LAGWIG: Here’s a pol who hires honestly and pays taxes
The firefighter and police unions set up pickets outside his home. He was re-elected in no small part as a result of his training as a Marine artillery officer.
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FARGO: There’s a place for secrecy in government
There are slippery slopes, camels’ noses under tents, etc., that we fear will become too common if we budge on our opposition to secrecy. But secretly (oops), we also know that government has to keep some things quiet to keep us safe.
RUSTHOVEN: Coats, Lugar steering clear of extremes
Some in the GOP—quite unlike President Reagan, whose mantle they claim—prefer striking poses to striking a deal to achieve the possible.
FERGUSON: States’-rights crowd hurts small people
The debate over Medicaid funding and Planned Parenthood is about the access of poor people to health care. And about the right of the state of Indiana to assert the power to say where poor people can receive such health care services.
BONIFIELD: Bad laws now costing taxpayers in court
The focus of this session should have been on improving the economy and creating jobs. Instead, money, time and energy were wasted on red herrings.
KRULL: An ode to journalists felled by tech, economy
For many of the journalists whose jobs have fled or who are just barely hanging on, it is as if they are pilgrims whose church has abandoned them.
SWAYZE: Indiana needs a stronger chief executive
People are looking for accountability from elected officials these days—not just in Indiana but across the country.
HOWEY: Bauer, other aged House Dems should go
Thus, out of this blood, sweat, angst and smoke, we learned that this past spring, Bauer actually contemplated a run … for governor!
ALTOM: Podcasts still have a place in cyberspace
A few years ago, podcasts were all the rage on the Web. It seemed like every site had a podcast, and often more than one. Podcasts threatened to replace e-mailed newsletters.
BENNER: Will Super Bowl truly leave a lasting legacy?
The countdown clock on my desk tells me there are now just 200 days and change remaining until the Super Bowl in Indianapolis. But I already have begun to think about the 200 days after the Super Bowl … and beyond.
STYLE: A behind-the-seams guide to Indianapolis tailors
Any sharp-dressed man will tell you a good tailor is worth his or her weight in gold—and often just as tough to find. What follows is a treasure map to guide you to some of the city’s best tailors.
LOU’S VIEWS: Ife sculptures at IMA paint a thousand words
I love a good creation story, and the Yoruba people of the ancient city of Ife, in what is now Nigeria, have a doozy. It involves a god indulging in a bit too much palm wine, a snail-shell full of soil, a chameleon, and a chicken (with five toes).
DINING: Same menu, new venue for downtown Bazbeaux
It was foolish, I suppose, to walk into Bazbeaux’s new Mass Ave location expecting anything culinarily different from what was served across the street at its former downtown site.
Selling off the future
Great [Morton] Marcus column in the July 4 issue of the IBJ. What’s happening in this state is extremely unfortunate and shortsighted.
Baseball column was on the mark
Bill Benner’s [July 4] column “A love lost … ” was great—absolutely the way I remember it, plus the scoring of a double-header on the radio, knowing every batting average, home runs and RBI’s of the all-time greats.
SLAUGHTER: The lowdown on why you can’t find a job
The greatest challenge in landing a new gig is making a tremendous shift in perspective.
NAGLE: Beware Indiana labor force losses over next 20 years
Over the next 10 years, baby boomers will begin to retire en masse. By 2030, we can expect about 18 percent of Indiana’s population to be age 65 or older, up from 12 percent today.
MORRIS: In search of a moderate Republican
I know it’s still early, but I’ve got presidential politics on my mind. Why? Because the economy continues to be stuck in the mud and it takes strong leadership at the top to get things moving again.
SKARBECK: Emerging countries offer high-growth opportunities
Enterprising investors willing to conduct the necessary due diligence may seek to discover high-growth opportunities in emerging-country investments.
EDITORIAL: Courts should repel school voucher suit
The lawsuit filed this month to block the state’s new school voucher law should be turned back on a lobby that has fought education reform at every turn and rarely offered solutions to underperforming schools other than demanding more money and time.