MAURER: Let’s build the perfect presidential candidate
Absent any great choices, I’m daydreaming about who would get my vote.
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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.
LOPRESTI: Trying to be optimistic about Indiana college football
Failure on the gridiron is all too familiar here, so don’t overlook these recent highlights.
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.
LOU’S VIEWS: Children’s Museum highlights faith journeys
Combining photos with audio, video, artifacts and architectural re-creations, “National Geographic Sacred Journeys” follows the spiritual treks of four fictional young people.
BOHANON & STYRING: Let’s put the gas-price-conspiracy theory to rest
A much more plausible explanation is, there was a mechanical breakdown at BP’s Whiting refinery.
SKARBECK: ‘Conservative’ strategies can lead investors astray
What does it mean to be a conservative investor? Most of us would describe ourselves as conservative, which usually means we don’t want to take risks that will lose money. Yet in certain circumstances, investors might believe they are taking a conservative approach, only to discover they were exposed to unforeseen risks. Investors in oil […]
2015-2016 A&E Season Preview
A seasoned arts-goer? Someone returning after a hiatus? An adventurer looking to try something new? Here are more than 125 events that could get you excited about the season.
LOPRESTI: How does Wayne’s treason fit among annals of turncoats?
Reggie Wayne is a New England Patriot. What next, Urban Meyer as a spokesman for Pure Michigan?
KIM: Long-term investors let volatility be their friend
We’re biologically wired to avoid losses at any cost, and the bad memories of 2008 are still fresh. So it is perfectly understandable that investors are having a visceral reaction and feeling a great deal of anxiety. By the same token, we believe investors must overcome these biases in order to succeed.