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NOTIONS: Bless the blogosphere, all praise social networking

July 28, 2008

A few months ago, after considerable cajoling, my friend Erik convinced me to join yet another online social network. This one’s called Smaller Indiana. It bills itself as “making people and ideas findable.” So now, in addition to being “LinkedIn” with a few hundred of my friends and colleagues past and present, and in addition to being what BusinessWeek calls a “fogey on Facebook,” I’m also a Smoosier-the moniker for Smaller Indiana members. No sooner had I become a Smoosier…

EDITORIAL: Bulldozing history shouldn’t be easy: Ivy Tech should keep its promise

July 28, 2008

Bulldozing history shouldn’t be easy Ivy Tech should keep its promise Ivy Tech Community College says it is continuing to seek feedback from the public about how best to redevelop the old St. Vincent Hospital property just north of downtown, but it already has an architect’s drawing of what could replace the neoclassical structure built in 1912. Does that mean Ivy Tech’s leaders have their minds made up about the property’s future? We hope not. The city turned over the…

TIPPECANOE COUNTY

July 21, 2008

TIPPECANOE COUNTY Purdue boosts budget request Purdue University plans to seek an additional $14.7 million when it submits its biennial operating budget request to the state in the fall. Purdue’s board of trustees approved the initial projections June 20. The additional appropriation for 2009-2011 represents a 4-percent increase over the prior two-year period. Included in […]

EYE ON THE PIE: Taking the con out of economics

July 21, 2008

A marketing professor at the Kelley School of Business used to proclaim he could teach all one needed to know about economics in a week. That was back in the days when faculty would spend a few minutes of the morning hours in the coffee room engaged in friendly banter as well as serious discussion. The coffee room and my friend are both gone, but to me, a teacher of economics, the insult remains. Imagine-denigrating my calling, my faith, with…

SPORTS: In hiring as in knee surgery, timing is everything

July 21, 2008

Of this, that and the other: Timing, as they say, is everything. The University of Notre Dame lost its athletic director, Kevin White, to Duke University on June 1 and has been actively engaged in identifying his successor. A couple of weeks later, Indiana University announced its athletic director, Rick Greenspan, would resign but serve in lameduck status until the end of the year. Somewhere in the middle of those circumstances was Indianapolis attorney Jack Swarbrick, a Bloomington native but…

NOTIONS: Piddling and diddling en route to doomsday

July 14, 2008

On July 4, my college-aged sons came to visit. We grabbed a late lunch, talked for a while, and sat down in the family room to await the big party in the neighborhood courtyard. Austin and Zach got out their laptops and started browsing. I turned on the TV and started surfing. I landed on HBO’s production of “John Adams.” As we watched, the Continental Congress was in session in 1775 and 1776. The delegates-during and between meetings-were arguing various…

EYE ON THE PIE: Uneven job growth plagues state

July 14, 2008

Should the next U.S. president be concerned about uneven job growth? Or should he just let the market determine which states prosper and which struggle? There is no explicit national job policy to bring employment to slow-growing areas. Neither Sen. Barack Obama nor Sen. John McCain has ventured to discuss the issue. Job growth is left to the states, with each competing against the others in an expensive battle of subsidies. From 2002 to 2007, the number of U.S. jobs…

SPORTS: Lamentations-and a recommendation-for old IU

July 7, 2008

Adam Herbert, who may go down as the sorriest presidential hire in the history of the Big Ten, is nowhere to be seen, those velvety crimson jumpsuits disappearing about the same time Sampson was shown the door. Certain members among the IU trustees-who so violated the trust part of their duties, first in hiring Herbert and then in bringing in Sampson-are not about to step up and take responsibility for their actions. I guess it will all come out some…

EYE ON THE PIE: Recollections of a departed friend

July 7, 2008

“I heard the news,” Sorethroat says. “It’s a shame and a surprise. Funny how you think there’s always time and then there isn’t. I talked with him just a week ago and we discussed plans to have lunch.” “Same here,” I say. Sorethroat, my inside informant at state government, and I are on the steps of the Capitol. We’re reflecting on the life and death of Chuck Coffey, a good man and a good friend. “He worked in this building…

EYE ON THE PIE: It’s not just the economy, stupid

June 30, 2008

No doubt, the Daniels administration will trumpet the fact that Indiana was the ninth-fastestgrowing state in the first quarter of this year. That’s right; personal income in the Hoosier state grew at an annual rate of 5.1 percent, while the nation advanced 4.6 percent. But, as noted by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, which generates these data, Indiana was among the fastergrowing states because of dramatic increases in the prices of corn and soybeans. North Dakota came in first,…

DC: Final critical thoughts

June 23, 2008

More random thoughts from the American Theatre Critics Association conference in Washington.

