MAURER: Hoosier Quentin Smith’s heroics worth noting
Quentin Smith served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945. He is one of at least seven surviving Tuskegee Airmen who live in Indiana.
Opinion
Articles
EDITORIAL: City water utility in over its head
As missteps by the city’s water utility threaten to drown local ratepayers with dramatically higher bills, Mayor
Greg Ballard’s administration is exploring a complete overhaul of the system. The mayor’s initiative can’t produce results soon enough.
EDITORIAL: Another blow to a deadly habit?
An ordinance that would ban smoking in enclosed spaces where it’s still allowed—primarily bars and bowling alleys—is
once again being considered by the City-County Council. And again we urge councilors to adopt the measure.
BENNER: We’ve got the Fever, but will we be able to keep it?
Indifference has been the Indiana Fever’s greatest enemy.
HETRICK: Will healthy workplace hopes go up in smoke?
I can predict as well as any seer what witnesses will say as the City-County Council considers a workplace smoking ban.
DINING: Eclectic menu highlights flower-powered eatery
It may be situated smack-dab in the middle of a strip mall, but Tulip Noir is not just another cookie-cutter eatery serving up the same old food
LOU’S VIEWS: Heartland fest’s bests … and the rest
We review this year’s Heartland Film Festival offerings. Check back often as we add entries throughout the event, which starts
Oct. 15.
KATTERJOHN: Newspapers still deliver – for YOU
The Hoosier State Press Association, a trade group representing 175 paid-circulation Hoosier newspapers, including
IBJ, has launched a campaign designed to remind the public of the important role newspapers play in our democracy.
So this week, I’m ceding my space to David Stamps, executive director of the HSPA
EDITORIAL: Indiana Fever deserves support
Running a professional sports franchise isn’t just a dollars-and-cents proposition.
It also requires heart. And that’s what the Fever have in abundance, from ownership to management to the players on
the floor.
HICKS: Labor market woes persist as recession wanes
So, the problem isn’t necessarily a big spike in job losses, but in much lower job-creation numbers.
HAUKE: October likely to avoid much-predicted scariness
The two largest stock market crashes occurred in October.
Here’s how to help future work force
I encourage businesspeople—well,
everyone, really—to volunteer in and visit our schools, if for no other reason than to expose kids to the professional
world and let the kids see that the professional world cares.
Forget visiting the Berry Bowl
[In response to Bill Benner’s Oct. 5 column] You can cross off your list watching basketball at the Berry Bowl. A new school was built in Logansport in the early ’70s
and the old school, including the wonderful Berry Bowl, was torn down.
This is time to step up at work, not back off
I read the [Sept. 21 viewpoint] “Learn to say no at work” with disbelief that this is among the best advice
that can be given, when companies are now being required to do more with less.
ALTOM: Is it worth tracking employees and their vehicles?
Employees often react badly to, as they see it, being followed around. There are even privacy laws to consider.
Chicago Olympics? What a joke
I can appreciate, but heartily disagree, with the arguments [Bill Benner] advanced [in his Oct. 5 column] that Chicago
getting the 2012 Olympics would have benefited Indianapolis.
Legislator promotes fair redistricting
Sometimes I agree with Morton Marcus’ opinions and sometimes I don’t, but I was incredulous when I read his
“Let’s help keep legislators in check” in the [Sept. 28] IBJ.
ROOB: Math proficiency a must for work force
The recent slump in the domestic auto industry reminds us of the importance of innovation and creating something that will
be attractive to the consumer tomorrow. Companies that don’t foresee and adapt to the changing needs of their consumers
ultimately fail.