EDITORIAL: Everyone wins in hotel venture
What could benefit human-services agencies and their clients more than to bring those clients into the goods-and-services-producing, wage-paying work force?
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MAURER: Restaurateur Hoover making a difference
Founder of Patachou restaurants puts her success to work for employees, others.
LOPRESTI: On deck, intriguing baseball scenarios await resolution
Will the Cubs keep pace? Will the Pirates catch the Cardinals? How low can the White Sox go?
DINING: Hooked on seafood at El Puerto De San Blas
There are too few quality dining places where you can comfortably stick around as long as you like without feeling some push to pack things up. I’m glad I now know about this one.
LOU’S VIEWS: Into the unknown with Indy Film Fest
In an over-marketed movie world, ignorance can be, if not blissful, at least part of the excitement. Plus, it encourages conversation in the lobby.
LOPRESTI: Who’s on first for Big Ten attendance rankings?
The latest college basketball rankings are in, and we can say without fear of contradiction that the Indiana Hoosiers are a top 10 team. In attendance.
Architects must get Pulliam Square right
I can only hope the city, the designers and developers respect the monumentality and quality of the four-block-long mall.
Traffic nightmare in offing as projects come online
The real issue is that this is yet another large development that will directly impact the dreadful 96th and Keystone intersection.
KLIMEK: New securities commissioner faces challenges
By dedicating more resources to examination of proposed securities offerings and applications for licensing of investment professionals, the commissioner can do a better job of keeping investors from losing money in the first place.
KENNEDY: Same-sex ruling wasn’t activism
The charge that the same-sex ruling was activist rests on a belief that the court should have left the decision to the voters. But in America, fundamental rights are not subject to vote.
MORRIS: Is Obamacare actually working?
I’m shocked. Who could have predicted the insurance risk pool would pick up more sick people and not enough healthy young people to balance things out?
EDITORIAL: Anthem must keep city in focus
The executive suite and boardroom of today’s Anthem do not have the deep Hoosier roots that were present in Frick’s day. But we hope they respect that legacy and are equally reticent to bargain away a headquarters.
SKARBECK: U.S. investors keep faith despite global turmoil
Despite the defiant results of the Greek referendum that rejected further economic austerity in return for a cash infusion to deal with their debt crisis, it appears U.S. investors are betting the situation will be adequately solved.
BOHANON & STYRING: Why leaving the eurozone would help Greece
Many economists who differ over whom to blame for Greece’s financial disaster agree in thinking it is a good idea for the Greeks to leave the euro and go back to using the Greek drachma. A good idea for both Greece and the future of the eurozone.
LOPRESTI: For Butler coach Holtmann, one year changes everything
Being in charge of the basketball program means life is different now.
DINING: A new home for gelato fits in on Virginia Avenue
I wish every ZIP code had at least one local frozen treat spot. And so it was with pleasure that I checked in at Cafe Nonna
LOU’s VIEWS: In praise of libraries
As I contemplate my summer-reading pile, I want to offer some words of appreciation for one of my favorite things about Indianapolis—its library system.
EDITORIAL: Design is key for Pulliam Square
In the case of Pulliam Square, Indianapolis must be extraordinarily vigilant. The city’s own design guidelines call for special scrutiny of buildings that face the five-block stretch of parks and memorials.
MAURER: A puzzle Marge loved
Remember one of our city’s most revered civic leaders by working this puzzle she loved.
Language degraded value of Cultural Trail
Calling the Cultural Trail a “$63 million sidewalk” undercuts its true impact as an internationally recognized, urban pedestrian and bicycle pathway that cities from all over the world are hoping to replicate.