney School of Law, says the U.S [...]

Well, it’s not even March and John Gregg has launched an attack website to flail at Mike Pence’s campaign for governor. What’s that you say? Who is John Gregg? Most of Indiana is wondering, and will continue to be wonder, the same thing. Is there anyone who thinks this is an effective strategy for Gregg [[ This is a content summary only [...]

Join school choice advocates at the Demand Great Schools Rally on Wednesday, February 15,at the Indiana State Capitol. Make your voice heard and join Hoosiers from around the state in celebrating the great school choice successes achieved in Indiana, as well as encourage lawmakers to always remember: kids come first! For more information about the [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [...]

My daughter’s ballet master opens every season with a little speech. She tells the young women that her academy recognizes two types of dancers: those who love to be seen dancing and those who love to dance. She wants only the latter. Leadership, if not dancing, is a critical issue in an election year. If [[ This is a content summary only [...]

Three years ago, there was much fanfare about the inauguration of our first black President. It was seen as evidence that we are moving beyond racial tensions and much was said and written about the historic nature of Barack Obama becoming President. What is sad is that this President campaigned on a platform of oppressing [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [...]

For immediate release (622 words). by FRED McCARTHY Will we ever know the cost of “the Game” to the taxpaying citizens of Indianapolis? We ask the question because, even the day after, we are getting confusing reports in the media about the dollars involved. A couple of weeks ago we got a statement from the [[ This is a content summary only. [...]

I think I am an inch away from endorsing Rick Santorum if he keeps this up. I am sure my endorsement will put him over the top, but that aside Santorum has really been standing as the only actual conservative left in the race at this point. His latest triumph occurred in Minnesota where he [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [...]