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EYE ON THE PIE: Democrats’ rebirth depends on Lake County

August 8, 2005

It may not have been a major headline in your local newspaper, but Stephen “Bob” Stiglich died last week at age 70. He was the Lake County auditor and a longtime major figure among Lake County Democrats. His passing may be an important part of the necessary regeneration of the Democratic Party in Indiana. Robert Pasterick has been deposed as mayor of East Chicago. Scott King, mayor of Gary, has separated himself from the Democratic Party and now calls himself…

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: Newspapers face whole new era

August 8, 2005

Every newspaper in the world with an interest in surviving long term is rethinking its long-term strategy these days. IBJ is no exception. The most obvious trend prompting this global gut check is the exponential growth in Internet use-fueled by the broadband services that make it easier-and the proliferation of news and information services available on the Web. Why bother to read a newspaper if you have the world at your fingertips via your personal computer at home and in…

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Hoosiers are wallflowers as housing party rocks on

August 1, 2005

Have you heard about the wild party that’s going on? It’s not one of those parties with wine, women and song. It’s all about buying and selling, and making lots of money. And, for some Americans, at least, it’s being done from the comfort of their own homes. It’s called the housing market, and in some corners of the country, it’s a rowdy affair. In coastal California and Florida, the price of homes is going up so fast it is…

SPORTS: Lance Armstrong miracle started here…or did it?

August 1, 2005

It is 10 a.m. on July 24 and, from several thousand miles and an ocean away, it is being reported that Lance Armstrong has, indeed, won his seventh consecutive-and last-Tour de France. I pick up the telephone and dial Dr. Lawrence Einhorn at his home here in Indianapolis. “What a way to go out,” says the doctor, the pleasure obvious in his voice. “And it still gives me goose bumps.” What a championship pairing: Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor. Lawrence Einhorn,…

NOTIONS: Sex makes us more squeamish than violence

August 1, 2005

Two decades ago, while creating an A I D S – p r eve n t i o n campaign for Connecticut’s state health department, I became a “sexpert.” No, I didn’t become an expert on sex itself (at least no more than your average married fellow). Nor did I conduct formal sex research (I leave that to the Kinsey Institute). Instead, I became an expert on how we Americans, Puritan descendents that many of us are, resist communicating about…

EYE ON THE PIE: Your call is important to someone

August 1, 2005

I’m on hold after calling Wishard Hospital’s Adult Medicine Clinic at 7 a.m., as instructed, to get an appointment with my doctor. My call is very important, the recorded message says, but no one is responding. First, I am told that if this call concerns a “life-threatening situation,” I should hang up and call 9-1-1. That’s really helpful. Maybe other, more sophisticated patients can identify a “life-threatening situation.” I am always reluctant to make such a determination. Then I go…

EYE ON THE PIE: Brothers set example for today’s execs

July 25, 2005

Most of us know the fabled heroes of Bean Town. They include the Adams cousins (John and Sam). Paul Revere. The Kennedy brothers (John, Robert and Edward). Ted Williams, Carl Yazstremski, Bobby Orr, Bob Cousey, Bill Russell, Larry Bird and Tom Brady. Yet Boston’s most significant business heroes are not well-known today, at a time when their example could be most useful. Two brothers, Edward and Lincoln Filene, inherited their father’s department store in 1890. They spent the rest of…

NOTIONS: Pugilism, Parkinson’s, politics, DNA: a powerful combination set to win

July 25, 2005

If you knew only that Scott Newman is a former prosecutor, you might think his new workouts apt. The man known for courtroom sparring now feints, weaves, jabs and thrusts with a former Golden Gloves boxing champion. But that’s not all we know about the 44-year-old Republican twice elected Marion County prosecutor. For in 2002, Newman also became Indianapolis’ most public Parkinson’s patient. Today, Newman says boxing provides the perfect exercise for the neurologically challenged. “Parkinson’s is a movement disease,”…

EYE ON THE PIE: Nation forgets how it achieved prosperity

July 18, 2005

“How do you do it?” The question came from Mumbles Marcus, my talk-showhost cousin. “Every week, another fresh, insightful column addressing one of our nation’s leading issues.” Since we were onair, I kept my reply polite: “Actually, Mumbles, I write the same column almost every week. I change the clothing, but the body remains the same. I am obsessed with the many choices we must make to satisfy private interests today and meet the needs of ourselves and others in…

EYE ON THE PIE: Can policymakers take the truth?

July 11, 2005

We met across the street from the Statehouse, a place where smokers are still welcome. In a deep doorway, unseen from office windows or by pedestrians, stood my friend, Sore Throat. “After Deep Throat was unveiled, I didn’t know if you would show up,” I said. He gave a guttural laugh. “Hey, I’m still here. You can change the parties, but the Webees remain.” “The Webees?” I queried. “Yeah,” he growled. “They put in their new people at the top,…

NOTIONS: Dear Lance: How ’bout beyond-the-bike immortality?

