Budget amendment wastes money, minds
Peter Rusthoven states [Jan. 19 Taking Issue] that a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget will “protect the state” when the economy turns down.
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FRANK: How to solve Carmel’s physician shortage
Stuffy nose and shaking chills? Need a doctor? Good luck finding one in Hamilton County. As an influenza epidemic races through Indiana and Obamacare demands that you select your primary care physician (PCP), many in suburban Indianapolis cannot find a health care provider.
RUSTHOVEN: Belichick’s record deflated by dodgy style
The Patriots under Coach Bill Belichick epitomize the “win at any cost” mind-set that’s despicable whether context is business or politics or sports.
MAURER: Follow Gov. McNutt and do the right thing
How should immigrants be treated? A legendary Indiana governor’s example applies today.
EDITORIAL: Refocus outrage over Pence’s Just In news agency to watchdog work
Critics of Gov. Mike Pence’s proposed news service, Just IN, should now redirect their energy in support of three bills in the Legislature that would encourage government agencies to operate in the open—a critical ingredient for a factual, fair and independent press.
FEIGENBAUM: Education, energy, ag legislation gain momentum
The bill count topped 1,200 before the end of January, and that figure, of course, doesn’t include the scores of amendments you’ll see before the end of April.
RACE: Drafting smart agenda for downtown growth
Plan 2020 is a good start toward building on, refining successes of the past.
SKARBECK: How Switzerland bank wreaked currency havoc
Financial markets were rocked on Jan. 15 when the Swiss National Bank surprised the world by removing its three-year cap on the Swiss franc/euro exchange rate.
HICKS: Bill for Rockport gasification plant is job killer
Rockport was not a privately feasible operation in 2005, so the state offered a number of energy purchase agreements to support its construction. Suffice it to say that what was a marginally bad idea in 2005 is a profoundly bad idea in 2015.
DINING: Having a ball … or a whole plate of them … on Mass Ave
For some, the meatball is an obligatory pairing with spaghetti. For a new Mass Ave restaurant, it’s an orb on which an entire business is based.
LOU’S VIEWS: Wurm worms his way into the mind at the IMA
Empty platforms. Instructional drawings. Everyday objects. In “Erwin Wurm: Euclidean Exercises," visitors are prompted to stand on the platforms and pose.
FEIGENBAUM: Lawmakers weighing overwhelming stack of bills
Many of the new House and Senate members ran on limited, simplistic campaign platforms, and—because few had seriously contested general election campaigns—they had little opportunity to educate themselves on more than a handful of big-picture matters.
Pence education agenda would push state ahead
Because of the vital role education plays in Indiana’s future, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee recently voted to endorse Gov. Pence’s education agenda for the 2015 legislative session.
MENYHART: Welcome social entrepreneurship Inc.
From Shanghai to Buenos Aires, entrepreneurs are founding “mission-driven companies” that have a specific social or environmental mission as part of their core business plan.
KENNEDY: Perverse incentives lead to bad decisions
I am hardly the first—or only—person pointing to the unfortunate consequences of constitutionalizing the tax caps (nor the only person rolling her eyes at Gov. Pence’s duplicative “balanced budget” proposal).
LOPRESTI: Super Bowl facts with Hoosier flair
OK, so the Colts aren’t in the big game, but we’re not completely shut out of the action.
MORRIS: Inspired by a movie, not by a speech
American Sniper made me proud to be an American, President Obama’s State of the Union address did not.
DINING: A new Brownsburg tapas joint stretches culinary borders
Rhapsody Global Tapas goes beyond Spain for the creation of its slate of small plates. What it lacks in purity it makes up for in range.
LOU’S VIEWS: More than good, ‘Good People’ marks IRT season high point
Sparks fly because these people’s different experiences—the lives they’ve led, choices they’ve made, and ways they’ve opted to remember and/or forget their pasts—actually conflict.
Press should referee political donations
The first part of IBJ’s [Jan. 12] editorial makes the common sense case for transparency regarding campaign contributions.