EDITORIAL: Circle Centre mall needs help
The city should lead stakeholders to turn around one of the downtown’s jewels.
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LOU’S VIEWS: Abe Lincoln and mourning in America
A new Indiana State Museum exhibit looks at the presidential assassination and other Civil War casualties
DINING: Giordano’s likely to satisfy fans; others may wonder, ‘Why the fuss?’
Have you ever gone to a concert and thought, “Well, that was OK. But I don’t get what all of these people are screaming about?”
LOPRESTI: Remembering Dean Smith—and one of his biggest defeats
IU took down Smith’s top-ranked North Carolina team in the ’84 tournament, but Dan Dakich dwells on the game that came next.
MAURER: Purdue is finding way to stop brain drain
Numerous programs are succeeding in connecting graduates to Indiana and keeping them here.
EDITORIAL: Welcome new sharing services, keep the protection
The genie of service businesses consumers can connect with on their smartphones—like ride-sharing and room-sharing—can’t be put back in the bottle. Particularly popular with millennials, such services are here to stay. Indiana would be wise to create a welcome business climate for them, while protecting the safety of local residents. Legislation wending its way through the General Assembly looks on track to maintain that balance.
Keep talking about infrastructure needs
Thank you for [Sheila Kennedy’s Feb. 9 column] on the demise of our infrastructure. I’ve been making this point for years and I’m thrilled that it is getting some exposure.
Legal profession racing to navigate through storm
IBJ’s [Feb 9] coverage of the continuing decline in law school enrollments rightly highlights the challenges confronting both the schools and law graduates. I see evidence that these developments may prompt a period of accelerated reform.
CATE: Takeaways from the Anthem breach
There are more reasons to pay attention to the Anthem breach than just its size. There are practical lessons for us all.
RUSTHOVEN: Why won’t Obama say the obvious?
Selecting a kosher grocery to target was random? Killing people the killer targeted “because they were Jewish” was random?
FEIGENBAUM: Lawmakers belatedly turn attention to gambling
After an interim study committee—stacked with lawmakers favorable to gambling interests—recommended a series of items to help Indiana’s casinos and racinos compete with expanded gambling options in Illinois, Michigan and Ohio, it took until Feb. 12 for the principal bill to be heard in a House committee.
KIM: What investors can learn from last Super Bowl play
Outcome is the result, but doesn’t tell you anything about how that result was achieved. Outcome is about the “right now.
HICKS: New report starkly contrasts jobs polarization
Despite claims that the job market is unambiguously happy, there is real evidence of deepening problems.
SKARBECK: Rising ranks of ‘unicorns’ suggests bubble forming
While unicorns bestow wealth to a group of newly rich entrepreneurs, they might not be particularly profitable for investors.
HICKS: Today’s mobile workforce flocks to ‘great places’
Richard Florida’s writings popularized the notion of a “creative class” of workers, arguing that the workers held the key to a region’s prosperity and that the policies that attracted them would offer economic salvation.
MORRIS: Walker Center is treasure worth visiting
The building on Indiana Avenue is more than a historic landmark.
DINING: Mass Ave. mainstay launches a College Ave. grab-and-go
Takeout at R2Go is more than just a differently packaged version of what's on the main menu around-the-corner-and-down-the-block at its mothership, RBistro.
LOU’S VIEWS: Star-making at the Children’s Museum
It’s fun to see the contrasting “Annie” dresses. Older kids might look back fondly on the bygone days when Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man swung from cinematic rooftops.
LOPRESTI: NFL teams are retiring to off-season woes worse than ours
Others have more Lombardi trophies, but here are 31 reasons why it’s better to be a Colts fan.
Pence’s HIP 2.0 sends lifeline to rural hospitals
With the approval of the Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 waiver after months of negotiations, Gov. Pence and his administration are to be commended for their efforts to secure this innovative, affordable coverage program for those who need it most: our state’s working families.