DOWD: A tough judge shames Clemens’ lawyers
It was such a chuckleheaded move that no one was sure whether the prosecutors had forgotten the judge’s ruling or were trying to sneak the testimony through a back door.
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KRUGMAN: No good reason to let bankers off easy
The arguments that officials are reportedly making for a quick, bank-friendly settlement of the mortgage-abuse scandal don’t make sense.
BROOKS: The historic opening blown by Republicans
For many legislators, the purpose of being in Congress is not to pass laws. It’s to create clear contrasts you can take into the next election campaign.
FRIEDMAN: Generational clashes rise from debt woes
Indeed, if there is one sentiment that unites the crises in Europe and America it is a powerful sense of “baby boomers behaving badly …
STYRING: Be grateful for the Wabash & Erie debacle
The Wabash & Erie Canal Co. is responsible for how the Indiana constitution restricts what our governments can do with government debt.
WAGNER: Sick and tired of worn Hoosier stereotypes
Let’s trumpet our rich sports history, our top-tier university system, and our manufacturing and logistics infrastructure.
MAHERN: Public library board is a Byzantine mess
IPS and the ex-officio county commissioners cannot raise a dime for the library. Yet they appoint five of the seven members of the library board.
MYERS: The life-saving benefits of working together
We often forget that as a society there are real advantages to working (and investing) together for a common purpose.
KIM: Contrarian mind-set is key to unearthing opportunities
For investors, the time to be nervous is when there’s nothing but blue skies on the horizon. The time to be opportunistic is when there’s blood running down the street and the high-paid talking heads are screaming that the sky is falling.
HICKS: Ending subsidies good, but won’t solve debt
We currently have an unsustainable budget, and the inevitable increase in borrowing costs is simply a tax on political cowardice on the matter.
Hospitals approach antitrust practices
Don Stumpp could not be more accurate in his [July 11 Focus column] when describing hospitals buying up medical practices.
Insurance article didn’t go far enough
As J.K. Wall points out in his article “Messy Math,” [July 11], in a few years employers will have the option to drop health insurance coverage, pay a penalty and encourage employees to buy insurance through government-regulated exchanges.
THOMAS: Get thoughts in writing to keep your group’s story straight
As you might guess, when I got the e-mailed responses, they didn’t support the contention that “everybody knows” the program’s objectives.
MARCUS: New Hoosier motto could become ‘Be less than you have been’
The U.S. Army says, “Be all that you can be.” Indiana is moving toward a different message.
MAURER: Let’s perpetuate this hoax while we can
An open letter to my friends in the Indiana Legislature:
EDITORIAL: Sports venues catch a break
It’s been a good month for the city’s old sports venues—some of which, in a relatively short time, went from being the darlings of the city’s amateur sports movement to easy targets for the wrecking ball.
LOU’S VIEWS: Spidey crashes, other Broadway shows soar
Thoughts on “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” “Catch Me If You Can,” Shakespeare in the Park, and more.
BENNER: City is on brink of wasting a unique sports asset
For the first time since 1980, we will host no Olympics-related qualifiers next year.
HETRICK: Harry Potter and the 13-year literary love affair
When “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” debuted in the United States in September 1998, we were there on Day One.
MUTZ: Hoping reform chic sinks into the culture
It was the biggest turnout for an education event I have ever seen in Indiana.