Letters: Law was solution in search of problem
In Indiana, there are no known reports of health care professionals falsely marketing themselves as something they are not.
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Letters: Museum CEO lacks museum experience
Regarding Colette Pierce Burnette’s appointment to president and CEO of Newfields, I say congratulations to her.
Letters: RISE Indy has endorsed credible IPS candidates
We agree that in a district where 80% of students are non-white, the board should look like the families it represents: All three Rise-endorsed candidates this cycle are women of color.
Letters: ESG is good for companies
ESG is straightforwardly good capitalism. To subsidize coal, which a hundred years ago was the cheapest source of energy but no longer is, is not good capitalism.
Letters: Co-warehousing space helped firm grow
Rise Commercial District was instrumental to our growth at Moonshot Games.
Letters: Feldman column is spot on
IBJ needs to keep his thoughts in front of the legislators and the public.
Letters: An idea to balance the federal budget
If we implement this idea, we might balance the budget—or come really close to doing so. Charge businesses 25 cents to send one email to any email address. Don’t charge individuals or not-for-profits. Today, I got 488 emails in my junk box. It takes me time to sort those. Most are marketing spam or phishing […]
Letters: Money spent on rapid-transit buses is wasted
How much asphalt is under-utilized by buses running empty miles on dedicated bus lanes? Ask the contractors who put in the asphalt or the climate warriors who never speak of this massive waste of heat-reflecting asphalt (asphalt is a byproduct of fossil fuels, to boot).
Letters: Electronics plant boom is good for environment
Research from the Center for Climate and Trade shows that U.S. manufacturing is, across industries, much more carbon-efficient than the world average.
Letters: Column lacked real-world insight
The economy column analysis that customers pay the total tax load of businesses leaves out one constant: competition.
Letters: Corporations would pay the tax
Your columnists never mention that a C-corporation completes a tax return, then pays the tax owed, which reduces its reported earnings to shareholders.
Letters: Kavanaugh column hits the mark
Maurer’s words—“besmirched,” “betrayed” and “flam-flam”— remind us of what went on.
Letters: Where are fathers in abortion debate?
I do not understand recreational sex without birth control (IUDs, the pill, the shot, male condoms, female condoms, vasectomies, etc.) What is wrong with the concept of individual responsibility?
Letter to the Editor: Law is 32 years of work in progress
To achieve the vision set out by the ADA, we must do more.
Letters: Spend surplus on K-12, higher education
Indiana should offer the first year of community college at no cost to every high school graduate, regardless of their graduating GPA, and the second year at no additional cost for students who achieved a 2.5 GPA in their first year.
Letters: $20M subsidy in Carmel part of larger problem
Daniel Bradley’s thorough recap of Carmel’s redevelopment overreach [Residents of longtime Carmel neighborhood oppose $133M project, June 3] demonstrates once more how arrogant the city administration has become.
Leaking talent pipeline should be Indiana’s top priority
Two of the most significant challenges facing Indiana are improving the educational outcomes for all K-12 students and greatly elevating the postsecondary attainment levels of our adult workforce. Currently, Indiana is behind its competitor states in the race to develop and establish a well-skilled, well-educated workforce for the jobs of today and tomorrow. There are […]
Letter: ‘Complete Streets’ policy is worth passing
There are many components that lead to thriving, successful businesses. One of those components is an assurance of safe and easy access to those businesses for consumers. Sadly, many of our urban neighborhoods lack infrastructure like sidewalks, bike lanes and wheelchair cutouts that would make it safer and easier for residents of those neighborhoods to […]
Letter: Abortion ban would be regressive
My jaw dropped when I read Curt Smith’s column from the June 10 Forefront section of IBJ [Curt Smith: Overturning Roe is right choice for country]. To quote: “There will be vigorous debate as to whether state law should allow exceptions, such as the life of the mother, rape and incest.” Excuse me? The life […]
Letter: Did Lilly do an about-face?
Within the last two months, the Eli Lilly and Co. CEO makes a speech telling us that Indiana needs to get its education act together. Last week, Lilly announces a big project in Whitestown, Indiana.