Prof showed compassion
In the April 2 [Forefront] Thomas Sowell attacks the credentials and worthiness of Professor Derrick Bell to serve as a professor at Harvard Law School.
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QUINN: New energy code is already obsolete
Adopting the new code would result in even greater savings for Indiana home buyers.
KENNEDY: Republicans losing the 51 percent
In a recent New York Times column, Gail Collins observed “the thing that makes our current politics particularly awful isn’t procedural. It’s that the Republican Party has become over-the-top extreme.” She left out “mean-spirited and patriarchal.”
MORRIS: Creativity puts United Way over the top
So, what would make Community Health Network’s president and CEO, Bryan Mills, star in a video dressed as a caveman? It could only be United Way’s “Give Gleefully” YouTube video competition.
EDITORIAL: Not everyone is college material
No one benefits when unprepared or disinterested students are herded into colleges.
ALTOM: What matters most, privacy or convenience?
As our devices become more aware of our travels, our preferences, our contacts, our messages, our photographs and even our dexterity, the line between convenience and spying is crossed without us even being aware of it.
DINING: Cajun flair fires two downtown newcomers
Second in a month-long series of reviews of eateries in and around City Market. This week: Papa Roux and Miguel’s Southern Kitchen.
SKARBECK: Exchange’s bizarre IPO triggers securities probe
Securities regulators are looking into several issues raised in the aftermath of the failed initial public offering of BATS Global Markets on March 23.
HICKS: Some types of unemployment signal progress
Structural unemployment is a byproduct of healthy technological progress, and those who can learn new skills flourish.
LOU’S VIEWS: Urban etchings reveal treasures
This week: a small but strong show at the IMA, plus thoughts on the Humana Festival, A&E road trips, and some Disney magic.
HETRICK: Mega Millions and taxes inspire daydream believers
In the midst of Mega Millions mania, statisticians were telling would-be bettors that the odds of winning the big jackpot were far lower than the odds of being struck by lighting.
BENNER: New Orleans a success, but Final Four leaves mixed emotions
Perhaps those of us who are not exactly Kentucky fans should be happy that the likes of Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Indy’s own Marques Teague won’t stay for four years,
KIM: ‘Price is what you pay; value is what you get’
It is impossible to make an intelligent assessment of the investment merit of an asset without accounting for its price.
DINING: New eatery turns City Market diners into Artisan partisans
First in a month-long series of reviews of eateries in and around City Market. This week: Fermenti Artisan.
HICKS: The joke’s really on us with Social Security
If treated as a financial investment, Social Security is a really effective way to destroy wealth.
LOU’S VIEWS: Early Noel Coward play suddenly back in vogue
"Fallen Angels” concerns a pair of London gal pals who have in common marriages in need of spark and a past hot-and-heavy relationship with the same man.
BENNER: Indiana Sports Corp. scores; Pacers need butts in seats
Thoughts on this, that and the other.
WEB REVIEW: Goodreads helps readers find their next favorite novel
Goodreads compiles the ratings and reviews from users everywhere and has a powerful “recommendation engine.”
RACE: Walkable neighborhoods are a good investment
Houses in communities that are easy to navigate on foot command a higher price-per-square-foot.
Irsay made the right wager
I find myself taking issue with Peter Rusthoven’s [March 19] after-the-fact column about “Irsay’s colossal wager.”