KIM: Consider value proposition of various college choices
Two-thirds of bachelor’s degree recipients borrow to attend college. The average debt is $26,500, but some is much higher.
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HICKS: Inspired leader needed to survive next big crisis
The potential for widespread municipal bankruptcies and the effective bankruptcy of as many as a dozen states will present historic difficulties for the nation, and much will depend on effective leadership from the president.
BENNER: Buy Carl Erskine’s book—and help people like Jimmy
The short-but-sweet treasure features insights, recollections and photos.
ALTOM: Whether you’re a Mac or PC person says a lot about you
Today, the two worlds cross over almost effortlessly, but the divisions between them have spawned entirely different design and usage paradigms.
RACE: Making downtown walkable shouldn’t be afterthought
For me, the coolest cities have downtown streets that are economically vibrant, social, safe and comfortable. By any measure, we fall short.
COTA: Evernote aims to be Google for your brain
Evernote stores meeting and class notes, voice memos, web pages, photos, receipts and more.
EDITORIAL: IndyCar board overreacted
The board’s dismissal of CEO Randy Bernard seemed to cut a change agent off at the knees, and that could come back to haunt them.
MORRIS: Your vote on Nov. 6 is important
We all need to express our feelings about what’s going on in our local communities, our state and our country by casting votes for the candidates we believe can make the most positive impact on our lives.
DINING: New independent burger joint adds punch to downtown
First in a month-long series of reviews of keep-it-simple restaurants. This week: Punch Burger.
LOU’S VIEWS: Michael Feinstein shines in book on the brothers Gershwin
For me, the highlights of any Michael Feinstein concert come in between the numbers, when the cabaret and concert star—and artistic director of the Center for the Performing Arts—shares anecdotes and insight about the composer and lyricists who crafted the tunes. His storytelling style translates nicely to the printed page.
Rusthoven an ‘epigone’
It is clear that Richard Mourdock is an astringent to the derriere of Peter Rusthoven [Oct. 29 column]. How else does one explain why the luminous Lugar acolyte Rusthoven would attack Mourdock for Mourdock’s cumbersome locution for which he has apologized and clarified?
Selective spin
Bruce Hetrick’s [Oct. 22] column “spouted off” on two examples of GOP “spin,” one regarding Republican Paul Ryan, the other regarding Republican Mitt Romney.
SCHMIDT: Romney energy policy best
Indiana is blessed with abundant energy resources. We have a 300-year supply of coal. A substantial part of the 214 million barrels of oil and 4.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the Illinois Basin sits in southwestern Indiana. We have even more natural gas locked away as shale gas, coal bed methane and landfill gas.
KENNEDY: Lots of tea, not much sympathy
Mike Pence has been running a strategically brilliant campaign, taking care to mask his inner culture warrior while displaying a previously invisible interest in economic development and job creation.
SKARBECK: Use caution with ventures turning to crowd for cash
When social media meets finance, society births a technique for small business to raise capital called “crowdfunding.”
HICKS: The problems with polling and predictions
Just days before a presidential election, there’s no doubt we will be bombarded with poll results and election models designed to predict winners and losers. It is useful to explain how these work without technical jargon.
BROOKS: A primer on true, workable moderation
Over the past month, Mitt Romney has aggressively appealed to moderate voters. President Barack Obama, for some reason, hasn’t.
KRUGMAN: Pols should follow the economic evidence
The U.S. economy finally seems to be recovering in earnest, with housing on the rebound and job creation outpacing growth in the working-age population. But it will take years to restore full employment. Why has the slump been so protracted?
LEIGHTY: Real feminists want a better economy
Apparently, the Republican Party has waged a war on women. I’ve heard this from the mainstream media, many Democratic candidates and even a few Indiana University professors.
WINSTON: Why rural voters should support Obama
Politics is an amazing, yet perplexing, profession. I have often wondered why President Obama trails Mitt Romney by a large margin in rural areas.