MORRIS: Final Four fans, don’t judge all by actions of a few
The religious freedom furor of recent weeks isn’t a reflection of the Indianapolis you will experience.
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FERGUSON: Toward beneficent entrepreneurship
Beneficence, a bronze statue near my office at Ball State University, is a monument to innovation and philanthropy.
EDITORIAL: Echo chamber hurts Hoosiers
Let’s hope Indiana’s Republican leadership has learned a valuable lesson about hubris from the imbroglio they created over the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
KENNEDY: The perils of tunnel vision
The only thing one can say with any certainty about Indiana’s “religious freedom” bill is that Mike Pence didn’t have a clue.
FEIGENBAUM: RFRA drains Pence clout in session’s final weeks
In case you took your spring break on Mars, Indiana became the center of the political and policy universe over the real or perceived issues with the new Religious Freedom Restoration Act (we warned you about Indiana laws named for anything but a child).
RACE: Collaborate on agenda for an exceptional region
Other cities offer models for extending planning across county lines.
SKARBECK: Betting against Indiana would be losing strategy
I wholeheartedly agree with the theme advocated last week by fellow IBJ columnist Mickey Kim that, throughout our country’s history, a bet against America has been a bad bet.
KIM: More wisdom from Buffett: Don’t bet against America
Buffett believes in America and puts his money where his mouth is.
BOHANON & STYRING: Beware politicians’ boasts about jobless rates
The widely publicized unemployment rate is one of those chameleon numbers, where apparent good is sometimes bad, and vice versa. All is not always what it seems when you peek behind the wizard’s curtain.
LOU’S VIEWS: Children’s Museum bags kid-lit bestseller
Before the spunky Fiona showed her true colors in “Shrek,” fairy-tale tropes were turned upside down in “The Paper Bag Princess.” Ben Asaykwee’s theatrical adaptation does it justice.
MAURER: McClelland, a giant in entrepreneurship, retires
As president of Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana, Jim McClelland helped the least-productive people in our city gain a sense of dignity and self worth.
EDITORIAL: ‘Freedom’ bill is just the opposite
Indiana’s Republican-led General Assembly—refusing to cede a losing battle against the tide of history—has sullied Indiana’s reputation again, sending one more message of divisiveness.
LOPRESTI: Organized to the teeth for the Final Four, but for one detail
The Final Four is so close, you can almost hear the trombones in the pep bands. Look around downtown.
DINING: Creperie added to Mass Ave mix
I say vive la difference when it comes to eateries on Mass Ave, especially when a new taste in the area is presented in such a bright, fun way.
Children’s Museum bags kid-lit bestseller
Before the spunky Fiona showed her true colors in “Shrek” and before Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine went beyond “happy ever after” in their musical “Into the Woods,” fairy-tale tropes were turned upside down in “The Paper Bag Princess.” The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is giving the 3-million-plus-copy best-seller a fun, free-with-admission, created-by-Hoosiers production (through […]
FEIGENBAUM: Harris quietly got things done in the Legislature
Despite having served in the House since 1982, Earl Harris wasn’t familiar to most Hoosiers, not having served in posts from which lawmakers are elevated to the statewide public spotlight. Nor was Harris well-known outside Lake County for having authored signature legislation that galvanized or polarized Hoosiers.
No alarm over Indiana pensions
Concern about the Indiana Public Retirement System investment results [March 16] arises from a revolution in institutional investing that started in the 1960s.
Armbands for bigots
I loved Mickey Maurer’s [March 16] column, “If religion dictates, be prejudiced and proud.” I have an additional suggestion.
Common construction wage debate marred
Indiana’s common construction wage statute is being vilified in recent media releases using information that is almost laughably inaccurate. The releases espouse that public works projects such as schools, libraries, hospitals and the like can achieve savings of 20 percent by eliminating the common construction wage.
FRIEDMAN: Hoosiers throw Hoosiers under the bus
If I told you that a state agency, charged with protecting the interests of Hoosiers, actually endorsed the bid of an offshore equity fund to buy the Indiana Toll Road lease over a viable Hoosier bid, you wouldn’t believe it.