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EYE ON THE PIE: Values, economics go hand in hand

April 17, 2006

“Why,” I asked myself, “do I write so much about politics when my interests are in economics?” “That’s easy,” I answered myself. “As an economist, I am interested in the decisions that determine who gets what. Many of those decisions are made by politicians. They decide which roads are repaired, whose children get a good education, who gets good medical attention, and who gets mediocre services. They decide who pays how much in taxes, thereby deciding how much we have…

NOTIONS: After Easter, a resurrection of the theocratic kind

April 17, 2006

On a recent Saturday, after a week of visiting colleges, my son Austin and I found ourselves with most of a day to kill before our return flight from Boston. The Red Sox were on the road. We’d already walked a fair piece of the Freedom Trail. So my friend Alan suggested we hit the Museum of Fine Arts and he’d drive up from Hartford to join us. Austin has a thing for Monet (I’m not sure how many other…

EYE ON THE PIE: Election is critical to Gary’s future

April 10, 2006

Let’s sell Fort Wayne and its surrounding counties to Ohio or Michigan. Or in the spirit of the day, at least we could lease out part of northeast Indiana. If we got rid of Fort Wayne (Allen County) and two counties to the north (Steuben and DeKalb) plus one county to the south (Adams) and one to the west (Huntington), we could decrease our state’s population by 491,500. Why would we want to do that? There’s no good reason to…

EYE ON THE PIE: School projects create winners and losers

April 3, 2006

Strange it is that Indiana newspapers are atwitter with concern about changing the clocks. One would think this is some terrorist threat. All Indiana counties will go to daylightsaving time, which will be a novelty for the majority of us. Some counties now on Eastern time will switch to Central time and not have to change their clocks until October (Central Daylight Time being the same as Eastern Standard Time). The time switch is a non-event. It is an unnecessary…

NOTIONS: A lesson in contemporary communication: Trust me?

April 3, 2006

I spent March 24 at Ball State University, sitting in a small conference room with some grand poobahs of public relations. A few Hoosier colleagues and I were matched with these industry mavens to discuss the rise of a phenomenon known as “citizen journalism,” “participatory communication,” “peer-to-peer (or p2p) communication,” and other, occasionally less-flattering, terms. Whatever the moniker, the notion is this: With the proliferation of digital media and the Internet, every Dawn, Dick and Mary can create and disseminate…

EYE ON THE PIE: Legislature wastes another session

March 27, 2006

The 150 men and women who make up the Indiana General Assembly have finished their annual freak show, folded their tents, and departed from Indianapolis. In their wake, they left some truly terrible legislation and another record of neglect for the interests of Indiana’s too-long-suffering population. What was wrong with this session of the General Assembly? Your local editor will not grant me the space to be either sufficiently complete or detailed. Let’s start with the governor’s Major Moves program….

NOTIONS: A kid, a shave, a health care dilemma

March 27, 2006

For the second time in his young life, 9-year-old Joey Chamness had his head shaved last week. This time, the skinhead look is voluntary. Last time, it was chemotherapy. On a Thursday afternoon in January 2005, Joey was playing soccer when he felt pain in his left leg. He’d experienced this before, but not this bad. So Joey’s parents called the family pediatrician to schedule an appointment. The following Monday, the doctor took a look and said it was probably…

EYE ON THE PIE: Waiter shines light on education

March 20, 2006

I spent most of a recent weekend in the hospital, but no one seems to want to hear that story. It wasn’t much of a story, as it turns out, but the bill, which will fall on you, will be enormous. My part of the bill will be small because I am covered by Medicare and private health insurance. This means you will see my use of the health care system reflected in your future taxes and in your future…

NOTIONS Bruce Hetrick: Yes, Mama, it’s OK to let your baby study liberal arts

March 13, 2006

Bruce Hetrick is on vacation this week. In his absence,this column,which appeared on March 17, 2003, is being reprinted. Last summer, an Indiana University English professor sent me an e-mail. It said that she and her colleagues were creating a new course called “Careers in English.” Its premise: One might do something with an English degree besides teach English. As they planned their curriculum, the instructors searched for an appropriate textbook. When they couldn’t find one, they decided to create…

EYE ON THE PIE: Major Moves elicits childish behavior

March 6, 2006

There are issues in Indiana other than the toll-road lease and building Interstate 69. Yet some people in the Legislature refuse to relinquish their roles as reactionaries. Example: Out of their minds with xenophobia (the fear of foreigners) the House insisted that toll booths display American flags. Why not require that all BP (British Petroleum) gas stations fly the American flag? How about giving a loyalty test to Mittal Steel, which owns a big chunk of assets in northwestern Indiana?…

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: The fight to hire top talent: Do we have what it takes?

