MARCUS: Rethink government consolidation now
Why isn’t our Legislature shredding the fabric of community government by disbanding cities and towns that are only artifacts of horse-drawn days?
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FEIGENBAUM: Gambling and guns create legislative fireworks
At least one Indianapolis legislator has quietly investigated allowing casinos to collaborate on a temporary downtown facility, and Republican Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard has publicly not ruled it out.
LOU’S VIEWS: Feasting on First Friday
Plus thoughts on “Diary of Anne Frank” and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra meets Chaplin
Brokers work as difference-makers
Our industry is poised to change, but you missed what’s happening not only in our firm every day, but with our peers in the field that have long since fought against the natural trends of our industry in order to provide value and create solid outcomes—to be difference-makers.
WellPoint exec’s complaint is ironic
A survey last year by the Center for American Progress Action Fund found that double-digit hikes were implemented or were pending in at least 11 other states among the 14 where WellPoint’s Blue Cross Blue Shield companies are active.
HETRICK: An anniversary wish that all could be blessed by one
Indiana legislators, once again, have voted to deny some citizens the blessing of marriage.
MORRIS: Tough love for public education
Indiana students as a group have been underperforming and schools as a group have been failing.
EDITORIAL: Super Bowl is super chance to change state’s image
There’s more to making a good first impression than keeping traffic flowing and sidewalks clear of snow.
FAENZI: Let’s reclaim City Market’s legacy
I want City Market to feed both our stomachs and our souls.
MARCUS: Hoosier employment deficit stands
Few people labor for the glory of being employed; most people work for money. When they do not work, they have less to spend and less joy enters the homes of merchants.
HICKS: Trimming government fat tough, but necessary
Recognizing inefficiency in government is far more difficult than rhetoric suggests. The private sector has the blessing of the profits to guide decisions.
FEIGENBAUM: Governor focuses on the big issues, just as Reagan did
That “think big” attitude seems to be carrying over to lawmakers, who this month focused on major issues.
BENNER: Time flies when you’re writing about sports
Ten years ago this week, the good folks at Indianapolis Business Journal began providing me the opportunity to write in this publication.
ALTOM: High-tech crime sometimes does pay
Credit cards and ATMs are rapidly becoming lucrative targets of hackers.
MALONE: Project will boost dormant area of downtown
The real story is the work by council members and council consultants in renegotiating the financial risks from a worst-case-scenario framework.
HERBERT: Raising false alarms about Social Security
The folks who want to raise the retirement age and hack away at benefits for ordinary working Americans are inevitably those who have not the least worry about their own retirement.
COLLINS: Michelle Bachmann’s single-mindedness
It’s not everybody who switches political parties over a historical novel, but Bachmann’s vision of the past is the core to her ideology.
BROOKS: ‘Tiger Mother’ Amy Chua is really a wimp
I believe she’s coddling her children. She’s protecting them from the most intellectually demanding activities because she doesn’t understand what’s cognitively difficult and what isn’t.
EARLY: Parties should go back to conventions
You can buy name ID (it’s expensive), but no one has figured out how to buy elected delegates.
BONIFIELD: Finding Mr. Watson amid education reform
If House and Senate Republicans truly believe they can identify which teachers should go and which deserve rewards, let them write legislation that does it.