HAHN: Closed-end fund might warrant a place in your portfolio
Closed-end funds are often actively managed, tend to have a narrow investment focus, use illiquid or thinly traded investments, and are structured to provide income.
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Sheri Fella: Embrace your infinite power to choose
I decided I needed to reframe the language I was using in my decision-making: “get to” versus “have to,” “want to” instead of “should.”
Letter: Help foreign students help our state economy
Paying more attention to, and providing incentives to, those talented foreign students who attend universities in the U.S. seems clearly a good idea
Mark Janis & Norman Hedges: We’re your patent lawyers—so fire us, please
When we lose clients, it means they have become successful enough to pay for legal services on their own.
Greg Morris: Car emissions battle gets airing in Forefront
I’ll support whatever vehicle you would like to drive. And if I want to drive my 3.5L V6 EcoBoost engine Ford Explorer SUV, then I expect the same support.
Editorial: ‘Music Cities’ initiative fits with broader economic strategy
Thousands of firms across the state struggle to find employees, in part because workers increasingly are deciding where to live based on quality of life, rather than where the jobs are.
Beverly Gard: We must better balance waterways, economy
The saying that lawmaking “is like making sausage” doesn’t begin to describe the ridiculousness of this process.
Una Osili: Because no one is born hating another human being
One important policy tool we can use to address racially motivated crimes is to enact anti-hate-crime legislation.
Ed DeLaney: Let’s call the hate-crime legislation Larry’s Law
I have been reluctant to name bills after people. That can seem coy. But I will make an exception here.
Deborah Hearn Smith: It’s time to return character to classrooms
It is great that Johnny can read, but does Johnny care for and respect himself and others?
Dana Black: The hypocrisy of state-funded vouchers
We know Catholic Church leaders don’t always fire people for not being good role models.
Baron Hill: Roncalli situation shows why vouchers are wrong
Let’s start respecting our public-school teachers again and give them the support and the dollars they need to get the job done.
Jennifer Ping: Roncalli should love and accept counselor, not fire her
Are there no Roncalli staff who have divorced, remarried, taken birth control or used in vitro fertilization to get pregnant? All are violations of the teachings of the Catholic Church.
John McDonald: We can protect food by helping farmers go high-tech
We have the ability to trace food from the field where it was grown all the way to your plate.
Anne Hathaway: The right to vote was earned, not granted
More women have voted than men in every presidential election since 1964.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: The trouble with Pence’s ‘Mother, may I?’ rules
Mr. Vice President, why not just say no? Isn’t that what you advocate to young people contemplating sex?
Bill Oesterle: Refugees could be answer to rural population decline
Out of 65 million refugees last year, Indiana took only about 2,000. With 37 counties losing population, why can’t that be 15,000 or 20,000?
Gerry Lanosga: Mitch Daniels is wrong about government transparency
Technological changes in record-keeping do not change the underlying principles of government accountability.
Adrianne Slash: It’s time for politicians to engage everyone
When parties, elected officials and candidates don’t engage with those who are newly excited about politics, it’s like finding out Santa isn’t real.
Jesse Kharbanda: Stand up for time-tested fuel-efficiency policy
When we stop industry-wide progress in how many miles we get from a gallon of gas, we’re likely stalling progress in reducing the amount of car exhaust we generate during our daily commutes.