BRIAN HOWEY: Buck stops squarely in Oval Office

Mr. President, the buck stops with you.

DOUG ROSS: Just bombastic, or will he use bombs?

When my father was 16 years old, he dropped out of school and lied about his age so he could fight in the Korean War. I can imagine what he might say about what's happening in North Korea now, but I wouldn't repeat it in a family newspaper.

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MARK KIESLING: I'm just saying, $111 will buy a lot of cheese

When it comes time to get your $111 share of Indiana's surplus, take the money and run.

SEC official Elisse Walter chosen to lead agency

WASHINGTON | President Barack Obama has chosen Elisse Walter, one of five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to head the agency. Chairman Mary Schapiro will leave next month after a tumultuous tenure in which she helped lead the government's regulatory response to the financi…

A look at who's really selecting our next president

INDIANAPOLIS | It's been called the most important election of our lives; a race whose outcome will determine the future of the United States. And yet, not a single American will vote for either Republican Mitt Romney or Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday.

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BRIAN HOWEY: Nation's house is divided over politics in 2012

I've heard this story over and over again from relatives, friends, even the Sears salesman, and I've experienced it myself: Because of the polarized nature of today's politics, old friendships are ending.

Donnelly not intimidated by Super PAC ad against him

INDIANAPOLIS | Many Northwest Indiana television viewers are getting their first look at how a Super PAC works to influence an election outcome.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Is this really the best we can do?

As you know if you pay attention to national affairs, the United States faces a perfect fiscal storm at the end of this year. A confluence of deadlines and policy triggers unlike anything I can remember in a half-century of public life will produce massive budget cuts and serious tax increas…

GUEST COMMENTARY: Obama's Wisconsin emphasis reflects national political strategy

"Manufacturing is coming back," declared President Barack Obama at a Master Lock plant in Milwaukee, Wis. Actually, the U.S. remains one of the principal manufacturing powers on the planet, but this trip was designed to help win November elections, not provide an economics lecture.

Rep. Jackson urges Cal City residents to get involved

CALUMET CITY | One of the perks of being the son of famed civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson is having the chance to meet every U.S. president since Richard Nixon.

Condoleezza Rice recalls foreign policy challenges in Indy visit

INDIANAPOLIS | Condoleezza Rice thought she knew what she was getting into as U.S. secretary of state in 2005 following four years as national security adviser and two decades as an academic foreign policy expert.

BRIAN HOWEY: Thank God for the end of our Iraq lie

President Barack Obama announced recently that U.S. troops will be leaving Iraq by year's end.

The charter school of thought

The debate over the federal deficit is going to involve a lot of rhetoric before the 2012 election is over, but numbers will be coming up, too. And so will charts based on the data.