Chris Moorman: State should free Hoosier farmers to grow hemp
Today’s farm economy is far too complex to “fix” with a silver bullet, but innovation on the farm has always been the key to prosperity.
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Michael Foit: Recommit to skilled trades as alternative to college
It’s time to change this “everyone should go to college” mindset, along with the attitude that those who do not go to college are limited to low-income jobs (and, by inference, unhappiness).
NATE FELTMAN: IPS referendum process inspires hope
Collaboration between school district, business leaders is how problem-solving is supposed to work.
Editorial: Legislature should eliminate final election of superintendent
Republicans and Democrats couldn’t come together on education policy in recent years, but they should be able to agree that there’s no good reason to hold an election just for old time’s sake.
MIKE LOPRESTI: IU football still trying to repeat a 30-year-old feat
The last football victory over Ohio State capped a rare two-year run against the Buckeyes.
Michael Blickman: The rules about employees, the workplace and social media
Employees feel more emboldened than ever to use social media to make disparaging comments about co-workers, their employers and even their customers.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Event-market contracts better than polls at predicting winners
Most all the polls missed Donald Trump’s upset victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016. The slow death of land-line phones makes it easy for likely voters to evade pesky pollsters.
HAHN: Preparing for the bear market we know is coming
We are now in the, “We know it is coming; we just don’t know when” phase.
GREG MORRIS: Indy scooter invasion not for everyone
I’ll learn to like winter if the snow keeps the pesky two-wheelers out of harms way.
Editorial: City must tackle homelessness, panhandling problems downtown
Mayor Joe Hogsett should take the lead on implementing a multi-year plan to end homelessness and take the lead on solutions to curb panhandling.
Matthew Neff: More lessons learned from the Theranos debacle
Theranos kept the plates spinning longer than most could have, in the rigorous world of peer-reviewed science, by blending secrecy and the appearance of credibility from the supporters Holmes had enlisted. But in the end, no one could have kept all the plates spinning.
Letter: Downtown disrupted by scooter anarchy
As a driver I was appalled by the total disregard for safety and rules of the road the scooter riders had.
Michael Huber: A pass/fail election exam for IPS
The Indy Chamber is committed to a long-term partnership with IPS, investing in the district without compromising public accountability or transparency.
Sheila Kennedy: Kavanaugh fails the ‘judicial temperament’ test
We The People are entitled to have our disputes adjudicated by sober, thoughtful people who can put aside their own prejudices and emotions, and fairly weigh the relevant facts.
BOHANON & CUROTT: We’re about to feel pain of trade war with China
Watching recent developments in the U.S. trade war with China has been like watching a minor traffic accident escalate into a multi-car pileup.
Mike Lopresti: Peyton ‘boomers’ showing up on high school, college rosters
A great homage to hall-of-fame quarterback Peyton Manning are the number of boys coming of age now named Peyton.
KIM: Musk’s reckless tweet unleashed chaos, damaged market integrity
When a company raises capital to fund its growth by selling stock to the public, part of the bargain is that it incurs obligations to disclose certain information to investors that is reliable.
Letter: Look at potential of individual immigrants
It is our loss if we do not open our eyes and see individual immigrants for who they are and what they can do as Americans, if we give them the chance.
Letter: Column nailed our political dysfunction
This nation needs exactly what Nate Feltman called for in his column about Mitch Daniels.
Letter: Media elevates fringe politics
My life experience tells me that nearly all concerns can be addressed by people actually listening and conversing with each other