EDITORIAL: Finishing touches for Ballard legacy
Mayor Greg Ballard may have begun his tenure as Indy’s top elected official with the label “accidental mayor.” But Ballard’s legacy will go well beyond the circumstances of his upset victory in 2007.
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MORRIS: A business awards dinner wrapped in entertainment
State chamber honors notable businesses, treats crowd to comedian Dennis Miller.
LOPRESTI: Pacers and other pro teams depend on loyal fans like these
For some long-time season ticket holders, games are central to families, friendships.
LOU’S VIEWS: After winning ‘The Voice,’ Kaufman goes Broadway
Prior to going onstage in the revival of the musical “Pippin,” the singer talks about the strange road from the Monument Circle Potbelly to a dressing room at the Music Box Theatre.
EDITORIAL: Autonomy crucial for IPS turnaround
With the election of three reform-minded candidates to the board of Indianapolis Public Schools, hope is renewed—once again—that the long-struggling district will become a city asset.
MAURER: Butler Community Arts School is a city gem
Program at Jordan College of the Arts offers affordable way for kids to develop their musical gifts.
Voters need information
I voted Tuesday. But does my vote count? Or rather, should it? I did not help make our government better by voting. I doubt that 90-plus percent of others did, either.
Westfield is transparent
The [Nov. 3] editorial implied that the Westfield administration is not being transparent.
HATHAWAY: Indiana is the state for women
A recent study concluded that Indiana is the eighth-worst state for women. Using their metrics for what makes a state good for my gender, the study was accurate. We have plenty of work to do to make Indiana better for women, but I believe there are more metrics for success and those were summarily ignored by this study.
So much for compromise
Leave it to the Senate’s lone Socialist, Vermont’s Bernie Sanders, to offer the most supercilious analysis of Nov. 4’s decisive Republican sweep. Americans, says Sanders, just voted for something “very different from what they want and need.” ’Atta boy, Bernie. Gotta love it when leftists react to a drubbing by reverting to “vanguard of the […]
Kim: Active stock managers face stiff headwinds in 2014
While the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index reached record highs on the last day of October, most active stock managers have struggled in 2014. One of the primary difficulties has been the wide divergence in performance between the largest-capitalization and smaller-capitalization stocks.
Hicks: Pence was right to reject federal pre-K funding
Given my strong support for early childhood education programs, you might suppose I think Gov. Pence mistaken in his decision to forgo some $85 million in federal support for early childhood education. I do not. Accepting this money would have been easy, popular and wrong.
LOU’S VIEWS: O’Keeffe & friends hit Indianapolis Museum of Art
Ideally, a visitor to “Georgia O’Keeffe and the Southwestern Still Life” at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (through Feb. 15) should take at least two trips through the exhibit hall.
DINING: Small pleasures highlight hole-in-the-wall newcomer
The big draw at The Grub House is breakfast served all day.
LOPRESTI: Grateful referee lives to officiate another season
Joe Calderazzo wants to return to the Carmel football field he nearly died on a year ago.
DINING: New eatery offers Bavariations on familiar German cuisine
What happens when you attempt to shape a reasonably authentic German restaurant out of a former Steak and Ale? Welcome to Ludwig.
LOU’s Views: ‘Old Jews Telling Jokes’ proves it’s best to shtick to what you know
The well-curated collection, loosely organized from cradle to grave, included very few duds, a few that I hadn’t heard, and lots that felt like old friends.
LOPRESTI: Coliseum’s hoops history goes way back for these octogenarians
Heroes of state high school tourney remember big moments at recently renovated venue.
Hicks should stick to economic analysis
Mike Hicks’ [Oct. 27] column, despite the label of “economic analysis,” contained no discernible economic analysis and displayed a total failure in understanding real risk.
HUBBARD: Shrink Indianapolis Public Schools to save it
Just as Unigov can be seen as a daring step to re-imagine partisan politics, a similarly bold step is needed to envision Indianapolis Public Schools as Center Township Public Schools by shrinking the district to within the boundaries of Center Township.