LOPRESTI: The unlikely nerve center of Indiana high school basketball
John Harrell’s spare bedroom is a clearinghouse for the information coaches and fans count on.
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SKARBECK: Young people must harness the power of compounding
The secret to long-term financial success is “living below your means”—i.e. spending less than you earn while saving and investing the difference.
BOHANON & STYRING: How can our roads be more like Netflix?
Netflix, a for-profit enterprise, is able to collect enough in fees to keep its network thriving and sustainable.
MORRIS: Time to come out of our silos for the common good
The walls that have been built over the last eight years need to come down.
FEIGENBAUM: Even among GOP, compromises are a must
While some governors prefer to hold their legislative-agenda cards close to the vest before bully-pulpit time, Holcomb appears to want to get the legislative train rolling and doesn’t appear to be harboring any major programs announcement for the State of the State speech.
WOLLEY: Embracing the ‘beloved community’ in the Trump era
After an acrimonious election cycle where large swaths of the voting public were attacked because of their religion, ethnicity, gender or impairments—or were characterized as “deplorables”—I believe there is an appetite for something different in our civic discourse.
SMITH: African-American’s win in AG race is sign of progress
Curtis Hill, running statewide for the first time and as a Republican no less, secured more votes than any candidate in Indiana’s 200-year history.
DINING: Broad Ripple’s Brothers gets roomy downtown sibling
I strongly suggest an initial order of Wisconsin World Famous Cheese Curds, the airier cousin to the mozzerella stick.
SHELLA: Media background doesn’t make politicians media-friendly
There is no need to feel sorry for the media. Reporters and editors signed up for this treatment, and if they don’t have thick skin, they should get some. But we all benefit from true journalism and it should be encouraged.
LOU’S VIEWS: Obsession permeates artist Sarah Hobbs’ distressing habitats
Latest IMOCA show showcases rooms in which overcompensation is a primary resident.
LOPRESTI: Indiana puzzles, Swanigan dominates at the halfway mark
This college basketball season has seen big successes and colossal collapses.
URBAN DESIGN: Downtown Indy could take big strides in 2017
From Mass Ave to White River, here’s what to look for in the year ahead.
KIM: Profits, ‘animal spirits’ may drive up stocks in ’17
If the animal spirits of capitalism stir and result in a shift in motivation from safety to profit, the results could be impressive.
BOHANON & STYRING: Pre-K isn’t as effective as proponents say
Do kids who go through Head Start-type programs ultimately wind up learning more than comparable kids who don’t? The answer is pretty clearly no.
LETTER: IPL should find better option for coal-ash ponds
Clean drinking water sounds like something all Hoosiers should stand for.
LETTER: Hudnut had important impact on neighborhoods
Mayor William Hudnut’s passing leaves a special legacy for Indy’s neighborhoods.
LETTER: For-sale housing needed for downtown growth
Many current downtown renters would like to buy downtown—but the limited inventory hinders that move.
SMITH: State, city should be friendlier for e-cigarettes
Policymakers understandably have concerns about e-cigarettes, including whether vaping will attract new customers who are not current smokers. To date, research both here and in Europe suggests this is exceedingly rare.
NEFF: Panning for gold: innovation in health care
Business decisions are balancing acts of risk and reward. So to create a flow of business opportunities requires creating a different frame of reference, one that is organizationally tolerated or, ideally, encouraged.
DAVISON: Bridging the Indy-area workforce gap
For central Indiana talent to fulfill our developing need, the region must bridge the workforce gap. The good news is that work has begun through the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership and its recent initiative, Ascend Indiana.