KIM: Profits, ‘animal spirits’ may drive up stocks in ’17
If the animal spirits of capitalism stir and result in a shift in motivation from safety to profit, the results could be impressive.
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BOHANON & STYRING: Pre-K isn’t as effective as proponents say
Do kids who go through Head Start-type programs ultimately wind up learning more than comparable kids who don’t? The answer is pretty clearly no.
LETTER: IPL should find better option for coal-ash ponds
Clean drinking water sounds like something all Hoosiers should stand for.
LETTER: Hudnut had important impact on neighborhoods
Mayor William Hudnut’s passing leaves a special legacy for Indy’s neighborhoods.
LETTER: For-sale housing needed for downtown growth
Many current downtown renters would like to buy downtown—but the limited inventory hinders that move.
SMITH: State, city should be friendlier for e-cigarettes
Policymakers understandably have concerns about e-cigarettes, including whether vaping will attract new customers who are not current smokers. To date, research both here and in Europe suggests this is exceedingly rare.
NEFF: Panning for gold: innovation in health care
Business decisions are balancing acts of risk and reward. So to create a flow of business opportunities requires creating a different frame of reference, one that is organizationally tolerated or, ideally, encouraged.
DAVISON: Bridging the Indy-area workforce gap
For central Indiana talent to fulfill our developing need, the region must bridge the workforce gap. The good news is that work has begun through the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership and its recent initiative, Ascend Indiana.
EDITORIAL: Holcomb must think big
Indiana faces serious problems on numerous fronts—and needs an inspirational leader with the bold ideas to tackle them.
Machines keep getting smarter, but they don’t have hearts
Software has started writing poetry, sports stories and business news. IBM’s Watson is co-writing pop hits. Uber has begun deploying self-driving taxis on real city streets and, last month, Amazon delivered its first package by drone to a customer in rural England. Add it up and you quickly realize that Donald Trump’s election isn’t the […]
Dems may be poised to make party even more extreme
As we enter 2017, the Democratic Party has good reason to be concerned. In Washington, Republicans now control the White House and both houses of Congress. Thirty-three governors are Republicans, and Republicans control both houses of state legislatures in 32 states whereas Democrats control both chambers in just five. Because I am a conservative, I […]
As Trump inauguration nears, anxiety reigns
The capital has never been more anxious about its own government. The town is suffering pre-traumatic stress disorder. Donald Trump is really going to be president. Finally, there is bipartisan consensus: It’s time to flip out. No one knows what is going to happen, but they know it will be utter chaos and that the […]
SHEPARD: A good year for Indiana’s future
It’s a human habit, of course, to use birthdays and anniversaries for simple celebration. And the commemoration of our statehood included events that served largely as parties. Having parties seemed altogether right for the occasion of an anniversary like 200.
DANIELS: Keeping arrestee DNA on file would solve crimes
We are thus losing the opportunity to identify repeat offenders before additional people are victimized; and we are losing the benefit of arrestee DNA analysis to exonerate the innocent.
SITES: DNA profile should be destroyed without conviction
It is a bedrock principle of our criminal justice system that those arrested for or even charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
MEREDITH: Mandatory kindergarten, pre-K are no-brainers
Offering universal pre-K goes hand-in-hand with full-day, mandatory kindergarten. The results of a paired pre-K and half-day kindergarten program include “higher reading skills by the third grade than those who attend full-day kindergarten alone,” according to a study by the Center for Public Education.
BOEHM: Civic education is necessary to maintain our republic
The responsibility lies not with the schools, but with the requirements we place or do not place upon them.
ROBERTSON: Several things to watch in the new year
Let’s be honest here, no one knows what a Trump presidency will bring. There are fears and hopes, but no one has a clue what is going to happen.
LEPPERT: A bumper-sticker transition for the winners
Democratic voters are certainly struggling with the new political situation post-election. But I am predicting that will pass soon. Then comes the real transition.
WAGNER: Republicans should resist temptations to go too far
In the run-up to the legislative session, we’ve already heard rumblings from lawmakers who want to dismantle gun licensing, limit women’s health care, and engage in a debate about Sharia Law.