BENNER: Fixing dysfunctional NBA will take time, flexibility
Unlike the NFL, which is swimming in money, the NBA is drowning in red ink.
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LOU’S VIEWS: Get a jump start on Indy International Film Festival
The festival, which runs July 14-24 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, offers a diverse line-up, from mainstream films to innovative cinema.
Hudnut merits honor
I wish to give a resounding “second” to Louis Mahern’s “Call to properly honor civic giant Hudnut” in [Forefront, June 27].
Lugar responds
A [June 27] letter to the editor entitled “Lugar column sparks policy questions” asks for some examples of actions that have generated my claims of regulatory overreach at the Environmental Protection Administration.
GARNER: Diversity leads to economic success
Creativity comes not from the brilliance of one person, or a singular “ah ha” moment, but from a collision of ideas.
MARCUS: Multipliers are what you make them
New money will not necessarily mean new jobs at the beauty parlor or the barbershop if there are already empty chairs.
MAURER: Snooky Hendricks is an urban legend
While visiting the Indiana Historical Society’s “You Are There 1968: Robert Kennedy Speaks” exhibit, I learned that in attendance on the evening more than 40 years ago were Hoosiers who went on to remarkable careers.
EDITORIAL: City should share more details on garage deal
The city’s decision to entice a developer to build a parking garage in Broad Ripple is entirely appropriate—we just wish there were more transparency about the deal that will involve more than $6 million of city money.
STUMPP: Docs’ loss of independence driving up health care costs
The fact is that hospitals are paid three to four times for physician ancillary services.
WEB REVIEW: Searching, for free, for the next great song
NoiseTrade helps you discover, download and keep songs…in exchange for your e-mail address and ZIP code.
DINING: Transitional signage masks above-average pizza
First in a month-long series of reviews of newish pizza places. This week: Eagle Creek Pizza.
LOU’S VIEWS: Conner Prairie’s best raid plans
If you asked me a week ago what I knew about Indiana’s direct involvement in the Civil War, you would have been met with a blank stare. Then I was part of the regiment that helped kick the raiding party out of Indiana as part of the new “1863 Civil War Journey: Raid on Indiana” interactive exhibit at Conner Prairie.
ALTOM: Smartphone makers rarely flip ‘kill switch’
When you bought your new smartphone, did the dealer tell you it had a remote “kill switch” that could summarily wipe out apps you’d downloaded to it? Probably not.
A twisted definition of pro-life
A political movement that sacrificed the contraceptive continuity of low income families does not deserve to be called pro life.
Indy Partnership has lost independence
After reading [Morton Marcus’ June 13] column on regionalism and more specifically adding layers, my mind immediately went to the Indy Partnership.
SKARBECK: Getting out of a hole requires digging by all
We live in a fantasy world if everyone thinks we need to cut back on spending unless it affects them.
Chipping away at our rights
Anita Woudenberg, [in her June 13 Forefront column “Indiana Supremes blew it with police case”] didn’t go far enough.
KENNEDY: A regulatory no-brainer could save lives
Cell phone users in the United States can’t choose to have radio on our phones because, when the ability to download first threatened the music industry’s business model, the carriers thought including broadcast radio would undermine their ability to sell music packages.
MARCUS: Should we be offended by Times story?
Last month, The New York Times ran a story under the headline “Indiana: The Exception? Yes, but …” The story gave a factual presentation of our state’s economic circumstances, but with an overriding sarcasm that left a bad taste in Hoosier mouths.
MORRIS: Roadwork as far as the eye can see
It doesn’t matter whether you are in the city, in the county, in the suburbs, or on state or interstate highways. You can’t avoid it. And that has a lot of people complaining.