March 6, 2006

Most cities have mayors, police chiefs and tax collectors. But suppose for a moment they each had an additional staff position as well-the recruiter. Like a basketball coach or a talent scout, these recruiters would scour the country, looking for talented people who would fit into the community and add to the economic base. And when they found one, they would make their pitch, touting their town’s assets and strengths, and urging the recruit to relocate. The prospects, on the…

EYE ON THE PIE: David meets Goliath in Hendricks County

February 27, 2006

The people of Hendricks County are no more stupid, greedy or ignorant than folks most places. Now they have a chance to prove they are more intelligent, far-sighted and wise than most Hoosiers. Let’s set the scene. Hendricks County lies directly west of Marion County. You can take U.S. 36 straight west from Indianapolis to Avon and Danville. Or you can go out Interstate 70, past the Indianapolis airport, to Plainfield. Alternatively, Interstate 74 will take you to Brownsburg, Pittsboro…

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Study casts new light on rising house prices

February 27, 2006

I have always been amazed at the confidence and certainty projected by those who stand before the television cameras at the end of the day and explain to us-in 90 seconds or less-why the stock market behaved as it did. I suppose if we are silly enough to ask for a simple explanation for the 5 million or 6 million trades conducted on any given day, we should expect nothing more in return. Of course, those trades take place for…

SPORTS: IU doesn’t have to hire from the ‘family,’ but it will

February 27, 2006

There will be no shortage of worthy successors to Mike Davis as the head basketball coach at I.U. Rick Majerus? I love Rick Majerus. He’s the absolute basketballjunkie with nothing like a wife, family or even a home to distract him from the job. He’s a tremendous motivator and strategist. But he’s also a guy who’s had heart problems and I worry if he could survive the stress-not from coaching, but from being within an hour’s drive of Iaria’s. Thad…

NOTIONS: Little ditty ’bout livin’ in the wake of dyin’

February 27, 2006

Several months ago, I broke bread with two editors of this esteemed journal. Over soup and salad, we concluded I’d said enough in this space of my bout with Grief. We figured you readers had grown weary of the topic, as had we. But Grief has a way of lingering. She shows up, unannounced, for cameos. As you stand at the shore, the wave of your future finally, joyfully rolling in and crashing ’round, Grief plays the undertow, luring you…

PETER SCHNITZLER Commentary: Embrace India while you still can

February 27, 2006

PETER SCHNITZLER Commentary Embrace India while you still can India will fool you, if you don’t pay attention. The term “developing nation” doesn’t begin to do it justice. Having traveled internationally a number of times before, I thought I was prepared for whatever culture shocks awaited more than 8,000 miles away. I anticipated the heaving crowds, the livestock in the crumbling streets, even the abject poverty. I didn’t expect innovation. And especially not entrepreneurship on par with the kind found…

SPORTS: Time for Mike Davis to look himself in the mirror

February 20, 2006

“Why’s everybody always pickin’ on me?” – from the song “Charlie Brown,” by The Coasters I count myself among many, many Indiana University alumni, supporters and basketball fans in general who wanted to see Mike Davis succeed as the Hoosiers’ coach. I admired his demeanor, humility and honesty. I respected the incredibly difficult situation he inherited, first as the interim coach, then as the man designated to sustain IU’s tradition in the wake of Bob Knight’s firing. And certainly, no…

EYE ON THE PIE: Coffee, doughnuts and liberty

February 20, 2006

There is nothing like the aroma of strong, fresh coffee. So it was as I woke one recent day. My executive officer had left for work, but graciously left the coffee and its aroma for me to enjoy. Down the stairs I tottered with my dog (who pretends to be too feeble to manage the stairs by himself). I let him out, let him back in, gathered a cup of the brew, and entered my office. “Hi,” she said in…

EYE ON THE PIE: Good ideas merit communication

February 13, 2006

Finally, the Daniels administration is getting around to explaining the tollroad-leasing proposal. On Feb. 3, it released Volume 1, Issue 1, of “Major Moves Help Desk,” a newsletter to tell its side of the complicated toll-roadleasing story. Perhaps a newsletter is pretentious, but it is a move in the right direction. The idea of leasing the toll road is an attractive one, but I have felt in the dark about why this lease and its many details are best for…

CHRIS KATTERJOHN The case of the missing passport Commentary:

February 6, 2006

Friday, 7:30 a.m.: I arrive at Indianapolis International Airport for a 9:01 a.m. flight to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where I’ll be attending a conference, and realize I have left my passport at home. I ask myself, “How could I be so stupid?” Friday, 7:35 a.m.: I check in at the American Airlines ticket desk, then call my brother, who is already at work. I ask him for a “huge favor,” whereupon he leaves work, goes to my house to retrieve…

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EYE ON THE PIE: Values, economics go hand in hand

NOTIONS: After Easter, a resurrection of the theocratic kind

EYE ON THE PIE: Election is critical to Gary’s future

EYE ON THE PIE: School projects create winners and losers

NOTIONS: A lesson in contemporary communication: Trust me?

EYE ON THE PIE: Legislature wastes another session

NOTIONS: A kid, a shave, a health care dilemma

EYE ON THE PIE: Waiter shines light on education

NOTIONS Bruce Hetrick: Yes, Mama, it’s OK to let your baby study liberal arts

EYE ON THE PIE: Major Moves elicits childish behavior

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: The fight to hire top talent: Do we have what it takes?

EYE ON THE PIE: David meets Goliath in Hendricks County

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Study casts new light on rising house prices

SPORTS: IU doesn’t have to hire from the ‘family,’ but it will

NOTIONS: Little ditty ’bout livin’ in the wake of dyin’

PETER SCHNITZLER Commentary: Embrace India while you still can

SPORTS: Time for Mike Davis to look himself in the mirror

EYE ON THE PIE: Coffee, doughnuts and liberty

EYE ON THE PIE: Good ideas merit communication

CHRIS KATTERJOHN The case of the missing passport Commentary: