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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Recent Blog Posts
Elementary smarts
June 24, 2009
Comments(4)Tony Bennett, the stateâ??s new education chief, has said children who canâ??t read or write before reaching
middle school years are all but doomed to struggle through the rest of their academic careers.
So, IBJ reporter J.K. Wall notes...
MoreHousing gridlock
June 23, 2009
Comments(4)Itâ??s old news that houses arenâ??t selling. But did you realize the situation is so bad that migration
around
the country has all but stopped?
Thatâ??s what Ball State University economist Mike Hicks and a colleague at the Mackinaw Center for...
MoreSmart phones and meetings
June 22, 2009
Comments(2)The days of only the powerful few getting by with tapping their Blackberries during meetings are long gone.
When was the last time you were in a gathering where more people seemed interested in the topic or the
speaker...
MoreMerits, demerits of adjunct profs
June 19, 2009
Comments(5)Ivy Tech Community College canâ??t hire adjunct faculty fast enough to teach its ballooning number of students.
The system is scouring locales where its campuses are located for people with masterâ??s degrees who could
teach part time: The going...
MoreInnovation drought?
June 8, 2009
Comments(3)Beneath Americaâ??s financial woes lies a lack of innovation, a recent BusinessWeek article argues. A paucity
of breakthrough products could have triggered the nationâ??s borrowing binge and ultimately the financial meltdown,
it says.
Hereâ??s the logic: A decade ago,...
MoreReining in bouncers
June 5, 2009
Comments(2)Thereâ??s nothing like a menacing bouncer to keep the peace at some nightclubs. Now, though, cities weary
of
bouncers causing more havoc than calm â?? think beatings and assaults â?? are forcing them to get licenses.
San Diego...
MoreGoldsmithâ??s latest venture
June 4, 2009
Comments(5)Former Indianapolis Mayor Steve Goldsmith, never one to let grass grow under his feet, has started a not-for-profit
with one-time presidential candidate Howard Dean to promote Goldsmithâ??s pet cause of public-private partnerships.
The Council of Project Finance Advisors aims...
MoreAn outsider cautions Indianapolis
June 3, 2009
Comments(5)Before you hear Ed Morrisonâ??s warning for Indianapolis, itâ??s helpful to know the Cleveland-area resident
is
a fan.
Morrison, who was hired by Purdue University a couple of years ago to help Hoosiers think of new ways of
solving problems, believes...
MoreBargaining away the reserve
June 2, 2009
Comments(7)In his five-minute address last night, Mitch Daniels referred to other statesâ?? fiscal woes no fewer than
four times.
Daniels, who is so fiscally conservative that one wonders whether he darns his own socks, is rightfully proud
that his state hasnâ??t...
MoreDownsides to city sponsorships
May 29, 2009
Comments(4)As the city of Indianapolis continues to explore selling sponsorships to help bridge a yawning budget gap,
some interesting ideas are turning up.
As IBJ writer Riya V. Anandwala reports, proposals include sponsoring abandoned lots, underwriting the salting
of city...
MoreGM's looming bankruptcy
May 29, 2009
Comments(4)So, three decades of decline has come to this for General Motors: a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition expected
to be filed Monday.
Lots of problems contributed to its downfall, but now the carmaker faces an extremely steep climb.
The bankruptcy...
MoreHappy, unhappy teachers
May 28, 2009
Comments(6)Teachers in private schools are happier â?? much happier â?? than their public school counterparts, according
to a new study by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice.
The Indianapolis foundation, created by one of the 20th Centuryâ??s most influential...
MoreThe recession hits churches
May 26, 2009
Comments(5)Churches, which tend to ride out recessions better than many other institutions, are struggling to finish
building projects, reporter Kathleen McLaughlin writes in this weekendâ??s IBJ.
The recession and stock market downturn have forced parishioners to scale back commitments,...
MoreStressed college grads
May 19, 2009
Comments(4)A new poll shows college grads are worried about finding jobs â?? no surprise there, considering the sorry
state of the economy.
But the poll, taken by Edison Media Research, also shows a third of them fretting about their...
MoreHealth care, Mayo Clinic style
May 18, 2009
Comment(1)Mention Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and Clarian Health in the same breath, and you have a front-page story,
which is just what reporter J.K. Wall wrote in this weekâ??s IBJ.
Clarian is moving ahead with plans to mimic the...
MoreBye-bye, billable hour?
May 15, 2009
Comments(5)A staple of professional services, the billable hour, is beginning to erode. Law firms increasingly are being
asked to shoot a set price for a specific service, and now the movement is spreading to advertising, as
Coca-Cola announced...
MoreReport: Life sciences rocks
May 13, 2009
Comments(0)Indiana University handed the stateâ??s life sciences industry a nice love letter today in the form of a
study.
Pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and health care supplies were responsible for nearly a fourth of all jobs
created in the state...
MoreSwine flu overblown?
May 12, 2009
Comments(0)Swine flu dominated the news a couple of weeks ago as the virus spread out of Mexico and ultimately to
more than 30 countries. Indiana now has 22 cases.
However, once it became apparent the flu wouldnâ??t turn into a full-blown...
MoreScott Sanders on the recession
May 11, 2009
Comments(4)One of Indianaâ??s better-known living authors, Scott Russell Sanders, has spent most of his career writing
about our relationship to the environment and our sense of place.
Sanders newest book, â??A Conservationist Manifesto,â?? published last month by Indiana University...
MoreRace in the corner office
May 8, 2009
Comments(3)Just when one hopes racial stereotypes are in retreat, along comes another study suggesting otherwise.
Now weâ??re told that black CEOs with â??baby facesâ?? fare better than black CEOs with more "mature"-looking
faces
when it comes to results at...
MoreThe future of anger management?
May 5, 2009
Comments(6)A prediction by a military historian in a recent issue of Foreign Policy has something for everyone, including
people interested in companies right here in Indiana.
Writing in a special section about the future, Martin van Creveld notes that...
MoreLessons from a small bank
May 4, 2009
Comments(2)Sometimes one extreme sheds light on another extreme, and in a day when the nationâ??s financial system is
under the microscope for making all manner of rotten loans, the experience of tiny Kentland Federal Savings
& Loan Association might be...
MoreFodder for special session
May 1, 2009
Comments(2)Charitably speaking, not much got done in the legislative session that ended Wednesday. Now Gov. Daniels plans
to call a special session to force passage of a budget, the only bodyâ??s only legal requirement.
Should anything else be put on the...
MoreReturn of the gas-guzzler?
April 29, 2009
Comments(7)Americans are gravitating toward the kinds of vehicles theyâ??ll be buying for the next several years, says
one of the nationâ??s leading automotive forecasters.
John Wolkonowicz, senior auto analyst at IHS Global Insight, says the dominant vehicle of the future will...
MoreThe â??fleeting expletivesâ?? decision
April 28, 2009
Comments(3)This morning, the Supreme Court said in another of its 5-4 decisions that the federal government has authority
to regulate occasional instances of profanity on broadcast television and radio, called â??fleeting expletives.â??
But the high court also ordered a...
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.