GALLAGHER: For a first impression, look at a city’s streets
Streets are a city’s first ambassadors. Most in downtown Indianapolis, however, don’t live up to our standards of hospitality.
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GUY: The myth of ‘my favorite teacher’
Being popular in the classroom does not necessarily translate into being effective.
McROBBIE: Blocking out larger world is no solution
We should be looking for ways to come together, and to lower barriers by increasing our understanding of different cultures and the complex issues that too often tear us apart.
MAURER: Pence’s brand of Christianity repels me
Unlike our governor, others manage to live their faith without picking winners and losers.
EDITORIAL: Pence off course with roads-funding plan
The governor has floated a misguided, $1 billion plan that relies on appropriating $150 million more per year, borrowing $240 million and spending down the state’s fiscal reserves by a similar amount.
LOU’S VIEWS: Pleasures sporadic in ‘Irma Vep’ mystery mash-up at the IRT
A vampire, a werewolf, a groundsman with a wooden leg and more are gamely played by two actors, abetted by a backstage crew choreographing costume changes.
DINING: Former O’Charley’s spiced up as Jiallo’s
African-Caribbean Cuisine restaurant sets up shop in International Marketplace district.
Food-desert legislation deserving of support
More than 20 percent of the population in five of the eight counties in the metro area live in food deserts.
All the LGBT coverage is getting tiresome
What percent of your paper and ink have you devoted to this matter which affects maybe 2-3 percent of the people?
LOPRESTI: Indiana’s Division I arenas packed with history, charm
After a tour of 10 college venues in 20 days, which one shines the brightest?
WILLIAMS: Lessons learned from our friend Denver Hutt
Hutt was the change we wanted to see, and there is plenty of wisdom that can be drawn from her work helping build Indianapolis’ innovation community.
KENNEDY: Religious liberty—one more time
The U.S. Constitution protects citizens’ right to believe anything. It does not, however, protect an untrammeled right to act on the basis of religious doctrine.
MORRIS: As milestones approach, the best is yet to come
A big birthday and a couple of significant anniversaries are cause for reflection, anticipation.
INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE: Broad support not enough to save work-share bill
Big business and labor both support legislation that would let companies cut workers’ hours during downturns but let the employees collect partial unemployment. But Gov. Mike Pence’s administration says it would be expensive to implement and so the bill will die.
Assertive analyst takes Klipsch owner to woodshed
The stock market value for Voxx today is just $118 million—far less than it paid just for Klipsch, one of a long list of acquisitions it made dating back a decade.
SKARBECK: As gloom-and-doomers fret, the wise go bargain hunting
The S&P 500 has fallen 10 percent in the first 11 trading days of 2016. It’s as if someone flipped the sell switch on Jan. 4 and left it on. Predictably, the gloom-and-doomers are out in force.
BOHANON & STYRING: Ethanol has lost its glow, but subsidies live on
Ethanol, the wonder fuel, has turned out to be a wonder flop. But corn ethanol has powerful interests protecting the subsidy, such as corn farmers and ethanol companies. Those who bear the costs of the ethanol subsidy are the widely dispersed and disorganized members of the general public.
INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE: Pence’s port plan could provide big economic punch
Indiana has one of the busiest port systems in the nation, even though it’s 600 miles from an ocean. Adding a fourth port could boost economic development in southeastern Indiana but also help businesses across the state distribute their products or obtain raw materials.
FORESTAL: Stop diverting gas taxes to uses other than roads
Let us repurpose existing revenue to roads, pursue more federal assistance, and use our budget surplus to fix our roads.