Attitudes about social welfare can be divided into two utterly incompatible categories: The use of citizens’ tax monies to provide a safety net is viewed either as charity or as self-interest, properly understood.
Indiana University has announced a $55 million initiative—Prepared for Environmental Change—in collaboration with a bipartisan coalition of government, industry and community leaders. It is part of IU’s Grand Challenges commitment to address some of the most critical issues facing our state.
Indiana should try to boost the state’s anemic population growth and fuel its economy by pulling out all the stops to attract talent, starting with luring Hoosier ex-pats back home.
I like to think of new ideas as a network—a collection of observations, experiences, insights, relationships and creative thinking that systematically come together to form something new.
Want to see innovations? Turn your ankle as a college athlete. Or, for that matter, get with the program of trying to prevent turning your ankle.
The internet of things isn’t about making your toaster self-aware, it’s about making you more aware.
Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter. If you can’t do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.
If society is determined to help those with expensive medical problems, the way to do it is … well, by helping those with expensive medical problems.
A look inside the new mobile touring exhibition and a new book on Presidential visits to Indiana.
Bulldogs leave lopsided defeats behind, dispatch all state foes.
A popular saying among jurists declares, “The law should remain stable but never stand still.” Regarding an adherence to principles while also embracing innovation, this saying applies to businesses as well. My wife and I founded Ricker’s Oil Co. in our home in 1979. Like most small business owners, we had modest dreams and all […]
Hoosier millennials take one glance at the latest from the Statehouse and think: Why bother? The Indiana General Assembly’s work product is a result of policy priorities that wouldn’t be out of place on the set of “Happy Days.”
We need to stand up for the belief of justice for all, not just for those who can afford it.
A year away from writing this column turned into an eternity in politics, sports
From the outside, The Owner’s Wife seems to be doing its best to keep anyone from knowing it’s a restaurant and bar.
From the outside, The Owner’s Wife (608 Park Ave., 317-423-8765) seems to be doing its best to keep anyone from knowing it’s a restaurant and bar. The simple signage on the nondescript building on a side street off Massachusetts Avenue gives no hint of the pleasures inside and there’s no menu under glass to reveal […]
American Writers Museum includes Vonnegut, Riley and even a few scribes not from Indiana.
Impatient with your favorite team? If misery loves company, this is for you.
May 2 was a lollapalooza day in Indiana business, as three companies delivered significant news.
Indiana’s byzantine liquor laws recently provided a clean textbook example—a natural experiment—of the Law of Demand.
