Maggie Phelps: The pitfalls of being a people pleaser
The moment we forsake our own voice, opinion or sense of self to please someone else is the point when being a people pleaser turns from strength to pitfall.
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URBAN DESIGN: Weak link between food deserts, poor nutrition
Easy access to groceries no panacea for bad nutrition, but built environment has role to play.
BOHANON & CUROTT: High incarceration rates are drag on economy
In these divisive times, a surprising number of political players agree on one thing: America keeps too many people in prisons and jails.
HAHN: What Kenny Rogers can teach us about investing
His signature song, “The Gambler,” contains sage advice for investors.
Letter: Transit advocates alarmed by lack of vision
Recent media accounts missed the real story on Fishers and Noblesville’s selfish plan to remove the rail tracks that run all the way to downtown Indianapolis (aka the Nickel Plate Railroad or State Fair train tracks) but uncovered a void in regional transit leadership.
Congress is to blame for Washington’s ills
Mary Beth Schneider’s Forefront column [Amid the White House meltdown, where is Congress? Sept. 14] is what I call an open and honest evaluation of what is happening in Washington. Your analysis pokes holes in a Congress that is letting non-elected officials determine what is right or wrong with our country and have very little […]
Allison Schnable: New tax law, higher demands pinch not-for-profits
Research by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy estimates that not-for-profits will lose up to $11 billion in donations next year thanks to changes in the tax law. Not-for-profits will need private donors more than ever.
Bryan Mills: Higher tobacco tax equals lower health care costs
Research suggests that a 10 percent increase in the cost of cigarettes cuts the number of pregnant smokers 7 percent and reduces the number of kids who smoke by a similar percentage.
Kristen Cooper: How does a non-technical founder build software?
You don’t begin by writing an algorithm. You begin by understanding how the market perceives the problem you are trying to solve.
MIKE LOPRESTI: When the Colts are at home, this guy’s in on every play
Mike Jansen’s been with the team 20 years—longer than Adam Vinatieri.
Sen. Warren’s attack on billion-dollar companies is misguided
If for-profit firms are consistently mismanaged, eventually this reflects in subpar earnings. The investor’s escape hatch is selling one’s shares.
KIM: More skin in game may have prevented Lehman Brothers’ collapse
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has stated that “misaligned incentives contributed greatly to the financial crisis.”
Letter: We need comprehensive oral health plan
If we are serious about improving the oral health status for all Hoosiers, stakeholders and policymakers must engage to create and fund contemporary solutions.
Janet McCabe: Rolling back clean-car standards is misguided
President Trump’s ill-considered proposal is now available for comment. Let’s hope a sound policy meeting everyone’s needs prevails in the end.
Robert Enlow: School districts can afford to pay teachers more
Had districts kept their non-teacher hiring in line with student growth—and invested the rest in their teachers—Hoosier educators could be making around $25,000 more per year.
NATE FELTMAN: Are you ready for the MDR Party?
Here’s a potential alternative for anyone turned off by today’s ineffective politics.
Editorial: Toll hike for heavy vehicles is smart boost for infrastructure
Finding the money to pay for infrastructure is a trick in an age when “no” is the default answer to any request for across-the-board tax increases.
Deborah Daniels: Hate-crime law would help Hoosier employers thrive
Some opponents of the legislation say it is largely symbolic—that its purpose is primarily one of sending a message. I say: So what’s wrong with that?
Riley Parr: Today’s climate of incivility won’t do our nation in
History has shown you gain many more people to your side with a quick, humorous retort than personal vilification.
Jennifer Wagner: Holcomb, Hogsett aren’t part of political drama club
In these tumultuous times, the governor has shown an ability to work with lots of different folks on lots of different issues.