Lessons lost on Kennedy
Sheila Kennedy’s [Aug. 12] column “Detroit reflects our moral bankruptcy” leads us down the same path she always goes.
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Alcohol laws in dark ages
The controversy over liquor sales on Sunday [Aug. 12] and allowing convenience stores and grocery stores to sell liquor and beer on Sunday is exactly why we are looked upon by most other states as backward-thinking Midwestern hicks.
CHAPMAN: Don’t unwittingly spawn invaders
You probably don’t notice it when you walk into your office building or drive by the bank. The landscaping looks nice, so you don’t pay attention to it. Throughout central Indiana, though, developers and landscapers are using plants that are inexpensive and look good, but plants like burning bush and Japanese barberry are destroying our native habitats and hurting land and water quality.
KENNEDY: More reasons why I left the GOP
I know it will come as something of a shock to younger readers of IBJ, but I spent 35-plus years as an active Republican.
BENNER: Eager for college football—and hoping it won’t implode
The game could suffer under the weight of its popularity and financial might.
ALTOM: Outfit your home office for maximum productivity
For many people, the complexities of working at home mean they need more than a desk and printer.
BENNER: All preseason football games are ‘crap performances,’ Jim
It’s not fair that season ticket holders pay regular-season prices for the games that don’t count.
DINING: Circle Centre’s new ‘rock’
Considering Granite City. Third in a month-long series of new mall restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: Indy Fringe for first-timers
The annual summer event continues to grow even as it continues to baffle the uninitiated. Here’s a guide to help you navigate
Leaders badly needed
I wholeheartedly agree with P.E. MacAllister’s Aug. 5 Forefront column “Bring back the CCC for troubled youth.” Dope, gangs, crime. A disappointing educational system. Our staggering economic base supplanted with food stamps and unemployment compensation. Declining church influences. Sagging morality. He mentions it all.
Tourism cuts add up
Anthony Schoettle’s [July 29] article “Indiana tourism spending is fraction of nearby states’” shed light on an issue those of us in the tourism industry have been concerned with since the budget decreases began a few years ago.
FERIBACH: Disabled-friendly city advances again
The City-County Council recently approved a proposal to create more entrepreneurship opportunities for people with disabilities. Led by President Maggie Lewis and Vice President John Barth, the council unanimously agreed to include the disability enterprise category to the city’s contracting program. Within days, Mayor Greg Ballard signed it into law.
RUSTHOVEN: Taking issue with Kennedy
I don’t comment on columns by my liberal “Taking Issue” counterpart Sheila Kennedy. This week is an exception, prompted by reader requests to respond to her Aug. 12 “Detroit reflects our moral bankruptcy” column for impugning the motives of those who don’t share her views.
MAURER: Doctor turned novelist has another winner
Douglas Zipes’ third heart-pumping novel will keep you up at night.
EDITORIAL: Root out rogue attorneys
They’ve been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Yet next to the names Paul J. Page and David Wyser in the Indiana Roll of Attorneys appear the words: “Active in good standing.”
Kim: ‘Golf as a Metaphor for Investing … and Life’
As summer and the golf season fade, this is a good opportunity to reflect and see if there are lessons from the game applicable to other areas of life, like investing.
Hicks: Education debate shouldn’t matter to students
Higher education is undergoing a metamorphosis. Cost-saving measures such as online learning and the ubiquity of technology might seem to make today’s undergraduate experience vastly different from their forbears’. That is a mirage. The most essential elements of an education are unchanged.
DINING: More than popcorn at the Indiana State Fair
Food vendors get creative with burger and donut variations. Plus newcomer MCL and the latest from the Dairy Barn.
LOU’S VIEWS: Glass Barn farming exhibition among fair’s best newbies
We know what the Indiana State Fair does well. But every year, there are a few new attractions to explore.
HETRICK: Throwing the book at civic illiteracy
If assigned comparison-and-contrast lessons between Zinn’s history and other texts, students might enter college better able to question, discern, reason, shape opinions, defend those opinions and compromise.