DINING: Clay Terrace newcomer fights to stand out in burger niche
At Prodigy Burger & Bar, order correctly and the hot stuff gets delivered on a mini-skillet.
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LOU’S VIEWS: At Newfields, a little light music
The grounds outside the Indianapolis Museum of Art electrify the holidays.
SKARBECK: Patrick Industries soars after surviving recession
A great example of a management team that skillfully navigated the brutal economy of 2008-2009 and, over the ensuing nine years, grew a spectacular business is Elkhart’s Patrick Industries.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Be thankful for our private property rights
The pilgrims discovered the hard way the weaknesses in the communal-property-rights model.
LOPRESTI: Holtmann adjusting to basketball life at a football school
At Chris Holtmann's new coaching home, there are no live bulldogs, no student body dressed in blue. Not even any windows in the roof at the Schottenstein Center.
EDITORIAL: Leadership void imperils mall
As the mall’s corridors decline steadily, with vacant storefronts increasing and second-tier tenants like an indoor-miniature-golf course replacing national chains, no one is stepping up publicly to champion a solution.
McROBBIE: Delivering value beyond school walls
This fall at IU, we have seen a record 5,066 students enrolled in more than 115 online degrees and over 2,000 online courses offered by IU, a 4 percent increase over last year’s record.
CLARK: Virtual schools save students
Most families turn to virtual education because they have been left behind by the traditional school model in some way.
URBAN DESIGN: The pedestrian revolution rediscovered and applied
Decades-old attempts to remake streets for pedestrians failed, but today’s don’t have to.
PETTINGA: Bring airport sculpture back
The airport “refresh” would be a great time to reinstall James Willie Faust’s Chrysalis sculpture. It’s currently wrapped in plastic and stored in the airport’s basement.
WRIGHT: Congress must stabilize insurance market
One of the main reasons the individual market is unstable is because it lacks enough young, healthy enrollees paying premiums to offset the claim costs of older, sicker enrollees.
MURTLOW: Hand-raisers needed to fight rising poverty
What’s clear to us at United Way of Central Indiana is that business as usual is no longer a viable option. That’s why we’re investing in organizations, programs and initiatives that address the deep-seated and increasingly complex causes of poverty.
DINING: Neal Brown’s latest, Stella, shines
Mediterranean magic is happening in the former Pizzology spot on Mass Ave.
LOPRESTI: Feeling down? Let’s try to find a bright side of Colts’ blight
The Colts have found a foolproof way of not being pounded by the New England Patriots in the playoffs.
KIM: Gifts for college education easier to make than ever
Instead of getting sucked into Black Friday’s vortex of excessive holiday consumerism, consider giving a gift that will last a lifetime.
BOHANON & CUROTT: No enthusiasm for cuts among those not taxed
it looks like the GOP will do what it has always done: Offer zero taxes to an increasing proportion of the population to buy growth-enhancing tax cuts elsewhere.
SKARBECK: Identify good management for successful investing
While financial statements provide the numbers used to value a business, management policies are more subjective, and it takes time to determine whether their strategies were effective.
BOHANON & STYRING: No movement toward a rules-based Fed
A constant debate in every Macroeconomics class since at least 1975 is, to what extent can or should the Federal Reserve provide policy certainty?
LOU’S VIEWS: Broadway roundup includes glorious musical newcomer ‘The Band’s Visit’
Plus “Come From Away,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “The Play That Goes Wrong,” “Miss Saigon” and “A Bronx Tale.”
DINING: Brisket, soup among new Fieldhouse fare
It’s not just the Pacers players who are unknown quantities this season. So are some of the food offerings. Until now.