LOU’S VIEWS: Music City earns its moniker
About 36 hours in Nashville, TN, revealed a town that truly embraces the music that made it famous. And knows how to show visitors a good time.
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DINING: Family parlays Fat Tuesday party into restaurant
Borel’s Cajun & Creole Cookery offers eight Cajun concoctions, seven po-boys, and a quartet of desserts. First timers are advised to try a Try Any Three combo.
LOPRESTI: Customized holiday carols celebrate Indiana’s teams
Yes, it’s time to put sport to song. Christmas carols, to be exact, slightly altered.
BEEBE: Cummins connects in downtown Indianapolis in more ways than one
When the new Cummins distribution headquarters is completed downtown in 2016, it will change the skyline. But this building is going to—and should—do a lot more for downtown, including bringing increased connectivity to east-side neighborhoods and setting new standards for how we approach design and development of our urban core.
Bring local workers into job projects
There are many things about representing Indianapolis that make me proud. However, we are still using limited tax dollars to incentivize out-of-state contractors to hire out-of-state workers to build right here in Indianapolis.
A qualified vote for mail-in voting
“Mail-in voting” has many merits [Ryerson Viewpoint, Dec. 8]. I find it a bit strange here in Indiana that there seems to be a lack of well documented, well publicized information prior to any election.
KENNEDY: Failure of imagination could stop here
There is a fair amount of evidence for the proposition that our fraying social fabric is a consequence of the fear and disorientation produced by ever-more-rapid social change.
MORRIS: Lamkin deserving of Whistler award
I’m fortunate in my job to meet and get to know some extraordinary people. Martha Lamkin is one of those special people who continue to inspire others with tireless community service efforts.
EDITORIAL: Curry, Thomas should explain Bennett investigation
Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry and state Inspector General David Thomas should acknowledge the mysteries swirling around an investigation into former state schools chief Tony Bennett and explain to Hoosiers exactly what happened, and how it won’t happen again.
Kim: Let state help shoulder the high cost of college
This holiday season, skip buying the got-to-have whatever and consider establishing or making a gift to a young person’s 529 plan account. Not only is it a gift that will last a lifetime, but if you’re an Indiana resident, the state will pick up 20 percent of the cost.
Hicks: Falling oil prices teach many economic lessons
The sharp drop in crude oil prices has caught many economists by surprise, me included.
MAURER: Let’s explore the geography of trust
More than once I have suggested to employees, partners and colleagues that we not do business in certain countries. One of those countries is California.
EDITORIAL: End the quarreling between Ritz, reformers
The governor should appoint the education chief, making the state’s top elected official responsible for public education—in 2020.
Government can’t fix causes of the working poor
Though I often disagree with Sheila Suess Kennedy, I found her [Dec. 1] column regarding ALICE—Asset Limited, Income Constrained and Employed—to be right on target.
RYERSON: Mail-in voting works in the real world
The results? Virtually no reported cases of fraud and a turnout that favored the GOP far more than Democrats.
RUSTHOVEN: The facts on Ferguson are stubborn
John Adams knew that dictates of passion could defeat facts and evidence. What we now simply call “Ferguson” is a sad example.
LOPRESTI: 3 IUPUI players with degrees in hand have rare perspective
Meet Marcellus Barksdale. And Khufu Najee. And DavRon Williams. College-degree holders, all. Doing postgraduate work, all. And IUPUI Jaguar players, all.
DINING: New vegetarian eatery takes root in City Market
Three Carrots offers sandwiches, muffins, and more. But how will a quartet of meat eaters react?
LOU’S VIEWS: John Green, Cathy Day, Dan Wakefield and more contibute to charity anthology
Indy Writes Books, the first anthology from Indy Reads, has hit the shelves. Here are some highlights.
DINING: Stroll in Zionsville turns up above-par sub shop, decadent snacks
Thoughts on Sub 16, the Scoop, and Inga’s Popcorn, each of which has its own distinct pleasures.