January 5, 2013
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow / Special to IBJI moved to Indianapolis in the summer of 2005. Since then, I have learned to count on three things to occur each summer—a
substantial number of die-hard Indianapolis Colts fans will still suffer from acute post-season withdrawal; mosquitoes the
size of hummingbirds will nip at my ankles during my evening walk; and a massive, five-month road construction project (or
two) will spring up somewhere on Interstate 465.
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January 5, 2013
Doug Masson / Special to IBJAs I recall the story, the guys in my dad’s fraternity used to haze the pledges by cracking eggs, emptying them down
the stairwell and making the new guys catch them in their mouths down at the bottom.
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January 5, 2013
Mark Souder / Special to IBJLiberals, at least those aligned with the Indiana teachers’ union, have been creatively interpreting the victory of
Glenda Ritz as a rejection of innovative education and a call to return to the old systems of exclusive trust in the educational
establishment.
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January 5, 2013
Morton MarcusThe Rockefeller Foundation has called for ideas that address the nation’s youth unemployment situation. Here are mine:
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January 5, 2013
Mitch Daniels has been the best thing to happen to the Hoosier state since Bobby Knight.
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January 5, 2013
Jim Shella / Special to IBJ"Is there any chance we can be there when you get the call?” I asked Dan Quayle on the morning he was chosen to
be George Bush’s running mate.
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January 5, 2013
Greg Garrison / Special to IBJWalk any street in Jerusalem or other Israeli city and you will immediately note the presence of lots of school-age kids.
They’re dressed for school, often holding hands as they wind their way through busy streets to various field-trip-type
excursions.
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January 5, 2013
Rex Early / Special to IBJFifty years ago, the Marion County delegation to the Indiana House consisted of 12 men. Among them were Charles Bosma, Brian
Bosma’s father; Jim Clark, Murray Clark’s father; and me.
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December 15, 2012
George Geib / Special to IBJMitch Daniels had 48 former governors as role models when he took his oath of office. Now we can decide how he stands among
them.
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December 15, 2012
Mitch Daniels will leave the governor’s mansion to a chorus of hurrahs from budget-balancers, conservative pundits and
the Republican Party, which wishes—now even more than before—that he had run for president. But what can other
Midwestern states learn from the Daniels era?
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December 15, 2012
Jennifer Wagner / Special to IBJHere are six words I never imagined stringing together: I’m going to miss Mitch Daniels.
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December 15, 2012
Jerry Torr / Special to IBJAnytime a government program makes tax dollars available to certain individuals, unfortunately, a few will look to game the
system.
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December 15, 2012
David Niezgodski / Special to IBJConsider for a moment what it’s like to be on unemployment in Indiana.
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December 15, 2012
Bill Styring / Special to IBJBattle lines for the next General Assembly are evident already.
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December 15, 2012
Louis Mahern / Special to IBJWhile the Republican brand in some quarters may be a bit tarnished these days, there is no doubting what it represents—the
idea that we should have smaller government at all levels, and that government should stay out of our personal lives at least
so far as taxation and guns are concerned.
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December 15, 2012
Robert Vane / Special to IBJLegacy can be a tricky word. Most leaders are interested in the legacy they will leave when their term ends or they step down
from running an organization or entity; others, you could say, probably border on obsessed. Politicians, my reading of history
has educated me, fall mostly into the obsessed category.
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December 15, 2012
Bill Taft / Special to IBJJust north of the revived City Market, along the Alabama Street stretch of the Cultural Trail, stands a vacant landmark that
has resisted redevelopment for almost a decade—the old City Hall.
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December 15, 2012
John Krull / Special to IBJIndiana seems to be experiencing a fresh outbreak of reefer madness.
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December 15, 2012
Anthony L. Fargo / Special to IBJWhen Interstate 64 came to my hometown, I was too young to appreciate what an amazing engineering feat it was. To me, the
construction zone was a wonderland of big trucks and other exotic-looking equipment.
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December 15, 2012
Woodrow Myers / Special to IBJSingle-parent families are at a significant economic disadvantage, and more black children in Indiana (42 percent) are living
in poverty than are nationally (36 percent).
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December 15, 2012
Lara Beck / Special to IBJFor the political among us, 2012 was solely focused on the election. From the early days in January with the Iowa caucuses
to the ongoing transitions at the state and federal levels, the year was packed with action.
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December 15, 2012
Jake Bonifield / Special to IBJBy all accounts, Glenda Ritz has a daunting challenge as the next superintendent of public instruction. Across a state that
has been at the forefront of the so-called education reform movement, recent legislation has incensed and motivated teachers
in profound ways.
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December 15, 2012
Brian A. Howey / Special to IBJOne thing is clear in the troubling weeks following the loss of a Republican U.S. Senate seat in Indiana: Chris Chocola will
not give up easily in his quest for ideological purity.
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December 15, 2012
John Mutz / Special to IBJThe priority for Congress as it convenes in a lame-duck session is to reach an agreement that averts a fiscal crisis. To accomplish
that goal, it may also be necessary to agree on major changes to three arcane procedures that govern the House and Senate.
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December 1, 2012
Jim Shella / Special to IBJTen takeaways from a memorable November election in Indiana:
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I'm sure there are others, but his name automatically came to my mind
Houdini
magician on the court
STEVE MARTIN - funny magic
It has to be Houdini!