Bruce HetrickJanuary 8, 2008
Superman leaps tall buildings in a single bound (note: If he can fly, why does he bother leaping? Just
asking).
Dane Nash took his own enormous leap—of faith—when he decided to put his Superman and Batman memorabilia
collection—including a full-sized Batmobile...
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January 7, 2008
Your lawyer probably isnâ??t complaining. Neither would your doctor, Realtor or accountant.
In all the talk about reforming property taxes, hardly a word has been said about shifting some of the
property tax burden to services.
That means some of the most...
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January 7, 2008
Bloomberg carried a story today saying some of the hottest oil investments are options on the New York Mercantile
Exchange to buy oil for $200 a barrel. Presumably at least some investors think oil prices are going to
double.
Weâ??ve already...
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Cory SchoutenJanuary 7, 2008
Construction has begun on a project that will add 18 condos and four penthouses to the top of a historic
four-story office building at 429 N. Pennsylvania St. The project, dubbed...
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Bruce HetrickJanuary 7, 2008
This weekend, I caught Dance Kaleidoscope’s “Funny Feet,” The Phoenix Theatre’s “End Days,” Beef & Board’s
“Run for Your Wife” and stopped in, briefly, at the Midwest Museum of Contemporary Art’s “Backyard” at the
Harrison Center.
In short, I spent a...
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Bruce HetrickJanuary 4, 2008
A three-hour wait to see a show at the Indianapolis Museum of Art?That's what patrons report occurred in
late December as Hoosiers took advantage of some free time to see "Roman Art from the Louvre" during its
final...
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January 4, 2008
The Iowa caucuses are over and the New Hampshire primary isnâ??t far away. Indianaâ??s primary arrives May
6,
long after a string of states could easily make ours all but irrelevant.
How do you feel about having little, if any voice...
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Cory SchoutenJanuary 3, 2008
Several stores are calling it quits at local malls. The highest profile is the Macy's at Washington Square.
Other closings include Gap stores, a Limited Too and The Walking Co. Have...
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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.