MORRIS: Mayors remind us of path to progress
GIPC birthday brought together city leaders who knew how to achieve, in spite of politics.
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SKARBECK: Investors shouldn’t panic over higher interest rates
Regardless of the market’s short-term gyrations, stock values 20 years from now should be considerably higher than today.
BOHANON & STYRING: Worries about looming deflation are overblown
Near-zero interest rates were supposed to pep up the economy. Six years and 10 months later, economic growth has been positive, but anemic. The unemployment rate has fallen to 5.1 percent, but labor force participation rates are at record lows and full-time jobs are hard to find.
LOU’S VIEWS: Getting bearings at Indiana State Museum’s skateboard show
Try to wrap your head around why skateboard and rider don’t separate when both are 20 feet in the air. Imagine the calculations required to figure out how to stay on a halfpipe?
Save the trees when developing key corner
Developing around most of the trees adds so much to a development instead of cutting them all down and replacing them with stick trees.
Consider spreading out Hamilton County courts
Parking is already limited in downtown Noblesville. The number of courts being added would turn a quiet, charming downtown into a center for gridlock.
FRIEDMAN: Regional Cities, regional cage matches
The Regional Cities legislation was a lousy idea designed to divert Hoosiers from the notion that their state government should support all regions of our state. Instead, we are pitting one region against another, fighting for scraps from the state’s table.
Rusthoven: Obama’s troubling watershed moment
The president will prevail on his Iran deal. But it is the foreign policy counterpart of the Affordable Care Act—a policy change of historic significance, pushed by President Obama in the face of major public opposition.
MAURER: Let’s build the perfect presidential candidate
Absent any great choices, I’m daydreaming about who would get my vote.
EDITORIAL: Big-box tax appeals take heavy toll
As national retail giants seek to dramatically shrink the local property taxes they pay, they put at risk the budgets of schools, libraries and other local units of government that already struggle to make ends meet.
LOPRESTI: Queen of Indy sports putting final touches on legacy
If you haven’t been following Tamika Catchings, it’s time to start.
LOU’S VIEWS: Getting bearings at Indiana State Museum’s skateboard show
Try to wrap your head around why skateboard and rider don’t separate when both are 20 feet in the air. Imagine the calculations required to figure out how to stay on a halfpipe?
KIM: Bear-market funds can maul investors’ long-term returns
For the vast majority of investors, bear-market funds just don’t make sense.
BOHANON & STYRING: Efforts to dictate prices are destined to fail
Prices set below what a free-exchange market would determine result in shortages. Above-market prices produce unsold piles of surpluses.
DINING: At the intersection of meat and music sits Kuma’s Corner
Want to eat a massive burger while your pulse is pounded by Metallica’s greatest hits? Fountain Square has a new eatery for you.
Media lack evidence that LGBT measures bring jobs
IBJ’s front-page article flies directly in the face of these business arguments. As quoted, the city of Indianapolis, which already has anti-discrimination protections for LGBT, has seen reductions in both high-tech jobs and highly educated workers.
ANDERSON: Millennials are entitled, loyal, productive
We demand fast-paced work environments, a seat at the table, and constant change.
Ends and means—BlueIndy edition
In my classes, one of the things I emphasize to my students is the importance of process. The way in which you achieve a goal is often just as important—sometimes even more important—than the goal itself. This is, of course, a core precept of the rule of law. There are plenty of examples: efforts to […]
EDITORIAL: Let BlueIndy prove itself
That won’t be a panacea. Users must have a driver’s license and a credit card—two things often absent in low-income homes—to access the program. But BlueIndy creates one more option in a city with too few.
MORRIS: Here’s why I signed up for BlueIndy car-sharing
BlueIndy grows the city’s transportation options, and it could make my day easier.