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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: If you've botched the job, don't botch the PR, too
September 24, 2011
Bruce HetrickHow should BP have handled the Gulf crisis? Here are my basic rules.
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.
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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.