HICKS: Let’s all maximize utility over the holidays
The vintage and durability of classic Christmas songs carry an important economic lesson for our times.
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MORRIS: Balancing quality and the bottom line
My job takes me out of my office into the community on a regular basis. As I’m out talking with folks in the business community, a common theme surfaces almost without fail on a weekly basis.
EDITORIAL: Highways, transit not either/or choice
Any discussion of the state’s transportation priorities would be incomplete without including the one topic legislators have been reluctant to take on: mass transit.
ALTOM: Blessed are the tech-sector risk-takers who make the leap
This is the last column before Christmas, and in keeping with long tradition, I’m writing a year-end column about screw-ups and techno-pratfalls that should make you glad you’re not in the hottest of hot seats.
LOU’S VIEWS: Graphite the power
The Indianapolis Museum of Art proves that the mineral isn’t just for pencils. Plus new shows at the Indianapolis Art Center.
Morris columns eloquent
I have appreciated several of the columns Greg Morris has written about the leadership of Gov. Daniels and Tony Bennett.
Don’t abandon tax pledges
I’m extremely troubled by some members of the Republican Party recently saying that they will not honor their promises not to raise taxes on the American people.
Citizens should oppose Leucadia project
I was disappointed that the IBJ didn’t cover the ongoing issue of the proposed Leucadia coal-to-gas plant and the role that Citizens Energy could play in preventing the construction of this project.
SWIECKI: New era for automotive investment?
From the mid 1980s through perhaps 2008, automotive investment in the Great Lakes region was driven by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler losing market share to competitors from Japan, Korea and Europe.
KENNEDY: Defining equality for the new year
Equality is one of those principles that almost everyone subscribes to—a concept we can all endorse in the abstract, because in the abstract, we don’t have to decide what it really means.
SKARBECK: Even glass-half-empty Grant has positive long-term view
An Indiana University grad and author of five books, Jim Grant possesses deep knowledge on the role central banks have played throughout history and the cumulative results of their monetary policy decisions.
HICKS: Economic forecasts entertaining, but usually wrong
This is the season of economic forecasts, for which there are many uses beyond their pure entertainment value.
NIEZGODSKI: Hoosiers would be nuts to game this paltry system
Consider for a moment what it’s like to be on unemployment in Indiana.
TORR: Existing laws are sufficient to weed out fraudulent claims
Anytime a government program makes tax dollars available to certain individuals, unfortunately, a few will look to game the system.
DOWD: Hillary will finish the job Obama started
The Mayans were right when they predicted the world would end in 2012. It was just a select world: the GOP universe of arrogant, uptight, entitled, bossy, retrogressive white guys.
MUTZ: Arcane rules will haunt the new Congress
The priority for Congress as it convenes in a lame-duck session is to reach an agreement that averts a fiscal crisis. To accomplish that goal, it may also be necessary to agree on major changes to three arcane procedures that govern the House and Senate.
HOWEY: Unchastened Chocola soldiers on
One thing is clear in the troubling weeks following the loss of a Republican U.S. Senate seat in Indiana: Chris Chocola will not give up easily in his quest for ideological purity.
BONIFIELD: Protect Ritz’s heartening voter mandate
By all accounts, Glenda Ritz has a daunting challenge as the next superintendent of public instruction. Across a state that has been at the forefront of the so-called education reform movement, recent legislation has incensed and motivated teachers in profound ways.
BECK: The biggest and worst of the elections
For the political among us, 2012 was solely focused on the election. From the early days in January with the Iowa caucuses to the ongoing transitions at the state and federal levels, the year was packed with action.
MYERS: Children need moms and dads at home
Single-parent families are at a significant economic disadvantage, and more black children in Indiana (42 percent) are living in poverty than are nationally (36 percent).