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HETRICK: Mega Millions and taxes inspire daydream believers
April 7, 2012
Bruce HetrickIn the midst of Mega Millions mania, statisticians were telling would-be bettors that the odds of winning the big jackpot
were far lower than the odds of being struck by lighting.
MoreHETRICK: All the news that's fit to tweet, post and petition
March 24, 2012
Bruce HetrickEver the junkie for news, behind-the-scenes details, snarky comments and additional perspective—and increasingly unwilling
to wait for an evening newscast or morning paper to get my fix—I often sit with my iPhone close at hand, checking feeds
from Twitter and Facebook.
MoreHETRICK: How we can avoid a 'Handmaid's Tale' in the making
March 10, 2012
Bruce HetrickFor the past few weeks, Washington has been buzzing about contraceptives. It’s to be expected from a dramatic comedy
dripping with sex, religion, government and health insurance.
MoreHETRICK: Playing Pontius Pilate with the public's health
February 25, 2012
Bruce HetrickPrivate clubs and private businesses are subject to all kinds of reasonable government measures. Why exclude smoking?
MoreHETRICK: Biggest Super Bowl perk was a dose of civic pride
February 11, 2012
Bruce HetrickAs one commentator said, Indianapolis "crushed it."
MoreHETRICK: Here's a little ditty 'bout health insurance reform
January 21, 2012
Bruce HetrickJust before Christmas, I received a nasty-gram in the mail from a firm called ORS.
MoreHETRICK: O say, can you see, by democracy's dimming light?
January 7, 2012
Bruce HetrickHad we applied Sen. Vaneta Becker's rules to “America the Beautiful” in 1976, George Carlin and I would, presumably, have owed the piper.
HETRICK: Closing a door, opening a window in the New Year
December 24, 2011
Bruce HetrickBut has a liberal arts education instilled the ability to adapt well past mid-career?
MoreHETRICK: You gotta stay bright to be the light of the world
December 10, 2011
Bruce HetrickWhen you take center stage, expect your blemishes to show...and be discussed.
MoreHETRICK: Super Committee fails Constitutional test
November 26, 2011
Bruce HetrickAre we providing for the common defense when parents have to supplement their sons’ and daughters’ military equipment?
MoreHETRICK: Thank God the election's over, but what now?
November 12, 2011
Bruce HetrickInsight into the aftermath of campaign 2011.
MoreHETRICK: Four things considered at the mayoral ballot box
October 22, 2011
Bruce HetrickFour stories to consider at the mayoral ballot box in November.
MoreHETRICK: Ten tips on the way out the entrepreneurial door
October 8, 2011
Bruce HetrickIn the hope that someone out there is hesitant to hang out a shingle and build a business, I’ll surprise you with this:
Try it.
MoreHETRICK: Ten years after 9/11, keep doing what you do
September 10, 2011
Bruce HetrickOn this 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, we’re reprinting Bruce Hetrick’s Notions column
from Sept. 9, 2002.
MoreHETRICK: Symphony's weather policy is 'When in doubt, get them out'
August 20, 2011
Bruce HetrickI’d want my loved one’s life to take on additional meaning by seeing that the lessons learned from this tragedy
result in changes that save the lives of others.
MoreHETRICK: The fools who tarnish our shining city on the hill
August 6, 2011
Bruce HetrickIf there are congressional leaders 'aware of their great trust and their great responsibilities,' they're not showing it.
MoreHETRICK: Harry Potter and the 13-year literary love affair
July 23, 2011
Bruce HetrickWhen "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" debuted in the United States in September 1998, we were there on Day One.
MoreHETRICK: Finding the "one thing" on the Stratford stages
July 9, 2011
Bruce HetrickIn the middle of Onterio farming country, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival found its one thing.
MoreHETRICK: Does then and there top here and now?
June 25, 2011
Bruce HetrickIn a meeting last week, I found myself reminiscing with my first client about a conversation we’d had with then-Indianapolis
mayor Steve Goldsmith 17 years ago.
MoreHETRICK: The slings and arrows of making things up
June 11, 2011
Bruce HetrickThis week, we dealt with the trial of alleged child-murderer Casey Anthony, the tribulations of congressman-cum-confessor
Anthony Weiner, the revisionist American history of professor Palin, and assorted other tales.
MoreHETRICK: Please, dear sales clerk, play the age card for me
May 21, 2011
Bruce HetrickUnder the new law, only those who “reasonably appear to be less than 40 years old” will be required to show ID
when buying alcohol. But those may prove to be fighting words.
MoreHETRICK: Sitting at the polling place, wishing you were here
May 7, 2011
Bruce HetrickA dismal percentage of eligible voters showed up to vote in the May 3 municipal elections.
MoreHETRICK: 'Jesus Christ Superstar' takes on federal deficit
April 23, 2011
Bruce HetrickOne “Superstar” scene always reminds me of our entitlement society—and how some react to the notion of helping “the least among us.”
HETRICK: How not to apply for a job
April 9, 2011
Bruce HetrickBeing on the receiving end of applications, I see the same job-seeking mistakes with 'older' folks that I often see with young
people.
MoreHETRICK: Energy gluttony means deadly game of chicken
March 26, 2011
Bruce HetrickJapan’s crisis could enlightens us on ways to avoid mutually assured destruction.
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In my opinion the estridge companies are crooks. They filed bankruptcy on their 'track housing' side of the business two weeks before they closed on one of my clients' homes. When my client first interviewed Estridge as a builder 6 months before, they specifically ASKED about the solvency of their business, knowing that some builders were struggling. Estridge truly misrepresented their financial situation at that time. I suppose I am more unhappy with the whole system than I am with the builder because what the heck==you can file bankruptcy on 'track homes' but still keep building and make money off of 'custom built' homes??? How ridiculous! They are all homes. How can a company be allowed to bilk thousands of dollars from their subcontractors but still be allowed to build houses?? they should have been made to pay back all their unpaid contractors before being allowed to profit from building any more houses! This alone makes them and the system crooks in my eyes. I would never build an estridge home and I would not recommend for my clients either. If they were truly 'bankrupt' how could they afford to keep building homes anyway??? The whole system needs fixed.
I live a couple blocks east of the Angie's campus and my house is assessed for ~$160,000. If I could get that amount, let alone $384,000 (a 140% bonus), I'd sell in a minute. Either Angie's stockholders just got fleeced, or Angie's is getting about a 58% discount on their property taxes, if these properties are actually worth what they paid Mr. Oesterle for them. Which do you think is the case?
Perhaps the IMA board is really to blame! They agreed to hire Charles. They can't seemingly find donors among themselves, or bring in new blood that will support the museums operating budget with an expanded museum and money to provide curators with something to do (ie buy art). The headlines of disarray at the museum and mass firings are hurting the reputation of the museum for some time to come. If people on the board had misgivings, perhaps they shpuld have more forcefully opposed efforts that they have seemingly been unable to fund, like expansion and the costs it has created!
See, I told u Indyman and Dipsicle....this 8 days is overkill. It's barely worth a weekend....great job Tony George! Your dream has been fulfilled....he fans want the I r l back. Thats how good it was.....and that sucked.
I have been in training for a short time now but right off I can see that safety and quality are the number one issues, my experience as of late has been a positive one, the employees along with Jeff the plant manager and the operation supervisor as well as the engineers are a highly motivated group of people, what an asset for the area to have and for company's in need of a quality metal products.