Opinion

MAHERN: Ballard turning competition on its headRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Louis Mahern / Special to IBJ
While 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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VANE: Ballard quietly restored City MarketRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Robert Vane / Special to IBJ
Legacy 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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TAFT: Restore City Hall to its rightful placeRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Bill Taft / Special to IBJ
Just 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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KRULL: The war against marijuana isn't workingRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
John Krull / Special to IBJ
Indiana seems to be experiencing a fresh outbreak of reefer madness.
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FARGO: Mildly agnostic about finishing I-69Restricted Content

December 15, 2012
Anthony L. Fargo / Special to IBJ
When 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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MYERS: Children need moms and dads at homeRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Woodrow Myers / Special to IBJ
Single-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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BECK: The biggest and worst of the electionsRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Lara Beck / Special to IBJ
For 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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BONIFIELD: Protect Ritz's heartening voter mandateRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Jake Bonifield / Special to IBJ
By 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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HOWEY: Unchastened Chocola soldiers onRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Brian A. Howey / Special to IBJ
One 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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MUTZ: Arcane rules will haunt the new CongressRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
John Mutz / Special to IBJ
The 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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EDITORIAL: Praise for entrepreneurs who seize the momentRestricted Content

December 8, 2012
The three real estate developers profiled in our Commercial Real Estate Focus section this week personify that maxim—wisdom that we often lose sight of in the midst of economic hardship.
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MAURER: Think outside the retirement boxRestricted Content

December 8, 2012
Mickey Maurer
I realized that my original vision of the American Dream was a nightmare. I learned that there is more to business than the money earned.
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RUSTHOVEN: Pence, Obama contrastedRestricted Content

December 8, 2012
Peter J. Rusthoven / Special to IBJ
Indiana’s just-elected governor and the nation’s just re-elected president take markedly different approaches to current economic issues.
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GIGERICH: Need for leadership growing criticalRestricted Content

December 8, 2012
Larry Gigerich
As a father of four (three of whom are about to become teenagers—yes, triplets), my wife and I are constantly talking to them regarding the importance of being a leader and making good choices.
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HICKS: Perhaps it is time for Americans to pay our debtsRestricted Content

December 8, 2012
Mike Hicks
Our republic can—and probably should—run a debt. As a great nation, we build and do things that endure, and these should be paid for, in part, by successive generations.
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KIM: Don't be fooled by 'hot hand' fantasy in hoops or investingRestricted Content

December 8, 2012
Mickey Kim
With basketball a metaphor for life for many passionate fans, what lessons hold true both on and off the court?
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BENNER: Remembering one of the most significant handshakes in sportsRestricted Content

December 8, 2012
Bill Benner
It was the flashbulbs. That’s what he remembers. That’s what everyone remembers who witnessed the moment nearly 50 years ago in East Lansing, Mich.
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HETRICK: Sending all-seasons' greetings in a newfangled way

December 8, 2012
Bruce Hetrick
During the holiday season, I used to love going to the mailbox.
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LOU'S VIEWS: Three long-running holiday shows offer degrees of variation

December 8, 2012
Lou Harry
Tradition, by definition, involves familiarity. And three of the top Indy on-stage holiday offerings embrace tradition in their own way.
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Kissinger partly rightRestricted Content

December 8, 2012
Pete Kissinger [Nov. 26 letter] seems to think that the Bible is the root of all intolerance.
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Maurer pumped stockRestricted Content

December 8, 2012
Mickey Maurer’s [Nov. 26] commentary details a very rosy outlook for the future of Endocyte, the Indiana biopharmaceutical company.
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Don't restrict who can marryRestricted Content

December 8, 2012
In Indiana, the groundwork is again being laid by legislators to bring to a vote a constitutional amendment which would define marriage as between one man and one woman.
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Impairment is impairmentRestricted Content

December 8, 2012
I am astounded by the editorial reactions and apparent support for the legalization of small amounts of marijuana.
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Recycling is big economic engineRestricted Content

December 8, 2012
In the [Nov. 19] IBJ, Jesse Kharbanda outlined the Hoosier Environmental Council’s legislative “wish list” for the upcoming session.
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SHELLA: Political lessons learned, and relearnedRestricted Content

December 1, 2012
Jim Shella / Special to IBJ
Ten takeaways from a memorable November election in Indiana:
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