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.
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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.
LOU’S VIEWS: Best-selling author’s words take center stage
Cincinnati’s Playhouse in the Park launches novelist Walter Mosley’s first play,"The Fall of Heaven," just in time for my cultural road trip.
You don’t have to travel to find nature
I have learned that the exploration of natural
areas can take place year-round, not just while on vacation.
Billboard decision was defiant
[In the Jan. 4 issue], IBJ covered the State Fair board’s decision to permit a digital billboard at the
Fairgrounds on Fall Creek Parkway. One of the opening lines, “Take that, Indianapolis” in the article was apt.
MARCUS: Governor’s ship of a state losing sailors?
A State of the State address is supposed to make us feel better about who we are, where we are and where we are going.
DINING: Exploring a new Broad Ripple “Island”
Second in our month-long series of reviews of College Avenue eateries.
FEIGENBAUM: Legislature’s second half will have its share of drama
Perhaps it was serendipity that the midpoint of the 2009 legislative session fell just ahead of the Indianapolis Colts’
Super Bowl appearance.
MAURER: ‘Avatar’ is a great movie I’ve seen before
Did you ever see one of my favorite old cowboy movies, “Broken Arrow”? If you missed it the first time,
it has been reissued under a new title—“Avatar.”
HETRICK: Learning to lead with Sister Souljah moments
Every once in a while, someone in power shows some chutzpah and surprises us.
BENNER: Super Bowl delegation’s focus is two years out
We can promise, at game time, a perfect environment: 70 degrees and dry.
EDITORIAL: Let’s call the Super Bowl the Super Bowl
The National Football League has trademarked “Super Bowl”—along
with “Super Sunday” and “NFL”—and is notorious for the lengths it will go to in order to protect
its brands.
PARENT: Why I’m rooting for the Saints in the land of Blue
The Indianapolis Colts may be the home team, but this Hoosier sits squarely in the New Orleans Saints’ corner.
HICKS: So far, federal stimulus plan isn’t stimulating
It has been roughly a year since the passage of the economic stimulus, formally the more harmonious American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act. This stimulus is a textbook example of what we economists call counter-cyclical fiscal policy.
HAUKE: It’s too early to panic about latest market woes
The market gets a little roughed up and, all of a sudden, everyone is scurrying into the corner like roaches when the lights
are turned on.
LOU’S VIEWS: Race colors IRT’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Shakespeare’s iconic show gets a post-WWII redo.
BENNER: A different take – or not – on Super Bowl-bound Colts
Once again, our city is blowing up over the Blue.
ALTOM: Does instant messaging make business sense?
An instant messenger is one of those technologies that seems silly until you start using it.
KATTERJOHN: Stupid Bowl not so stupid anymore
In recent years, my two brothers have been fond of referring to the Super Bowl as The Stupid Bowl. Disgusted by the
crass commercialism that has overtaken professional sports, they view The Stupid Bowl as the zenith of hype.
EDITORIAL: Lawmakers should save tobacco agency and ban smoking
If the General Assembly
wants to create some good news in this budget-conscious short session, it will continue our wise investment in Hoosier health,
and go one better by passing a statewide smoking ban.