DINING: Public Greens satisfies desires for sustenance, charity
The unique eatery—part of the Cafe Patachou universe—funnels all its profits to the Patachou Foundation, dedicated to feeding healthy meals to the homeless and needy.
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KIM: Resolve to get comfortable with uncertainty in 2015
if you can get comfortable with uncertainty; adopt a long-term perspective; and follow a disciplined, patient and unemotional investment approach, you’ll be miles ahead of most investors.
HICKS: Cheap petrol might lead to full-blown recovery
Because of the gasoline-price drop, businesses might be more profitable and might be able to use the extra revenue to hire more workers or make other investments. If they pass their profits on to owners, this will mean more money for retirees and other stockholders.
MAURER: Missing Bill Mays, a loyal friend
I regret there will be no more adventures with one of the city’s most generous entrepreneurs.
EDITORIAL: State Legislature needs reformers
Local government in Indiana is still bloated, but governor and legislators look the other way.
RACE: Justice Center facility is a lost opportunity
Project to relocate jails and courts is a failure of urban design fundamentals.
LOPRESTI: Who will gather here to crown an NCAA champ?
It’s not too early to speculate about who we might see on the Road to Indianapolis.
SKARBECK: Market’s run stirs up index-investing debate
The ongoing debate between “active” portfolio management and “passive” management is again a hot topic as 2014 comes to a close.
HICKS: Hoosier employers experienced a fantastic year
Last December, I forecasted the state to see 57,000 new jobs through 2014, with a drop of the unemployment rate to the low- to mid-sixes. This would’ve been good news, but the reality was better.
DINING: Newcomers kept adventurous diners busy in 2014
Just a few short years ago, I was challenged to find new restaurants to review in this column. This year, it was tough to keep up.
LOU’S VIEWS: 2014 in A&E
Orangutans, ancient arriors, a fair lady, a great bicycle race, and more offered highlights of the year in Indy-area arts and entertainment.
2014 in sports: unpredictable, untidy and unfathomable
Yes, 2014 was that kind of year for Indiana sports. Often unpredictable, frequently untidy, occasionally unfathomable.
Cummins can say more with downtown building
I’ve viewed the images for Cummins’ new distribution center on the former Market Square Arena site, I’ve read the praise of the design by our mayor and fellow architectural friends of mine Will Marquez and Mark Beebe, and I have a suggestion: Cummins should let the building convey more about the company than its commitment to sustainability.
HENDERSON: The folly and amusement of Tesla bans
The Tesla store bans are among the more amusing betrayals of a citizenry by its governments that I’ve seen in a long time. The cable monopolies have a new challenger—the automotive dealership.
KENNEDY: With certainty, Cheney is wrong
Cheney angrily defends it all. He has expressed absolutely no remorse for any of it—not even the death of the innocent man.
MORRIS: Privacy and other rights at risk
It’s time for all of us–individuals, businesses, government–to fight this growing threat.
LOU’S VIEWS: From ‘Boyhood’ to an ape-run world, a year of cinematic bests
Also, see what films and performances made the Indiana Film Journalists Associations list for the best of 2014.
KIM: Internet sensation enables investments in classrooms
DonorsChoose enables public schoolteachers to post classroom project requests and donors to pick the projects they want to support.
HICKS: Need to work on Christmas? You’re valuable
Wages are set by something like auction markets. In these markets, the willingness to pay a certain wage is balanced by workers’ inclination to sell their services. Rare skills in high demand get paid more than common skills.
MAURER: Can you identify these famous Hoosiers?
The answers to this year’s holiday puzzle are–or were–household names, especially in Indiana.