HASLER: Indiana is lifting the future of flight
At the Purdue Research Foundation, we’re proud to be part of the statewide network that’s supporting the incredible growth in aerospace businesses we’re seeing today across Indiana.
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HOLT: Freight railroads grow economy
Indiana is home to one of the largest rail infrastructures in the nation. Not only do freight railroads deliver the things we depend on each day, but they are also an economic development engine.
MORRIS: Zoo prize finalists are inspiration
This conservation effort and the zoo that sponsors it deserve your support.
EDITORIAL: Candidates for governor need solid power plans
Republic Eric Holcomb and Democrat John Gregg each endorse an “all of the above” energy strategy. But we’d like to see the candidate for governor be more specific about how they’ll move Indiana beyond coal over the long term.
COUNCIL: A monument to blacks that’s meant for all races
Being the first black reporter at IBJ, the Smithsonian’s new African-American museum spoke to me in a special way. But it can also speak to people of any race—as long as they’re willing to listen.
LOPRESTI: Every sport has its Vinatieri, bless that ageless right leg
Let’s meet others who are the oldest in their sport.
LETTER: Styring forgets the market
In a defined contribution plan, employers generally pick a handful of funds and tell the employee to invest in that group and that alone.
LETTER: Make park the priority
Brownsburg is missing a grand, and rare, opportunity for a new urban park edge along the town’s north entry gateway.
LETTER: East needs higher incomes
The east side already has a plethora of low-income housing and resources.
ROKITA: Feds to blame for ITT collapse
Neither ITT, nor any business, could bear the crushing weight of the decrees issued by unelected activists holed up in some of the federal bureaucracies that have taken over our lives, both corporately and individually.
KENNEDY: Too many Americans don’t vote ‘correctly’
What constitutes a “correct” vote has nothing to do with voting for an objectively superior candidate; instead, casting a “correct” vote means, for purposes of this research, voting for the candidate whose positions are most closely aligned with those of the voter.
MAURER: Stethoscope-clad sleuth still at it
Dr. Eric Prystowsky continues to solve medical mysteries, almost 20 years after this big case.
KIM: How does the Fed raise or lower interest rates?
If you’re wondering just what the Fed is and how it raises (or lowers) interest rates, you’re not alone.
BOHANON & STYRING: Don’t tie hands of Hoosier pension fund managers
There is a suggestion that our public pension fund managers dedicate some of the $25 billion in assets to Indiana firms only. It is argued this will spur economic development. This is a Bad Idea.
Police violence: American epidemic, American consent
Another set of black men killed by the police—one in Tulsa, Oklahoma, another in Charlotte, North Carolina. Another television cycle in which the pornography of black death, pain and anguish are exploited for visual sensation and ratings gold. And yes, another moment of mistakenly focusing on individual cases and individual motives and individual protests instead […]
Our presidential predicament this election season
There is no point denying or sugar-coating the plain fact that the voters this election year face a choice between two of the worst candidates in living memory. A professor at Morgan State University summarized the situation by saying that the debates may enable voters to decide which is the “less insufferable” candidate to be […]
All the catty talk is coming from Trump Tower
Let’s stop being so hard on Donald Trump. He has done us an enormous public service. After this down-and-dirty battle of the sexes, we will never look at gender in politics the same way. For centuries, women were seen as unfit to hold public office. Ambition, power and business were the province of men. Unlike […]
IRELAND: The world still looks to America
Because of our unique shared history and values as Americans, we have a unique capacity to lead across continents. That is a quality no one politician can take away.
ROOB: Next governor must tackle the fiscal fate of Indy
Despite honest, bi-partisan leadership over 40 years, despite an amazing transformation from a manufacturing-based economy to a service and innovation economy, despite keeping the Pacers and luring the Colts, Indianapolis faces the seeming inevitable decline that has overtaken so many Midwestern cities.
SHABAZZ: A few thoughts on free speech in a sensitive world
If someone has a problem with something this country is doing, they have every right to peacefully protest. I did not say riot; I said protest.