KENNEDY: The real state of the state
Median household income fell 13.6 percent—the second-largest decrease in the nation.
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EDITORIAL: City sends message that design counts
Indianapolis’ urban design guidelines are intended to create an environment that is appealing to those who live, work and shop here. That, in turn, creates demand, providing an opportunity for future investment while protecting investments already in place.
MORRIS: Indiana’s alcohol laws are still in dark ages
We held out long enough to be the very last state to do what should have been done years ago.
DINING: Tin Roof raises expectations
When is bar food not bar food? First in a month-long series of new-in-the-neighborhood restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: Hot Wheels exhibition off track
What you can’t do, alas, is the most fun thing about Hot Wheels: Create and test your own track layouts
WEB REVIEW: E-mail sorting service brings sanity to your cluttered inbox
This morning, I opened my e-mail account to find 10 e-mails. Until about a week ago, I would have seen about 100.
BENNER: Indy 500 still a passion play for the paying customer
For this Indy guy, there is nothing that says Indy—or Indiana—like the Indy 500.
ALTOM: Backups are important—just ask the folks at Pixar
Do you know where your backups are, right now? Most of us don’t, or if we do, we don’t know what shape they’re in.
SKARBECK: Facebook flop casts doubt on remarkable valuations
After a year of escalating hype, Facebook’s May 18 initial public offering failed to come anywhere near Wall Street’s glorified expectations.
HICKS: UL model could fix financial regulation morass
We need a compromise that preserves innovation and mitigates the tendency for the sort of moral hazard that fueled the last recession.
STOSSEL: Competition is the best regulator for business
As long as there is open competition, honesty pretty much takes care of itself.
FRIEDMAN: This column is not sponsored by anyone
Market values are crowding out civic practices.
COLLINS: Mixing summer vacation and the debt debate
Romney said he would extinguish the blaze with his spending and tax-cutting plan.
BLOW: ‘Metrosexual black Abe Lincoln’ label misleads
The proposal was racially charged, and its authors knew it.
DOUTHAT: ‘Julia’ is Obama’s subsidized everywoman
She seems to have no meaningful relationships apart from her bond with the Obama White House.
KRUGMAN: Coming fairly soon to Europe: apocalypse
Italy and, in particular, Spain must be offered hope.
BROOKS: Why citizens demand something for nothing
The principles that guide the budget introduced by U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan provide a good framework.
SOWELL: The lies that politicians tell are not so sweet
Inflation is a quiet lie, by which a government can keep its promises on paper.
WOUDENBERG: Rethinking gambling taxes as competition rises
We need to break that dependence so that our legislators are free to serve Hoosiers.
SHELLA: Some take aways from the primary elections
The race was [McIntosh’s] to lose and he found a way.