BOHANON & CUROTT: Trade pacts aren’t only about politics and producers
Journalists, commentators and economists routinely ignore consumers in trade discussions.
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Kristen Cooper: How do venture capital tax credits help startups in Indiana?
The startup community has grown so substantially over the last 14 years, it’s probably time to increase the venture investment tax credit ceiling to about $20 million.
MacAllister column should be required reading
P.E. MacAllister’s account of the city’s revival [A centenarian’s take on the rebirth of Indianapolis, Oct. 19] is well taken in every respect, and ought to be required reading for business, professional and all other transplants that came here during and after the 1950s. __________ Gordon Wishard
Letter: For Monument Circle, an idea and a complaint
One reader says city must deal with homeless population at Circle; another says look to Holland, Michigan, as a model.
John Lechleiter: Early childhood education is path out of poverty
United Way of Central Indiana is our best chance to focus resources on our community’s education, financial stability, health and other needs.
Leslie Zwirn: Reject Trump values or cripple GOP for a generation
The stakes for the nation, our state and our two political parties couldn’t be higher.
MICKEY MAURER: Endocyte believers finally have their day
Its purchase by Novartis will richly reward those who stuck with the cancer-drug startup.
Editorial: Balanced budget amendment is worthy constitutional change
Indiana has had a series of fiscally responsible administrations that have maintained strong reserves and spent them down only when faced with especially tough times. But there’s no guarantee such conscientious leadership is in the state’s future.
Midterms are about future of American freedom
According to the Pew Research Center, 66 percent of those supporting Democratic candidates and 18 percent of those supporting Republican candidates say, “If a person is rich, it is because he or she had more advantages in life than most other people.” This from a new Pew survey of Democratic and Republican voters, going into […]
Anne Hathaway: Year-round adoption of E-15 will drive rural economies
The president should be applauded for cutting through the fog and finding the common ground needed to make this plan a reality and fulfilling his promise to rural America.
Leah McGrath: Creating a culture of equity ought to be our goal
We are not just going for a quota; that is not equity.
Baron Hill: President Trump’s lies cannot become the norm
He keeps on lying all the time and on a multitude of issues, no matter how unimportant the subject.
Ed DeLaney: Can’t we make voting a service industry?
Voter fraud is so rare it has seldom been proven anywhere in the country.
Dana Black: Attempts to limit voting are un-American
For blacks, especially in the south, attempting to register to vote could mean the end of your life.
John McDonald: It’s not just the product; it’s the convenience
Whatever your product is, there is a way to capitalize on its data value through the creation of a digital twin that expands the potential value of your physical asset.
Jennifer Ping: Supporting the GOP’s all-female statewide ticket
Their victories showed that Hoosiers believe in proven leadership and results.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: A vote for Joe Donnelly is a vote for all Hoosiers
He is a moderate who does not do what is politically expedient just to get re-elected.
Brandt Hershman: Vote for budget amendment is vote for responsibility
I believe it is the strongest and most effective balanced budget language in the nation.
Adrianne Slash: The importance of diversity in leadership
As our city becomes more diverse and residents also become more globally minded, it’s important that those same views be held by its leadership.
Deborah Hearn Smith: What we allow as a society will continue
It is time to stand for all that is good and noble and speak out against that which we know is not.