Let’s set record straight on benefits
The insurance industry and [Indiana] Chamber of Commerce are providing misleading and untruthful statements to employers and
their insured members about assignment of benefits.
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DINING: iPhone app leads us to Siam Square
This month, we threw caution — and dining preferences — to the wind and employed the help of the Urban Spoon iPhone
application
to make our dining choices.
Unemployment taxes could break small biz
Raising the taxes to 5 percent-6 percent for a company like mine would be devastating, even though I have few employees.
Nursing home column was on target
I want to commend [Tawn Parent’s Feb. 16 column] about overseeing a loved one’s care while in a nursing home or rehab facility.
LOU’S VIEWS: Indianapolis Art Center turns the familiar into new art
This week, familiar objects take on new looks and meaning at the Indianapolis Art Center.
Legislators struggling with economic imperatives
The Indiana state budget will continue to be a work in progress for many more weeks.
Market, not bailouts, should stimulate refinancings
Markets, no matter how imperfect, not government programs, manage the economy.
Celebrate contemporary heroes, too
When it comes time to celebrate African-American History month, wouldn’t we be better served with profiles of young, living role models we can talk to—heroes who can talk to us? Let me submit for your consideration Mercy Obeime.
Township jobs offer benefits, money for little work
Just like Willie Sutton, who liked to rob banks because that’s where the money was, I’m going to get myself a job in township government because, "There is gold in them thar hills."
With bear market raging, are stocks priced right?
Looking past all the bad news, a forward-thinking investor should be asking: Just how cheap are U.S. stocks?
Economic illnesses are like viruses
What kind of remedy should be applied to the economy? Surely we want something that will work quickly. But we also want something
that will help provide income in the future. That’s called investment.
Trickiest legislative issues remain far from resolution
Positive action, action for the sake of action, and inaction were all on tap in the General Assembly in recent days as lawmakers
prepared to wrap up the first half of the session.
Let’s promote Hoosier companies
I write to strenuously object to the selective and inaccurate use of my quote in your [Feb. 16] editorial regarding Indiana residency requirements and the state’s liquor industry.
DINING: Adobo Grill’s fresh guac, ceviche delicious
About everything we tried on visits to Adobo Grill was delicious and suitable for sharing, and that’s good because I’d
like to try a taste of as many dishes there as possible.
Simons don’t need our financial help
The most important piece of leverage Mayor Ballard has in negotiating with the Pacers is being willing to let them go.
CIB can’t count on mall funders
If the Capital Improvement Board comes, hat in hand, looking for help, we trust the investing companies will carefully weigh the benefits they’ve derived from the city and its thriving downtown before delivering an answer.
LOU’S VIEWS: ‘Crimes’ at the IRT
For a terrific example of an adaptation that works, go no further than the Indiana Repertory Theatre and see…
LOU’S VIEWS: Hahn for the record books
This week, emptying the notebook on recent work at the ISO, the Phoenix and the IRT.
Activity at Statehouse picks up, but how much is getting done?
After a surprisingly slow month of January, the pace of legislative action picked up considerably during the first two weeks
of February.
Use your cell phone as a tracking device
My dream application for a cell phone is to use it to locate a person in a crowd.