DINING: Tinker Street takes the high road
After being welcomed with a complementary taste of moscato (cheers!), we started with the delicious Fried Brussels Sprouts ($7), shredded and mixed with dukkah spice.
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LOU’S VIEWS: Embraceable ‘Crazy for You’ has rhythm
An example of adaptation done right, "Crazy for You" honors the original, combining great songs, high-energy dance, silly comedy and a big heart, whipping it all up in a colorful, smile-inducing froth.
LOPRESTI: Shake off the winter freeze with these sports tidbits
It’s the sled dog days of winter in Indianapolis, but that doesn’t mean sports have stopped.
FEIGENBAUM: Education debate gathers energy, sharp edges at Indiana Statehouse
As the session began, we warned you to pay close attention to education issues, because they would drive the political and fiscal discussion.
Convenience store would hurt neighborhood
I oppose a convenience store at the northeast corner of German Church Road and East Washington Street in Cumberland,where the St. John United Church of Christ is located. The proposal to demolish a church with such a significant heritage involving so many is a travesty.
Indiana common wage repeal would be shortsighted
As a CPA, business owner for 19 years, taxpayer and leader of the Indiana Mason Contractors Association, I have a unique viewpoint on House Bill 1019 to repeal Indiana’s common construction wage law.
FREELAND: Fix the way Indiana funds public schools
Seldom is being average something to strive for, but with regard to Indiana’s school funding formula and how it affects my school district and many others throughout the state, just being average would be an improvement.
KENNEDY: Indiana Legislature should debate real issues
The General Assembly is in session, and citizens who follow legislative matters are watching this year’s antics with reactions that run the gamut from bemusement to impatience to you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me.
MORRIS: Much at stake in FCC net neutrality vote
Government involvement in the Internet could preserve it as is or introduce web of regulations.
EDITORIAL: Circle Centre mall needs help
The city should lead stakeholders to turn around one of the downtown’s jewels.
LOU’S VIEWS: Abe Lincoln and mourning in America
A new Indiana State Museum exhibit looks at the presidential assassination and other Civil War casualties
DINING: Giordano’s likely to satisfy fans; others may wonder, ‘Why the fuss?’
Have you ever gone to a concert and thought, “Well, that was OK. But I don’t get what all of these people are screaming about?”
LOPRESTI: Remembering Dean Smith—and one of his biggest defeats
IU took down Smith’s top-ranked North Carolina team in the ’84 tournament, but Dan Dakich dwells on the game that came next.
MAURER: Purdue is finding way to stop brain drain
Numerous programs are succeeding in connecting graduates to Indiana and keeping them here.
EDITORIAL: Welcome new sharing services, keep the protection
The genie of service businesses consumers can connect with on their smartphones—like ride-sharing and room-sharing—can’t be put back in the bottle. Particularly popular with millennials, such services are here to stay. Indiana would be wise to create a welcome business climate for them, while protecting the safety of local residents. Legislation wending its way through the General Assembly looks on track to maintain that balance.
Keep talking about infrastructure needs
Thank you for [Sheila Kennedy’s Feb. 9 column] on the demise of our infrastructure. I’ve been making this point for years and I’m thrilled that it is getting some exposure.
Legal profession racing to navigate through storm
IBJ’s [Feb 9] coverage of the continuing decline in law school enrollments rightly highlights the challenges confronting both the schools and law graduates. I see evidence that these developments may prompt a period of accelerated reform.
CATE: Takeaways from the Anthem breach
There are more reasons to pay attention to the Anthem breach than just its size. There are practical lessons for us all.
RUSTHOVEN: Why won’t Obama say the obvious?
Selecting a kosher grocery to target was random? Killing people the killer targeted “because they were Jewish” was random?
FEIGENBAUM: Lawmakers belatedly turn attention to gambling
After an interim study committee—stacked with lawmakers favorable to gambling interests—recommended a series of items to help Indiana’s casinos and racinos compete with expanded gambling options in Illinois, Michigan and Ohio, it took until Feb. 12 for the principal bill to be heard in a House committee.