Liz Malatestinic: Employee turnover is costlier than you think
Perhaps the question isn’t whether you can afford to increase the salary of a current employee, but whether you can afford to replace that individual.
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Mitch Daniels: Political cartooning becoming a lost art
If and when the political cartoonist’s genre goes extinct, we’ll have lost more than an occasional chuckle.
GREG MORRIS: Newspapers struggle, but IBJ on solid ground
Local ownership, unique content have helped us overcome the headwinds that have damaged the daily newspaper industry.
Abbey Chambers: Inclusive growth in Indianapolis … will we mess it up?
I hear residents in places like the near-east side and near-northwest side express worry that money and power will take their neighborhoods away from them through the facade of urban revitalization “for the common good” that is actually composed of—whether intentionally or not—top-down structures and processes that exclude more than they include.
Tom Miller: Don’t ignore tech component of talent attraction
Emerging technology has potential to sift millions of people in order to attract those ideally suited for a specific job. Also, economic development leaders can focus their efforts on demand-driven talent needs that make sense for their communities.
Letter: The challenge of vacant groceries
While we understand Kroger’s decision to consolidate the number of its stores, we nonetheless are extremely concerned with what might end up at the intersection of 86th Street and Ditch Road.
Letter: Eva Kor’s blessing
What a great article and example of how God used Eva Kor to define true forgiveness.
EDITORIAL: New economic incentives strategy is product of collaborative effort
We’re behind the effort, but can’t overemphasize the need for follow-up.
Sheila Kennedy: As Kansas learned, faith has no place in economic policy
As a number of credible economists predicted, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s policies failed to deliver the promised prosperity; instead, they devastated the state’s economy.
Samantha Julka: Want real answers? Talk to people
I’m a formally trained researcher specializing in qualitative research. What that means, and how the job is different from other types of researchers, fills many a book. In the following few hundred words, I’m not going to bother talking about the nuances of researchers because, well, boring. Instead, I’m going to talk about an approach […]
Letter: Eliminate gun-free zones
Gun-free zones are considered to be “soft targets.” Deranged shooters are attracted to them because they will be able to get their 15 minutes of fame before they are stopped.
Leah McGrath: America is more than a snapshot in time
America is an idea, the great experiment of history, a pursuit toward liberty that never ends.
Gary Varvel: Sad to see the end of Mad magazine
Mad became my art school. My instructors were Mort Drucker, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Don Martin, Paul Coker Jr. and Sergio Aragones.
Una Osili: One way to solve re-entry is to offer a prize for ideas
With 716 people in prison per 100,000 residents, the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Ed DeLaney: This is how ‘we’ missed problem with virtual schools
It should be obvious that virtual schools could be ripe for abuse, given they offer no physical presence for students and no elected leaders or school board to provide oversight.
Jennifer Hallowell: Conservative solutions to college costs, student debt
We need to find sustainable, affordable models for young people to pay for college, not saddle taxpayers with even more of the burden.
Deborah Hearn Smith: We can’t sugarcoat the truth about this president
Did I really hear the president tell a nation of immigrants to return to their country of origin?
Dana Black: We must stop looking other way on sexual exploitation
Many in the African American community heard the rumors about R. Kelly but ignored the victims’ cries because his music made us believe we could fly.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Indiana’s moonshot should be to become a healthy state
Indiana ranks 41st out of 50 states for people’s overall health, and the top driver of this low ranking is Indiana’s high prevalence of smoking.
Brad Rateike: Brad Paisley had it right when he sang ‘The internet is forever’
Once a post is out there, it’s out there. I’ve seen “deleted” Tweets and Facebook posts appear in vetting reports for job applicants and in stories on cable news.