LOU’S VIEWS: The 2011/2012 arts season begins …
Indianapolis City Ballet’s “Evening with the Stars” and Civic’s “The Drowsy Chaperone” get things off to a great start.
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KIM: Think outside the (style) box to improve returns
The “Morningstar Style Box” was introduced by the Chicago-based research firm in 1992 to help investors and advisers determine the investment style of a fund.
HICKS: Efficacy of the American Jobs Act questionable
In my professional judgment, President Obama’s proposed American Jobs Act is as fair an attempt at stimulating the economy as is now possible. Whether or not it is good policy or will work are other questions.
Kennedy spot-on
I was surprised and very pleased to see and read [Sheila Suess Kennedy's] column in the [Aug. 29] IBJ regarding marijuana.
Back in the action
In December 2010, Mickey Maurer wrote the following in one of his columns: “I made a big mistake almost 20 years ago when I decided I had created sufficient wealth to cash in on the American Dream.
RCA Dome ‘insanity’
What never seems to get mentioned anymore is that we, the citizens of Indianapolis, are still on the hook for around $70 million on a facility (RCA Dome) that was reduced to an ash heap three years ago.
Work should be meaningful, too
Greg Morris’ Aug 29 column “Don’t forget that work needs to be fun” resonated with me.
KHARBANDA: Fiscal hawks should fight new-terrain I-69
Our organization recently released an economic analysis concluding that, over the next two years, Indiana will dedicate 23 percent of its available funding for highway construction, maintenance and repair to the new-terrain I-69 project.
RUSTHOVEN: Carson’s Tea Party jab missed the mark
U.S. Rep. AndréCarson recently grab-bed headlines by telling the Congressional Black Caucus (to quote news reports), “the Tea Party is working through its allies in Congress to block the economic advancement of blacks and other minorities.”
MORRIS: How 9/11 changed a radio station
As the events unfolded, I knew our country was at war on our own soil.
EDITORIAL: City should plan for what comes after demolition
The city of Indianapolis is launching a $20 million war on abandoned houses without a plan for dealing with the properties after the wrecking-ball dust has settled.
BENNER: Tight-lipped Colts keep us guessing about No. 18
It’s not difficult to dial back to the pre-Peyton days, when the RCA Dome was a great place to go on a Sunday afternoon…to avoid the crowds.
HETRICK: Ten years after 9/11, keep doing what you do
On this 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, we’re reprinting Bruce Hetrick’s Notions column from Sept. 9, 2002.
DINING: New downtown restaurant tries for Colt following
Second in a month-long series of “game-on” restaurants. This week: Indianapolis Colts Grille.
LOU’S VIEWS: Verse comes to verse
Indiana-connected poets fill new book from Indiana Historical Society Press.
ALTOM: Is your company’s website worth the money, effort?
Too many websites for small and medium-size businesses that don’t sell online are a waste of time and money.
Facts favor Ballard
As a college student who places a high priority on doing my homework, I take exception to Jake Bonifield’s one-sided column “Ballard and Kennedy’s Striking Contrasts” [Aug. 22 Forefront].
POULAKIDAS: Raise demands for city-county councilors
Why is not our expectation that councilors come up with original ideas and solutions to the daily problems our communities face so we know they are qualified?
WALTZ: It’s past time for Congress to kill Quill
It is important to remember that online sales taxes would not be a new tax. Sales taxes are currently owed on every retail purchase made over the Internet—they’re just not being paid.
KENNEDY: Tears at a wedding that should have been
Although it was otherwise indistinguishable from other Christian wedding ceremonies I’ve attended, my friend and his life partner walked out of church still strangers in the eyes of the law.