VAUGHN: Privatization punishes many, rewards few
The only winners in this game are the attorneys and bureaucrats who make, and often end up breaking, the deals.
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WOUDENBERG: Feds don’t call all shots on Medicaid
The states are free to exclude a provider from its Medicaid program for any reason provided under state law.
EARLY: Loudly singing praises of education reform
Vince Lombardi would want Bennett and Daniels on his team. These two bold leaders refused to quit on our kids.
SHELLA: Print’s decline is bad for this news junkie
I appreciate the fact that a team of people go through a day’s worth of information and try to prioritize it for me.
KETZENBERGER: Polarizing politics paralyzes public policy
If we’re not careful with this increasingly all-or-nothing mentality, we’ll find ourselves living with tumbleweeds and dirt streets.
GARCIA: Demonize one minority, demonize them all
Reasonable politicians begin their descent into hell as they look away while others within their constituency have their civil rights eroded.
HUDNUT: Nordstrom loss is setback … and opportunity
When I first heard about the downtown Nordstrom store closing, of course I was disappointed.
CAMPBELL: Let’s hear more trees falling in Indianapolis
The campaigns for these new developments were essentially commercials for all these nice and livable communities outside the city.
BOEHM: Mayor’s touch is key to IPS improvement
We are at risk of … bad outcomes from the way we choose the top leadership of our school systems.
SKARBECK: Global economy extends beyond usual suspects
the global economy extends to many regions and countries that, while smaller in economic stature, are often overlooked.
HICKS: Without real cuts, cost of borrowing will rise
What is abundantly clear is that federal spending is much higher than is currently sustainable.
BENNER: Fixing dysfunctional NBA will take time, flexibility
Unlike the NFL, which is swimming in money, the NBA is drowning in red ink.
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.