MARCUS: Whose fault is poor health?
Where once we believed people were victims of disease, we now insist
that illness is a reflection of choices actively made.
Where once we believed people were victims of disease, we now insist
that illness is a reflection of choices actively made.
All last week, I felt good that Todd Rokita, Indiana’s secretary of state, is pushing
for less partisan redistricting of political offices after the 2010 census.
As a tribute to its late president, the NCAA has posted on its Web site dozens of blogs, podcasts, speeches and editorials
created by Myles Brand during his culture-altering tenure at the helm of intercollegiate athletics.
This year’s edition of the annual show and sale offers variations on familiar themes.
One recurring pleasure for me is learning how different communities in our state are making progress in economic development. This past week I learned how Madison (Jefferson County) is battling to sustain its heritage while improving opportunities
for its citizens.
Wouldn’t
it be refreshing if we focused on a different way of looking at the recession? What if we talked in
real terms about how much we lost in work days or goods and services?
We review this year’s Heartland Film Festival offerings. Check back often as we add entries throughout the event, which starts
Oct. 15.
Presenting five video excerpts from a free-wheeling panel discussion about health-care reform featuring five of the city’s
top decision-makers. J.K. Wall moderates the IBJ’s Power Breakfast, covering tort reform,illegal immigrants, pay models and
insurance companies.
Presenting five video excerpts from a free-wheeling panel discussion about health-care reform featuring five of the city’s
top minds and decision-makers. Reporter J.K. Wall moderates the IBJ’s Power Breakfast on Sept. 25, covering tort reform,illegal
immigrants, pay models and the role of insurance companies.
As health care legislation
continues to wend its way through Congress, Indianapolis-area industry leaders still harbor strong
opinions about the issue. Five industry insiders discussed how to improve the health care system during
IBJ’s Power Breakfast Sept. 25 at the Westin Indianapolis.
Quentin Smith served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945. He is one of at least seven surviving Tuskegee Airmen who live in Indiana.
Chris Linn drove the roads and noted the telltale signs of lifestyle unseen by most researchers.
His eyes told him what the demographic and economic numbers did not reveal.
Here we are at the bye week of what is looking like another exceptional Indianapolis Colts season.
Most economists are of the opinion that we have seen the bottom of the recession and are in recovery mode. However, the
evidence is scarce to support that position.
Occasionally, I go to hear the voice of the people at the mall. Rainy days are good for this exercise. No one is in a hurry
to get drenched in the parking lot.
Indiana University economists offered a cautious but improving economic outlook for 2010, in which they expect the personal
income of Hoosiers to grow slightly and the state to add 50,000 jobs.
A half-hour perusing the various social media sites can give you carloads of information about your sought-after individual.
The damage done by the recession is still with us, even if the recession itself has ended. But sufficient evidence is available to suggest that the demon recession has left the nation’s economic body.
Not every county in Indiana is like every other county. This is important to understand (particularly if you are a state
legislator) because we cannot assume one remedy is appropriate for all ills statewide.