DINING: State Fair newcomers
Here’s what’s being deep fried this year. Plus variations on sundaes, pork sandwiches, and more.
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LOPRESTI: Time to inflate the footballs and let the games begin
Here are key match-ups at all levels for a sport that will be with us until almost Valentine’s Day.
KIM: Lenders also to blame for Greek debt tragedy
Greece shoulders most of the blame for its third trip to the brink of default in five years, but it takes two to tango and Greece had a most willing accomplice: the lenders themselves.
LOU’S VIEWS: Great game hunting at Gen Con 2015
For my annual Best of Gen Con list, here are 11 tabletop games to please hobby gamers while not being too intimidating to those who haven’t stretched far beyond Apples to Apples.
DINING: Celebrity chef’s B Spot burger joint hits the mark
The proof should be on the plate, not on the signage. On an average day you won’t see Michael Symon here, except on the cover of the cookbooks at the hostess stand.
LOPRESTI: Who says gymnasts and basketball players don’t mix?
Championships here will reunite Bird with some of Barcelona’s smallest, toughest athletes.
SKARBECK: State should tap surplus to boost teacher pension
Plenty of voices are chiming in with ideas on what to do with the state’s $2.14 billion reserves. So, here is another suggestion—make a sizable contribution to the Indiana Pension Stabilization Fund to help offset the woefully underfunded Indiana State Teachers’ Retirement Fund.
BOHANON & STYRING: Raising minimum wage takes employment toll
Fans of goosing the minimum wage should acknowledge that raising the price of labor by legislative fiat costs jobs.
Firms have myriad crowdfunding options
Companies looking to raise capital have more options than ever before—the new Indiana crowdfunding law, a couple of new federal investment crowdfunding laws, traditional securities laws and traditional donation-based crowdfunding.
Angie’s List needs to return to roots
My suggestion is that you take the company private and make it into the premium provider it could still be.
KNAPP: Don’t derail winning transit initiatives
How do we address the concerns about the Vision Fleet and Blue Indy initiatives without undoing what are clearly important steps toward solving major urban challenges?
KENNEDY: The twisted tale of Planned Parenthood
Despite the propaganda, Planned Parenthood isn’t selling fetal tissue or profiting from its use in medical research.
Key role for Schellinger
Democrat Jim Schellinger’s appointment to head the state’s job-creating agency creates a bipartisan opportunity for a renewed and necessary push for higher quality jobs, not just a higher quantity of jobs.
MORRIS: Council Democrats put politics first
Killing Ballard initiatives and passing meaningless measures is the new council priority.
LOPRESTI: Training camp begins and so does the Colts’ numbers game
The stats tell some interesting tales about the boys in blue and their biggest nemesis.
DINING: Atmospheric newcomer Repeal has strong appeal
As if diners needed yet another reason to visit Virginia Ave., along comes a swanky, swaggering new eatery that is as creative as it is evocative.
KIM: Stock buybacks can be a harmful ‘sugar high’
The combination of higher EPS and company buying usually provides a short-term boost to the stock. This makes Wall Street happy, keeps the activists at bay, and helps management enhance the value of its stock options and meet bonus targets.
BOHANON & STYRING: Don’t blow the surplus on ‘worthy causes’
The reserve balances are there for one reason: to cushion against unforeseen shocks that would cause dramatic reductions in public services or tax increases nobody really wants.
Mixed-up morals
Kennedy [July 27 column] rails against allowing the Christian cake baker to refuse baking the cake for “Adam and Steve,” but what if the baker is Muslim?
Kennedy distorts definition of bigotry
Sheila Kennedy [July 27 column] claims that people read the Bible to determine “ … their moral superiority and their right to tell everyone else how to live.”