KIM: Big stocks’ strength masked weakness of overall market
The major stock market indexes showed flattish performance in 2015, but only because the largest-capitalization stocks did well.
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BOHANON & STYRING: Quest for growth faces demographic headwinds
A low birth rate coupled with extended life spans for old folks is a recipe for an economic squeeze.
Don’t forget the ‘T’ in LGBT
If Pence falls into the trap of thinking SB100 adequately addresses LGBT protections, then Indiana businesses should expect the same nationwide response we received to RFRA.
Friedman’s toll road idea was ‘lead balloon’ of 2015
Shaw Friedman has once again attempted to attack the state’s most successful public initiative in recent memory, the 2006 lease of the Indiana Toll Road.
Barlow’s gun rhetoric does a disservice
Marcus, I have to call it as it is. You are part of the problem. We don’t have to outlaw all guns to improve the situation. There is a reasonable middle ground.
Time to shut off Dan Carpenter’s drivel
I found his comments about two people he saw in a Broad Ripple restaurant that he designated as “Tea Party voters” that he described as “two fleshy white guys with their ball caps and baggy shorts and piled plates at the next table … open-carry warriors and pure haters of all things Obama and ‘foreign’” as offensive!
JOSEPH: The Uber-ization of small business
While everyone from massage therapists to dog walkers wants to be the next Uber, the calculus is much more complex than the trend would indicate.
HOGSETT: Let’s not let partisanship poison Indy
Political operatives have become skilled at discerning what voters want, but this has caused our elected representatives to forget that our system sometimes requires they do more than merely mirror the most vocal of their electorate and conduct themselves accordingly.
EDITORIAL: Pence’s muddled speech lacked leadership
Indiana is a divided state and Gov. Mike Pence, in his fourth State of the State address, did little to unite it.
MAURER: The Hall of Fame case for McGinnis
Big George was a great basketball player, but his on-court achievements don’t tell the full story.
Drug ads drive up prices, offer no clear benefits
Tony Cox failed to point out that we are only one of very few countries in the world that allow direct-to-consumer advertising.
HENDERSON: It’s time to try racing driverless cars
It’s time to consider that, not only is technology evolving, but people are having a blast with the possible futures.
KENNEDY: The unforeseen impact of Citizens United
As a blogger for the Washington Monthly recently put it, the billions of dollars being spent to support the various presidential candidates have yielded, at best, a “mixed bag” of results.
EDITORIAL: College dropouts deserve second chance
The Indiana Higher Education Commission’s push to lure recent college dropouts back to campus is a smart move that can pay off economically statewide.
DINING: Southwestern saloon Reata saddles onto Meridian
If any conventioneers ask you where to go for line dancing within walking distance, you now know what to tell them.
LOU’S VIEWS Senior stars shake it in Chicago’s ‘Gotta Dance’
Plus a bigamist in Beef & Boards’s “Run for Your Wife” and “Lloyd and Harvey’s” variety show at the White Rabbit.
INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE: Will Pence take a stand or take a pass on LGBT rights?
The Republican governor is expected to talk about the controversial issue during his State of the State address on Jan. 12.
LOPRESTI: 2015 Colts were champions of unexpected outcomes
Almost nothing went as expected, right down to the decision to keep Chuck Pagano.
MORRIS: We need a leader who can unite us
Until Obama, I always considered myself middle-of-the-road politically.
SKARBECK: Long term outlook? Illiquid options work well
Investors who have long-term outlooks and the temperament to hold less-liquid securities, can take advantage of the opportunities presented in illiquid markets by scooping up stocks and bonds at discount prices.