KIM: Don’t let presidential race derail investing strategy
Making an anxiety-based change today because of your political beliefs is more likely to be harmful than letting this partisan storm pass us by.
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BOHANON & STYRING: Improving welfare programs not an easy task
Why work or find a better-paying job if it makes you no better off? Pretty much everyone agrees this is lousy, but no one yet has come up with a good answer.
LOU’S VIEWS: Great game hunting at Gen Con 2016
The mission: Find 10 new games that would appeal to a range of gamers. The results: A varied lot that includes test tubes, Vikings, bomb diffusion, and a charades variant.
LOPRESTI: John Daly was champ with long drive no one saw coming
The big-hitter’s PGA title followed a series of unlikely events.
LETTER: Let teachers teach
Policymakers should set the standards and then get out of the way.
LETTER: Marian University finances are strong
We remain grateful to Michael Evans. Without the nearly $10 million he has already donated to Marian University, we would not have been able to open the state’s first new medical school in more than a century
URBAN DESIGN: It’s time to put trees on the city’s priority list
Indy’s urban canopy leaves something to be desired, but concerted effort could change that.
ROBERTSON: GOP women must demand to be heard
As a party, we are going to have to get serious about promoting and actually listening to women.
KENNEDY: Questions for a new candidate
ERIC Holcomb’s decision to tie himself firmly to Pence’s record—a record many of us thought would elect John Gregg in November—raises a number of interesting questions.
HOOSIER BEACON: Pierre Goodrich: champion of ideas
Goodrich did not see liberty as an option, something people merely desire. He saw it as an absolute necessity, without which no one could develop fully and make important contributions to society.
HART: Visiting Indiana businesses can feel like a world tour
We have been able to marry Hoosier ingenuity and work ethic with Japanese manufacturing practices and long-term thinking, and we aren’t the only company succeeding by forging two cultures.
EDITORIAL: Tax-revenue dip cause for concern
Year-over-year tax receipts fell in fiscal year 2016 —for the second time in the past three years. That’s notable because the drops came during relatively good economic times.
McCarthy, Trump, the Tribune and Fox
Why do people blindly accept hyperbole? Why do so many accept the unsupported generalizations of conservative talk show hosts?
DINING: Latest Indian eatery on Michigan Road offers something different
Hyderabad House offers 16 varieties of biryani, a dish made with basmati rice.
LOU’S VIEWS: In ‘Underground Airlines,’ the Civil War never happened
Plus other book news, including a local writer about to enter the Marvel universe.
LOPRESTI: Don’t confine your college football to one stadium
With a Go Anywhere Pass you could hit these don’t-miss games in the season to come.
LETTER: Progress takes cooperation
We deplore any action or inaction that deepens inequities.
LETTER: Convention biz is strong
Indy is poised for more record-breaking results for CIB revenue, hotel rooms sold and revenue, and industry jobs and wages in the near- to mid-term.
SUTTON: Brexit could mean cheaper bonds for local government
For cities, towns, higher education, schools and other bond issuers, this is an economically advantageous and prudent time to issue new bonds or refinance existing ones.
MORRIS: Help save lives by donating blood
Join the IBJ blood drive as region continues to bounce back from a critical shortage.