Originally conceived as an effort to reward those who had risked their lives for their country, the G.I. Bill had a number of other positive consequences: It raised the skill level of the American workforce and provided an avenue for social mobility.
GIPC birthday brought together city leaders who knew how to achieve, in spite of politics.
Regardless of the market’s short-term gyrations, stock values 20 years from now should be considerably higher than today.
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.
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?
Developing around most of the trees adds so much to a development instead of cutting them all down and replacing them with stick trees.
Parking is already limited in downtown Noblesville. The number of courts being added would turn a quiet, charming downtown into a center for gridlock.
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.
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.
Absent any great choices, I’m daydreaming about who would get my vote.
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.
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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?
For the vast majority of investors, bear-market funds just don’t make sense.
Prices set below what a free-exchange market would determine result in shortages. Above-market prices produce unsold piles of surpluses.
Want to eat a massive burger while your pulse is pounded by Metallica’s greatest hits? Fountain Square has a new eatery for you.
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.
We demand fast-paced work environments, a seat at the table, and constant change.
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 […]
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.
