Tobacco programs will be protected
With respect to your editorial in the Feb. 1 issue supporting the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation agency, your intent is
pure and laudable, but I fear you miss the point.
Opinion
Articles
MARCUS: Most Hoosiers don’t want mass transit
Mass transit plans are doomed to be ignored because no local government, and certainly
not the Indiana General Assembly, is interested in transportation.
BENNER: Down-to-earth athletes elevate Winter Olympics
Even with all its problems, I can’t get enough of the Vancouver games.
LOU’S VIEWS: Lincoln shows take over State Museum galleries
I took my first look
through the then-yet-to-be-opened pair of Abraham Lincoln exhibitions at the Indiana State Museum before
the galleries were available to the general public.
STYLE: Interior designer Nikki Sutton makes a name for herself
Nikki Sutton knows she’s a talented interior designer. Now, she’s making herself a brand.
DINING: A Taste sensation in ‘gourmet ghetto’
Third in our month-long series of reviews of College Avenue eateries. This week: Taste Cafe and Marketplace.
ALTOM: How the Amish make technology work for them
BusinessWeek (www.businessweek.com) has a recent story about a growing $1.8 million enterprise that’s doing
just fine without the Internet, Web site, texting, customer-resource-management software, a fax machine or a single computer.
In fact, the company doesn’t even have electricity.
HAUKE: Learn to read the map to navigate market waters
Over the last 100-plus years, bull and bear markets in the United States have broken down into different stages.
KATTERJOHN: Local businesses kick in for Haiti
Hoosier businesses have
stepped up for the citizens of Haiti, the island nation that was literally shaken to pieces by a massive earthquake Jan. 12.
HICKS: A growing love connection to new media
Changes in media, especially new media,
will alter the life of my kindergartner. I am no futurist, but it seems to me that three big trends are clearly emerging.
EDITORIAL: New transit study focuses on return as well as cost
Central Indiana is much better at churning out transportation studies than implementing a real transit system, but there’s
reason to take seriously the report released Feb. 10 by the Central Indiana Transit Task Force.
HENDERSON: Indianapolis getting squeezed by suburbs
Indianapolis’ successful suburbs are rapidly surrounding the city. More important, tax and cultural shifts
are starting to drain Marion County.
‘Avatar’ unimpressive
I enjoyed [Mickey Maurer’s Feb. 8 column] on “Avatar”! It was a refreshing counter to the media
(and social) phenomenon swirling around this (in my opinion) banal flick.
Marcus column went too far
Kudos to Morton Marcus (with tongue in cheek) for pointing out [in his Jan. 25 column] that we should all pay for health care just as we all pay
for the fire department.
MARCUS: Radical government budgeting proposed
The essential issue is to get out of the cycle where governments plan to spend money they don’t know they
will receive.
FEIGENBAUM: Remainder of legislative session will be all about jobs
House Democrats now have their opportunity to tinker with legislation sent to them by the Senate, and they will look for
every opportunity to use these miscellaneous bills to preserve and create jobs. Similarly, Senate Republicans will analyze
each piece of legislation that crossed the Statehouse Rotunda from the House to determine whether it is a “job-killer.”
BENNER: A bit of therapy for those with Super Bowl blues
Therapy. That’s what I’m here for.
SKARBECK: Biglari’s ambitious, but he’s no Buffett
While Sardar Biglari’s effort to duplicate Warren Buffett is clear, some of the Steak n Shake chief’s moves have been superficial.
HICKS: Economic uncertainty is crushing job growth
Businesses take risks. Risk tolerance is
the hallmark of a successful businessman and entrepreneur. But those same businesses dread uncertainty.
HOLIFIELD: Build consensus before building facilities
Only a handful
of public building projects have earned permission from voters, leading local officials to delay or consider abandoning much-needed
projects.