LOPRESTI: Victory Field is home to one of baseball’s rising stars, for now
Gregory Polanco is a special player. It won’t be long before he’s called up to the Majors.
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Maurer puzzle answers
Answers: Coma, Troll, Bra, Dieter, Great aunt, Prop, Ask out, Eloi, Horror, Narc, Lore
MAURER: Shortz’ Living Legend status isn’t puzzling
The hard-to-please New York Times puzzle editor has earned this high Hoosier honor.
DINING: Feeling the heat at southside independent burger joint
Can you be between one thing? Not according to spell check,But I’m guessing grammarians aren’t the primary audience for Between the Bun.
LOU’S VIEWS: Beef & Boards banks on Disney
Disney destroyed Broadway. Disney saved Broadway. You hear both sides.
Kim: Target-date funds simple, but one size doesn’t fit all
The popularity of target-date funds has attracted a bevy of providers fighting for market share, many trying to differentiate themselves by using unconventional strategies. This has led to wildly different performance for funds with the same target date.
HICKS: Promises to veterans too expansive to keep
A promise of nearly infinite health care to any large group of people has a nearly infinite cost.
Skarbeck: Understand accounting–or pay the consequences
Throughout history, good accounting practices have promoted trust in government and capitalist systems, while inadequate accounting has led to financial chaos and even revolutions.
Hicks: Hoosiers voting to pay for better public services
I have long argued that Hoosier taxpayers are willing to spend more in places where they can see results. The results of the recent election suggest I am right about that.
LOU’S VIEWS: Glick glass exhibition at IMA shimmers with variety
When Dale Chihuly’s work is among the least interesting pieces on display, you know you’ve got a strong glass art show. Such is the case with Indianapolis Museum of Art’s “Masters of Contemporary Glass: Highlights from the Marilyn and Eugene Glick Collection.”
LOPRESTI: Saddest day in May
The fiery crash that killed Dave MacDonald and Eddie Sachs left its mark on Foyt, Rutherford and racing.
MORRIS: Financial success is a bad thing?
Income inequality isn’t a non-issue, but the rhetoric surrounding it discourages meaningful discourse.
EDITORIAL: Another Indy building block
There’s little glamour in the tedious work of streamlining and rewriting a grossly outdated zoning code.
Loves Uber, Lyft
I needed to get downtown the other day. My Uber driver was friendly, had classical music going, and it turned out I was going to one of his favorite places!
Indiana on right track
Shaw Friedman writes in his [April 29 Viewpoint] that “tax cuts undermine prosperity” and laments the move to cut business taxes over the past decade of Republican leadership. I suspect that the governmental entities’ prosperity will be undermined but maybe not the entire state’s.
No place to hide
I am definitely a free speech advocate, even if the opinion being expressed is reprehensible [May 5 Lopresti column].
GROSS: Toward a more welcoming Indiana
As co-president of Indianapolis Parents, Families, Friends & Allies of Lesbians and Gays, I hear stories of heartbreak as mom after mom tell me about their children leaving because they do not feel welcome in Indiana. We as moms want to be together as a family during important times. However, because our children are moving out at such a feverish pace we miss out on so much.
KENNEDY: The luck of the (economic) draw
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz recently testified before a Senate committee on the issue of America’s growing inequality. His observations were sobering.
VOSS: Core supporters count more than ever with new media
The media has fragmented from relatively few outlets to a plethora of voices, particularly on the Internet. How will increasingly customized appeals to voters exacerbate the ability of elected officials to compromise on legislation? Have you ever read an article online that was shared by a friend or relative, completely agreed with it, then reshared […]
MATTHEWS: Lawmakers increasingly edge into ideological corners
The media has fragmented from relatively few outlets to a plethora of voices, particularly on the Internet. How will increasingly customized appeals to voters exacerbate the ability of elected officials to compromise on legislation? Can’t we all just get along? Unlikely. Gridlock and political dysfunction in Congress is at an all-time high. It hasn’t always […]