Keep Benner’s column coming
I’m a regular reader of [Bill Benner’s] column. Matter of fact, I read the columns written by you and Bruce Hetrick before I read the front page.
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‘Purple’ column hit the mark
The following is to thank you for [Mickey Maurer’s] column in the March 19 IBJ: “The Indiana we’ve always wanted.”
ALTOM: Business analysts pack more punch than they used to
The numbers are astounding, even after all these years. A full quarter of all IT projects are canceled before they’re done.
Column was OK, but tone wasn’t
Mickey Maurer has achieved much in his career, but he should leave sarcastic humor to real comedians.
MADER: Design guidelines vital to city’s success
No one likes to be told what to do. But, we’re told how fast we can drive, how many emergency exits we have to have in a building and, in some cases, even the color we can paint our houses.
MARCUS: Training and education aren’t same thing
Ignorant and bigoted people are encouraged to run for public office when they witness this dumbing-down of society.
SMITH: Ban counterfeits to preserve critically important institution
Across all time and all cultures, wise leaders and wise societies have recognized that marriage is good, and wise societies have protected and nurtured it.
KENNEDY: About those intended and unintended consequences …
Even if one believes that same-sex marriages are a “problem,” enacting House Joint Resolution 6 will change nothing.
KENNEDY: Seattle is benefiting from comprehensive youth program
Question: What is one big idea from another city that you’d like to implement here? Answer: As a young man, my father left the shores of Greece for the hope and opportunity of America. Once here, he worked to realize the American dream: start a family, work hard and save enough money to start his […]
GIBSON: A bus system like Charlotte’s would offer many benefits
Charlotte, N.C., operates approximately 325 buses with 74 routes on a budget of $110 million while IndyGo has an annual budget of $55 million with only 150 buses and 29 routes.
CARSON: Houston’s mass transit system is helping solve problems
Houston’s comprehensive mass transit plan, which incorporates neighborhood economic development and community control of infrastructure, got its start 20 years ago amid cries that it couldn’t happen.
BALLARD: Atlanta impresses with redeveloped steel mill location
Atlanta turned the contaminated site of a former steel mill into an urban jewel called Atlantic Station.
FRIEDMAN: Fiscal, environmental mess cries for leaders
The world is caught in a dangerous feedback loop—higher oil prices and climate disruptions lead to higher food prices, higher food prices lead to more instability, more instability leads to higher oil prices.
KRISTOF: Paying teachers more would be a bargain
These days, brilliant women become surgeons and investment bankers—and 47 percent of America’s kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers come from the bottom one-third of their college classes (as measured by SAT scores).
DOUTHAT: Barack Obama’s very liberal intervention
The ultimate hope of liberal warfare is to fight as virtuously as possible, and with the minimum of risk.
HOWEY: The beaten path between Indiana and Japan
What has become clear to me … is how important our Japanese friends and partners are to the 21st century Indiana experience.
BONIFIELD: Young voters could decide the next election
If they expect to win back the House and the governor’s mansion, Democrats need to invest in an infrastructure that will begin to engage young Hoosiers.
LADWIG: Republican ‘change’ disappoints in Indiana
Establishment Republicans are in danger of becoming as addicted to government aid as countless other individuals and interest groups.
MYERS: Don’t overreach on collective bargaining
My company is a member of our local chamber of commerce, and I’m about as pro-business as anyone can be. But that does not require me to be anti-union.
WAGNER: Beltway opportunity borne of Indiana roots
I’d never have been halfway around the world climbing all over nuclear research reactors if I hadn’t taken a few risks in Indiana.