Some will contend that Indiana finally “got with it” when it amended the Indiana Constitution to allow state-run lotteries, but the financial damage done to Hoosiers least able to afford it can’t be measured.
Steve says the proposed business is “an asset to our neighborhood.” That’s an assumption which stands to be proven.
Since Indiana is one of the few states with partisan mayoral elections, it provides a test bed for a host of questions regarding the relationship between national and local politics.
The bustling city we inhabit today owes its existence to Richard Lugar, Bill Hudnut and others who were willing to stick their necks out to do the right thing.
An update on why creativity is as important as intelligence in business success.
The battle between a Monarch Beverage Co. affiliate and liquor wholesalers in the state is the latest reminder that the Legislature should bring into the modern era state statutes that govern the sale of alcoholic beverages.
It’s hard to believe, but Sept. 11, 2016, marks the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. While the memories are painful, we must never forget.
If government establishes tax loopholes, can we blame taxpayers for taking advantage of the provisions?
The demand for opioid drives the supply, and Indiana falls woefully short ontreatment options to curb demand.
Many, if not most, of the people I meet have been touched in some way by the prescription-painkiller epidemic plaguing our state and our country.
Since the 1990s, we’ve seen two broad social changes that few observers would have expected to happen together. First, youth culture has become less violent, less promiscuous and more responsible. Childhood in the United States is safer than ever before. Teenagers drink and smoke less than previous generations did. The millennial generation has fewer sexual […]
We have gotten so used to seeing college presidents caving in to so many outrageous demands from gangs of bullying students that it is a long overdue surprise to see that at least one major university has shown some backbone. Dr. Robert J. Zimmer, president of the University of Chicago, has spoken out in the […]
So now Donald Trump is campaigning for the black vote. (Long, awkward pause.) Like so much of what Trump has said and done, this new outreach forces writers like me to conduct scatological studies, framing Trump’s actions in their historical and intellectual absurdity. But, here we go. Trump, who got just 1 percent of support […]
Cut the trees. Bury the lines. Do what needs to be done.
The modern reality is that Indiana continues to lead the nation in the percentage of our workforce employed in manufacturing. And the level of employment in such jobs has risen continually since the Great Recession began.
The state’s economy added more than 11,000 jobs in July and more Hoosiers were working than ever before. Unemployment is at 4.6 percent and the state’s workforce participation rate is 65.4 percent—the national average is 62.8 percent.
An honest look at kids these days suggests they are probably doing a little better than we were.
We won’t always agree. How boring would that be? But we can, and should, at the very least listen.
Trump has given us no basis to judge what we can expect from a his presidency on the major issues facing the country.
This year in Indiana, we are seeing some of the most amazing paint and polish jobs I’ve ever seen in my life.
