ODLE: Gov. Pence, please keep my money
Most days I wish the government would take less of my money and let me use it to save, invest, donate or just spend frivolously. I figure I earned this money, it’s mine and I deserve to keep it, right?
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MADISON: Tax-cut promises make cheap politics
Promising to cut taxes is not political leadership. It’s cheap and easy.
ALTOM: How safe is your storage on the cloud? Not very
The cloud is what we call the storage areas we never see except in our browsers—that online, cyberspace world that holds our files and often our working applications.
HETRICK: On Armstrong, Pistorius and the risk of celebrity heroes
People such as John Cleland and Dr. Larry Einhorn are the real heroes.
Marijuana possession shouldn’t be a crime
In response to Deborah Daniels’ [Feb. 4] column regarding legalization of marijuana, everyone can agree that we should protect children from harm—there is no debate there.
KISSINGER: That’s not fair!
A number of accusations on both sides in the 2012 elections were extrapolations rebroadcast out of context. I began to wonder if the very notion of fairness was worthy of study, or if the word had any substantive meaning beyond complexion and the weather.
KENNEDY: Unhealthy, unwealthy and unwise
John Kasich (Ohio), Rick Snyder (Michigan), Jan Brewer (Arizona), Brian Sandoval (Nevada), Susana Martinez (New Mexico) and Jack Dalrymple (North Dakota) are all conservative Republican governors opposed to the Affordable Care Act.
MORRIS: Run for your lives—sequestration is upon us
This is a very scary week. I hope everyone has received that message loud and clear. The great sequester deadline has arrived. March 1 is only a few days away. Not since last year’s end of the Mayan calendar has there been such focus on a date that could preclude the end of days.
FEIGENBAUM: Pence, lawmakers of both parties have played nice so far
As the General Assembly passes its first major milestone in the 2013 session—the final round of committee hearings in a bill’s chamber of origin—we’re picking up a few insights into the dynamics that likely will guide the remaining two months.
EDITORIAL: Little pleasure in Marsh pain
The $2.2 million judgment against Don Marsh for using Marsh Supermarkets, the grocery chain he led for more than 30 years, as a piggy bank to pay for lavish trips and extramarital affairs caps what will surely be a mixed legacy for the once-powerful businessman.
SKARBECK: SEC enforcement powers important but limited
The SEC’s reputation had taken a hit when an internal investigation found that senior employees were surfing pornographic websites during the financial crisis.
HICKS: Stagnant pay for low-wage workers a problem
Hidden within the unserious politics of the minimum-wage debate lies an important discussion of why many workers have not seen their wages grow over the past generation. It simply takes some digging.
LOU’S VIEWS: Making it up for 20 years
At an awards-show parodying gala, ComedySportz celebrated two decades of spontaneous laugh-making.
Radio’s real problem
As a former radio personality (NPR and later WHAS-AM 840 in Louisville and other stations) and broadcast operations manager and intern supervisor at the University of Louisville), I continue to shake my head at Emmis and boss Jeff Smulyan’s total swivet with cell phone operators for refusing to put radio tuners on their phones or switch them on if they exist.
MAURER: One politician getting a second chance
That irrepressible Mel Reynolds is running again. Janie and I were just laughing with Rose and Bill Mays about being duped when we rallied our respective communities for an “Oreo” fundraiser on Reynolds’ behalf two decades ago.
EDITORIAL: Give Indianapolis Motor Speedway the tax break
Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s request for a special taxing district to help update the storied venue is such a slam dunk that it barely merits an editorial.
BARANOWSKI: Indy is a great city, except…
It was my privilege to testify recently before the House Roads & Transportation Committee in support of House Bill 1011. I joined more than three dozen citizens, community leaders and elected officials to share our support for mass transit in central Indiana.
RUSTHOVEN: ‘Relevance’ is irrelevant
Among American liberals, coverage of Pope Benedict’s decision to resign and speculation about his successor take a predictable line. The Washington Post’s editorial is typical. The challenge facing the Roman Catholic Church, we are told, is “how to remain relevant to an increasingly secular world and to its own changing membership.” Benedict was a “conservative,” at times “reactionary,” who believed “only uncompromising adherence to past doctrine could preserve the faith.
KIM: Protect yourself when buying mutual fund shares
While the concept of a mutual fund is beautiful in its simplicity, actually investing in one can be complicated.
HICKS: Let’s try a $25 minimum wage to end poverty
As the president noted, no one should doubt that raising a family while earning minimum wage is a hard business; perhaps that is why almost nobody does it.