* If the powers that be in Carmel–or any other place that aspires to be an arts destination–hasn’t already made contact, they should reach out immediately and speak to…

EYE ON THE PIE: Idea may be worth more than a few laughs

June 23, 2008

After many years, my good friend the Rev. Bob arrived in Indiana. He’s been busy tending his flock at St. Lucifer’s in Kansas. After some traditional words of greeting and invocation, the Rev. Bob tore right into me. “How come you never write about positive ideas for helping Indiana get out of its economic doldrums? All you do is elaborate on the well-known truth that the Hoosier economy is a long-term mess.” “What would you suggest?” I asked. “Something no…

TIPPECANOE COUNTY

June 16, 2008

TIPPECANOE COUNTY New research-to-market institute will be based on Purdue campus Purdue University will be part of a group that will use a $25 million grant to help turn health discoveries into commercial products through the creation of the Indiana Clinical Translational Sciences Institute. The National Institutes of Health will give the five-year grant to […]

SPORTS: Before ESPN, there was McKay and ‘Wide World’

June 16, 2008

It might be a bit over the top to say that a man I met only once and barely knew had a profound influence on my life, but that’s how I felt about Jim McKay. Thus, when I tuned in to view the Belmont Stakes on June 7 and the lead story was not of Big Brown’s (failed) bid for the Triple Crown but of Jim McKay’s passing at the age of 86, I admit I felt a sudden pang…

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June 16, 2008

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EYE ON THE PIE: Data can work for both candidates

June 16, 2008

Last night I had a stressful dream. Instead of being the well-integrated personality that I am, in my dream I am twins. One twin is an adviser on economic matters for Gov. Mitch Daniels and the other serves in the same capacity for challenger Jill Long Each twin plows through economic data. He spins statistics that make the favored candidate’s arguments look good. The twin for Mitch argues how well Indiana’s economy is performing; the twin working for Jill makes…

EYE ON THE PIE: Home cooking not always good for us

June 9, 2008

The conversation between my neighbors, Paula and Paul Plain, interrupts the enjoyment I get from sitting on the deck in the dark of the night. They generally agree on whatever subject they discuss, but their voices nonetheless displace nature’s quiet. Thus, I find myself an unwilling participant in their nocturnal conversations. Last week, they were discussing the idea that young adult Hoosiers should be encouraged to remain in Indiana. “I’m so glad,” Paula crooned, “that 80 percent of central Indiana’s…

EYE ON THE PIE: County income disparities are growing

June 2, 2008

The income disparities among Indiana’s 92 counties have been growing for decades. My imperfect memory recalls no administration and no candidate that has addressed the issue. In 1970, Marion County led the state in per-capita personal income (PCPI), at 115 percent of the state’s average. At the same time, Owen County was just 66 percent of that average. Thus, the average Owen County resident had income that was 57 percent of the level enjoyed by the average Marion County resident….

EYE ON THE PIE: Globalization in the fast-food business

May 26, 2008

My buddy Andy hates his name. He suffers because his parents were excessively influenced by “Wheel of Fortune” and named him Andreas Fawlty Towers. After years of teasing, Andy now hates just about everything. For example, he and I were having lunch at the redesigned “Steak, Shake and Sushi” as he complained about the new menu. “Foreign foods,” he said, groaning. “They take a perfectly fine menu of American classics and add something no one ought to eat. It’s bad…

EYE ON THE PIE: Hoosier wages not growing much

May 19, 2008

We’ve just come through an Indiana primary in which the competing campaigns kept emphasizing Hoosier jobs. It would have meant more if they had talked about Hoosier wages and salaries. But then, facts are harder to digest than rhetoric. Here are some facts you can chew on. At the start of this century (2000), the average wage (total wages and salaries divided by total number of full- and parttime jobs) in Indiana was $30,401, ranking 27th in the nation. By…

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NOTIONS: Bless the blogosphere, all praise social networking

EDITORIAL: Bulldozing history shouldn’t be easy: Ivy Tech should keep its promise

TIPPECANOE COUNTY

EYE ON THE PIE: Taking the con out of economics

SPORTS: In hiring as in knee surgery, timing is everything

NOTIONS: Piddling and diddling en route to doomsday

EYE ON THE PIE: Uneven job growth plagues state

SPORTS: Lamentations-and a recommendation-for old IU

EYE ON THE PIE: Recollections of a departed friend

EYE ON THE PIE: It’s not just the economy, stupid

DC: Final critical thoughts

EYE ON THE PIE: Idea may be worth more than a few laughs

TIPPECANOE COUNTY

SPORTS: Before ESPN, there was McKay and ‘Wide World’

INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS JOURNAL:

EYE ON THE PIE: Data can work for both candidates

EYE ON THE PIE: Home cooking not always good for us

EYE ON THE PIE: County income disparities are growing

EYE ON THE PIE: Globalization in the fast-food business

EYE ON THE PIE: Hoosier wages not growing much