DINING: Yats replacement, Liberty Street, has what it takes
With proper care, “the restaurant where Mass Ave Yats used to be” should have its own positive reputation.
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KENNEDY: My very own litmus test for lawmakers
I’ve been casting about for a shortcut, a vote on an issue that will give me an insight into individual lawmakers. Is he/she irresponsible? Despicable? Crazy?
MORRIS: Jim Irsay deserves our support
I don’t know Jim Irsay personally, but I feel like I know him. I’d like to know him better. I’ve been thinking a lot about Jim and his situation the last few days. I keep wondering if there’s something I can do to help, and for now this column is my best effort in that regard.
EDITORIAL: Legislative session created foothold for transit
Years of foot-dragging by Indiana legislators has put the Indianapolis region way behind its peers in developing an effective mass transit system. And the transit funding bill that lawmakers finally approved this year contains some maddening conditions. But make no mistake, passage of the bill is a major milestone in a long, difficult fight.
Skarbeck: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac roil big investment firms
In 2012, Fannie and Freddie started making money as the housing market rebounded and losses in their mortgage portfolios reversed. By the end of this month, the firms will have returned $203 billion to taxpayers. In the meantime, several hedge funds began acquiring both the preferred shares and common stocks of Fannie and Freddie.
Hicks: Inflation could precede real economic recovery
The new Keynesian model suggests that a government stimulus might work to temporarily boost consumption or investment just like the old Keynesian model does. But the new model requires businesses and households to adjust their buying because of fears of expected inflation.
Kim: Investors must play to win to reach long-term goals
Whether an athletic contest or the “game” of investing, many factors determining whether we win or lose are beyond our control. However, we can control how we approach the game and respond as events unfold, which can be just as important.
Hicks: Local government should track job growth, too
Before we get down to evaluating economic development incentives, we ought to understand just what it means to “create a job” and how we can honestly evaluate tax incentive policies.
LOU’S VIEWS: Dance Kaleidoscope explores undiscovered country (& western)
Even saddled with distracting costumes, DK shines in country show. Highlights include choreographer Cynthia Pratt’s “If I Needed You.”
DINING: Rockstone rolls into Fishers
Rockstone Pizzeria & Pub is yet another new northside pizza place. Is it worth a visit?
LOPRESTI: Wichita State can join perfect Hoosiers, not beat them
Championship team members, now grandfathers, don’t mind welcoming new unbeatens to their club.
FEIGENBAUM: Budget concerns push big ideas into next year
Amazing how deadlines—particularly pushing them forward—can ensure compromise in the General Assembly’s conference committee process.
Think twice before deregulating utilities
For decades, our state has enjoyed low, stable electricity prices due in large measure to using Indiana’s abundant natural resource—coal. However, federal environmental mandates have eroded that advantage as our electric utilities have had to make expensive investments to comply with stricter rules.
GUY: Don’t run education like a business
Disagreements about education reform result from conflicting models: the business model and the social model. Governors such as Daniels and Pence, reflecting their backgrounds and support structures, tend toward the business model. Superintendent Ritz, with almost 35 years as a teacher/communications coordinator in elementary schools, is more aligned with the social model.
RUSTHOVEN: Donnelly wisely bucks his president
On March 5, Joe Donnelly joined six other Senate Democrats and all Republicans, including Dan Coats, in rejecting President Obama’s nomination of Debo Adegbile to head the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Hoosier senators did the right thing.
MAURER: Turning Hoosiers into leaders
Tobias Center’s Hoosier Fellows experiential leadership program offers unmatched opportunities.
RASMUSSEN: Politics now minus-sum game where everyone loses
“A simple recipe for violence: promise a lot, deliver a little. Lead people to believe they will be much better off, but let there be no dramatic improvement.” The brilliant political scientist Aaron Wildavsky wrote these words in 1968 while America was engulfed in race riots and anti-war protests. Sadly, his words from long ago eerily describe the politics of 21st-century America.
GARRISON: Planned Parenthood’s latest subsidized exploit
So I am preparing for the show one recent morning when what to my wondering eyes should appear but a story at Breitbart.com about a new PR campaign being launched by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. The subject? Bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism for “active teens.”
KETZENBERGER: It isn’t about the destination; it’s about the quest
When I was a kid with a tank full of cheap gas and nothing but time on my hands, I’d drive all over the countryside trying to get lost.