MAURER: By George, a presidential puzzle
Celebrate Presidents Day by working a crossword puzzle from Mickey Maurer.
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MORRIS: Tough love for public education
Indiana students as a group have been underperforming and schools as a group have been failing.
MAURER: Workforce Inc. recycles people
Now that football season is over, I suggest we turn our attention to a real hero: Gregg Keesling, CEO of Workforce Inc., an organization that populates practically its entire work force with ex-offenders.
MORRIS: Palladium spotlights a Carmel all can be proud of
As the debut of the Palladium in Carmel has taken center stage, I have been reflecting on the amazing ascent of what used to be a sleepy town.
MAURER: This is a broker’s tale worth reading
“Twelve years after I popped out, I learned to sell. During the next three, I began to write. Fifty years later, I discovered how to kill.” Thus begins the journal of investment adviser Jack Chap, protagonist in John Guy’s novel “Middle Man, a Broker’s Tale.”
MORRIS: Mentor a child … you’ll be glad you did
Research shows mentors can play a powerful role in a young person’s life. A mentoring relationship helps reduce the potential for bad behavior and gives a boost to academic achievement.
MAURER: Looking back at events in 2010
Each January, I reflect on a few of the prior year’s columns. I’m always curious about the topics and people I have written about over the course of the year. I hope you are, too.
MORRIS: New year should bring a new mind-set
The holiday down time has also enabled me to pull myself out of the day-to-day controlled chaos and actually take time to strategize, analyze and plan.
MAURER: Who’s running? It’s a puzzling question
Indiana politics can be puzzling. Enjoy this Pictocross© on the topic.
MORRIS: These taxing times test my patience
If I really thought a tax increase would dig us out of the debt mess, I would be willing to contribute more.
MAURER: A final lesson for entrepreneurs
To create a disciplined investment philosophy, I evolved from my experience “The Ten Essential Principles of Entrepreneurship You Didn’t Learn in School.” Over the course of 10 columns, I have featured each of these essential principles. This is the final installment.
MORRIS: Political dialogue returning to IBJ
Forefront, which debuts this month, is designed to be another public square where various voices will debate the issues of our day.
MAURER: Giving back is not always easy
I evolved from my experience, “The Ten Essential Principles of Entrepreneurship that You Didn’t Learn in School”—at least I didn’t learn them in school. Over the course of 10 columns, I am featuring each of these essential principles. This is the ninth installment.
MORRIS: Dressing for success matters
I’ve been saying for longer than I can remember that I can’t believe how people dress these days. Far too many times, I’ll attend an event and notice folks who are dressed like they were getting ready to clean their garage or cut the grass instead of enjoying a night out.
MAURER: A defense of Carl Brizzi
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi’s transgressions and judgment lapses have been dutifully noted and thoroughly discussed.
MORRIS: Confessions of a political junkie
I enjoy trying to peel away the outer covering of the business of politics, like an onion, to see what’s underneath. It’s hard to find the truth sometimes, but it has to be buried there somewhere among all the exaggerations and misleading information—or not.
MAURER: Have patience with profits
To create a disciplined investment philosophy, I evolved “The Ten Essential Principles of Entrepreneurship You Didn’t Learn in School.”—Over the course of 10 columns, I will feature each of these essential principles. This is the eighth installment.
MORRIS: Not all economic news is bad news
If we listen too much to the financial channels, it will make us want to bury our money in a hole in the yard and get a Rottweiler to guard it.
MAURER: Make a statement this Halloween
What to wear? What to wear? You are probably having difficulty trying to decide on a costume for Halloween. Lady Gaga is reported to be the best-selling costume this year, but if you cannot abide her wacky style, here are some better choices.
COMMENTARY: Dear IPS, parents are not the enemy
Indianapolis Public Schools needs a top-down, system-wide mandate to treat parents as valuable partners.