Editorial: Let’s embrace the scooters
These new transportation options need regulation, but city officials should resist overreaching.
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MIKE LOPRESTI: Baseball holds clues to solving basketball’s one-and-done problem
Those who govern college and pro hoops could learn a thing or two from the boys of summer.
LETTER: EID defeat was lost opportunity
We should be inspired by Downtown Indy to pursue similarly inspiring plans. Let’s hope the EID’s temporary fate doesn’t deter others from advocating for potentially game-changing ideas.
Larry Gigerich: Invest in quality of place as a talent-attraction tool
In the Indianapolis metropolitan area, a significant amount of planning and dollars have been invested into the development of quality-of-place assets.
Sheila Kennedy: You can choose your positions — but not your facts
What isn’t reasonable—or honest—is the use of unsubstantiated and clearly untrue accusations to attack an organization that provides essential medical services to women who could not otherwise access them.
KIM: Buffett says ‘short-termism’ harmful to economy and investors
A shrinking-but-still-significant population of public companies provides quarterly “guidance” to analysts, which is essentially management’s own estimate of future earnings.
ANDREW APPEL: It’s time to make diversity a true business priority
A broad definition of diversity is most valuable when it includes inherent diversity, such as gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation; and acquired diversity, which are traits gained from experiences, such as living and working internationally or interacting with a marginalized group.
Michael Blickman: It’s high time to consider marijuana issues in the workplace
We are in the midst of a culture shift with marijuana. The majority of the next generation of workers might be of a mind that marijuana use is of no consequence.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Pacers part of a club no one wants to be in
Did you ever see a general manager sit before a microphone and say, “This really isn’t the guy we wanted?” That’s what makes draft coverage so amusing.
Letter: Purdue cartoon was disappointing
I understand IBJ’s owner is an ardent IU fan, but this “cartoon” is a disappointment to a fair number of his subscribers.
Letter: Boy Scouts made bad decision
The decision of the BSA leadership to add girls was a poor decision and, as a past board member, I am embarrassed for them.
Letter: Pass Senate farm bill
The House farm bill that failed to pass was riddled with reckless environmental rollbacks intended to promote logging on our national forests.
Amber Van Til: Credit unions should pay their fair share
When Congress passed the Federal Credit Union Act of 1934, it mandated that credit unions serve “persons of small means,” defined by common bonds, such as working for the same employer or living within specific geographic boundaries. Because of this mission, credit unions were granted federal tax exemption.
Teresa Lubbers: Let’s fill the jobs of today and get ready for tomorrow
Paired with new STEM requirements in our schools and resources for employers who train new employees for higher-wage jobs, tools like the Workforce Ready Grant can be cycle-breakers for entire families and can unleash the potential of Indiana businesses.
Greg Morris: Study, then legalize medical marijuana
Medical marijuana is legal today in 29 states and Washington, D.C. We don’t have to be a pioneer on this front. Plenty of existing legal structures are in place to provide sound counsel and guidance.
Editorial: City, IPS are smart to ditch status quo, rethink property needs
We applaud the leadership of both for thinking broadly about their needs and what’s best for their neighbors.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Incentives can backfire if carried to extremes
Part of economists’ useful function is to offer alternative ways of structuring incentives to attain socially desired ends.
Sheri Fella: Climbing onto the pitching mound of confidence
A feeling of knowing that, whatever is about to happen, all will be OK and all I can do is my best—that is confidence.
MIKE LOPRESTI: In a World Cup funk? Root for obvious underdog
Tiny Iceland, making its first appearance, tied Argentina to kick things off.
Dennis & Sandy Sasso: The children of immigrants is a moral emergency
Government officials should not have sought to defend their immigration policies using scripture.