SEAT: Conservatives should be more like Bernie Sanders
It’s the inability to fully grasp and respect human emotion that puts conservatives, and their allied partisans the Republicans, in a bind.
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MILLER: Regardless of party, we must band together to stop Trump
The truth does not hold Trump back. He has been called out on his lies countless times, but that does not stop him.
WAGNER: Gregg-Pence outcome to set stage for fascinating 2020
The do-over battle between John Gregg and Mike Pence will either lead to the second term of a governor who’s proven unable to resist wading into divisive social issues or the first term of a governor whose main campaign message was not being the other guy.
Indianapolis’ blitz of self-improvement initiatives
We aren’t just planning for the upside of Indy; there are plans to address the disparities inherent in being two different cities in one place—the “two cities gap.”
DANIELS: What should change in wake of massacre in Orlando?
There is a natural tension between our desire to keep people safe and to secure the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. In the aftermath of a terrorist act, we need to be particularly careful about how we balance these two important goals.
MASSON: It’s time to think big about our plans for 2116
There is really no reason to lack ambition when we consider the possibilities.
ROOB: City’s transit vision built upon fanciful thinking
How would a train-like bus benefit more than a very small portion of the community? Is it equitable to charge someone for a service they likely never will use or for that matter even see? I just do not get it.
HUBER and SULLIVAN: Transit tax increase a worthy investment in city’s future
A yes vote for mass transit is a vote for growth and for giving local workers and families a better opportunity to reach the middle class through education and employment. It’s a vote to bring new investment to struggling neighborhoods, and to make our city even more appealing to new talent and business.
DINING: Louisville breakfast chain hatches downtown location
Louisville-birthed Wild Eggs adds a solid morning dining option to the foot of Mass Ave.
LOU’S VIEWS: Big names and lesser-knowns shine at IMA
“19 Stars of Indiana” includes Bill Blass, the Overbeck Sisters, and more.
HOOSIER BEACONS: Billy Sunday, baseball star turned evangelist
As a young man a century ago, Billy Sunday abandoned a lucrative career as a professional baseball player to become a preacher, a calling at which he became so effective that he eventually preached to 125 million people without the aid of broadcasting.
LOPRESTI: Summer, a time of optimism before the scoreboards work
From the pros to collegiate sports, Indiana teams seem well positioned for upcoming seasons.
Building Red Line isn’t a 21st century solution
We need a 21st century answer to transit problems that is flexible, mobile and responsive to population movements.
IPL’s balanced strategy serves customers well
The path we have chosen allows us to balance the affordability for our customers and the impact on the environment.
FAENZI: Indiana’s proud legacy of stone
Just at the time we wished to create monuments to America’s greatness, limestone was discovered as a premier building material.
KENNEDY: Questions for Mike Pence
The governor thus “doubled-down” on his previous endorsement of Donald Trump, raising a number of questions about the extent to which he also endorses the various positions Trump has taken and the many controversial statements he has made.
MAURER: Me, my shadow and lessons learned
‘Don’t eat the pie’ and other advice from the business trenches.
EDITORIAL: Circle Centre needs plan to secure future
Circle Centre's size and location, filling more than two entire blocks in the heart of downtown, make the mall critical to the city’s considerable convention and tourism business.
KIM: Is federal EB-5 program cash-for-visas boondoggle?
Since developers know foreign investors’ principal motivation under EB-5 is migration, not return on investment, they view EB-5 as a source of extremely cheap financing.
BOHANON & STYRING: If mass transit is so efficient, why the subsidies?
Mass transit in central Indiana once was a thriving private-sector business. Before about 1930, the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Co. profitably operated electric streetcars throughout the city.