July 11, 2005

Dear Lance: I’ve got an idea. I thought you might noodle it during that 239-kilometer, Stage 17 ride from Pau to Revel. It might keep your mind off those flags people wave in your face. By way of background, you and I have much in common. Like you, I’m a cancer survivor. As in your case, a physician from the Indiana University School of Medicine figured out how to treat mine after others had botched it. Like you, I ride…

EYE ON THE PIE: Court decision opens barrel of worms

July 4, 2005

The U.S. Supreme Court has now ruled again that the public good supersedes conventional private property rights. Some critics have argued that this is something new. It is not, but this decision is a major extension of existing government powers. The case in question, if you missed it, involves seven homeowners in New London, Conn., who refused to move so their land can be part of an urban redevelopment effort. The city wants to transfer the properties to private firms…

EYE ON THE PIE: BMV closings raise bigger issue

June 27, 2005

The closing of several offices of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles involves serious issues that are worth attention. Just after the end of the legislative session, the BMV commissioner announced that a few smaller offices would be closed. The number of patrons these offices serve was deemed insufficient to maintain and staff the facilities. In an age of increasing use of electronic transactions, this makes sense. One of these facilities was in Hope, a small Bartholomew County town in…

NOTIONS: Does principal or principle matter more?

June 27, 2005

A few weeks ago, my friend John and I treated our three 17-year-olds to a boys’ night out. We started off at Bazbeaux downtown, inhaling guy pizza (read: pepperoni and sausage) and dissecting the big news of the day-Michael Jackson’s acquittal on charges that he shared alcohol, porn and a little night groping with a teen-age boy. Our teen-age boys, news junkies all, then rattled on about kids getting paid to play online video games and the proliferation of “cheats”…

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Patrick Barkey: Intelligence isn’t only factor that sets earnings potential

June 27, 2005

Do we have a passion for economics? Judging from the numbers of economics majors at colleges and universities across the country, the answer is probably no. The world of graphs and statistics we inhabit is not everyone’s cup of tea. But if few of us like to study the economy, we all have to live and work within its borders. And the most important interaction most of us will ever have with the economy occurs when we venture into the…

EYE ON THE PIE: Our state has twisted priorities

June 20, 2005

No recent column has aroused so much outrage as my remarks concerning our state government’s investment in tourism. I argued that it was a waste of money and that, if such expenditures are to be made, they should come from the private sector exclusively, not from tax dollars. Kaboom! An entire industry wants to educate me, if they cannot eradicate me. At the same time, a worthy landmark is about to disappear. The Randolph County Courthouse, in Winchester, is scheduled…

NOTIONS: Standing face to face with the end of the universe

June 20, 2005

Editor’s note: Bruce Hetrick this month won first place for best bylined commentary in a national competition conducted by the Alliance of Area Business Publications. The winning entry, about Hetrick’s wife, Pamela Klein, was first published in IBJ on March 1, 2004. It is reprinted here. Klein died March 5, 2005. It’s Saturday morning. I’m sitting on the window ledge in my wife, Pam’s, room at Methodist Hospital. Outside, the February sky is as gray as my spirit. While Pam…

EYE ON THE PIE: Columnist ignores the good news

June 13, 2005

“Bad news, the downside, grousing-that’s all you ever offer in your column,” Fred Fetid declared. We were sitting on his deck enjoying the songbirds and the new green of the trees about us. Fred and I have been neighbors nearly 20 years. He is the greatest complainer I have ever met. “There’s lots of good stuff out there to talk about, but all you do is moan about the world,” Fred persisted. “Just look at the Indiana General Assembly this…

EYE ON THE PIE: Party loyalty is ruining Congress

June 6, 2005

“Congress is the root of all evil” is a line from the delightful musical comedy built on the characters of Al Capp’s “Li’l Abner.” I always saw that as an exaggerated point of view coming from the far right or the far left. But today, I am beginning to believe it. I am neither far right nor far left. Yet I cannot understand how our society could be sustained without an independent judiciary to protect us from Congress and their…

NOTIONS: Lessons on life, love and work from a sister CEO

June 6, 2005

The crowd gathered early for the IPL 500 Festival Parade. Moms and dads, grandparents and kids, neighbors and friends came by the thousands to hear the oompah-pah of the bands, see Hollywood stars and cheer the 33 drivers competing in the next day’s Indianapolis 500. Walking through the throng, I spied the street preachers. Each had staked out a strategic spot, capitalizing on the closed avenues to stand mid-intersection and deliver The Word. One preacher waved a sign warning happy…

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EYE ON THE PIE: Democrats’ rebirth depends on Lake County

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: Newspapers face whole new era

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Hoosiers are wallflowers as housing party rocks on

SPORTS: Lance Armstrong miracle started here…or did it?

NOTIONS: Sex makes us more squeamish than violence

EYE ON THE PIE: Your call is important to someone

EYE ON THE PIE: Brothers set example for today’s execs

NOTIONS: Pugilism, Parkinson’s, politics, DNA: a powerful combination set to win

EYE ON THE PIE: Nation forgets how it achieved prosperity

EYE ON THE PIE: Can policymakers take the truth?

NOTIONS: Dear Lance: How ’bout beyond-the-bike immortality?

EYE ON THE PIE: Court decision opens barrel of worms

EYE ON THE PIE: BMV closings raise bigger issue

NOTIONS: Does principal or principle matter more?

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Patrick Barkey: Intelligence isn’t only factor that sets earnings potential

EYE ON THE PIE: Our state has twisted priorities

NOTIONS: Standing face to face with the end of the universe

EYE ON THE PIE: Columnist ignores the good news

EYE ON THE PIE: Party loyalty is ruining Congress

NOTIONS: Lessons on life, love and work from a sister CEO