DINING: Shoefly lands on near North side
First in a month-long series of new-in-2013 restaurants that we somehow missed in previous months.
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COTA: Credit-card-consolidating Coin seeks to change how you spend
New device lets you store information from up to eight different cards. The simple idea packs a surprising amount of technology.
LOU’S VIEWS: No bones about it, State Museum mounts a mammoth show
No bones about it, State Museum mounts a mammoth show. Thoughts on the exhibit that focuses on beasts that once roamed Indiana.
MCCORMICK: Indiana should refocus on Europe
Most Hoosiers probably didn’t know too much about the European Union until the crisis that broke in the euro zone in 2009. The worries sparked by that crisis were a double-edged sword: They made more of us aware of the EU, but the news we heard was mainly bad.
KENNEDY: So many reasons to be thankful
Thanksgiving is my family’s favorite holiday, not just because it is the one time of the year when all the far-flung relatives assemble, but also because it is an opportunity to consider how incredibly fortunate we are.
Shale gas will support inexpensive electricity
As stated in the “Natural gas dilemma” article [Nov. 18], there is increased demand for natural gas in the electric energy market in Indiana and across the country. However, I take exception to the theme that this increased demand will drive volatility in the market and harm Hoosier electric and gas customers.
EDITORIAL: Solid reasons to give thanks
Those of us living in the Indianapolis area certainly have a lot to be thankful for, including these reasons:
MORRIS: New hospital makes health top priority
Eskenazi Hospital leaves no stone unturned in its quest for a healthy environment.
ALTOM: The data says: Driving deserves your full attention
Even talking on the phone while behind the wheel is a potentially dangerous use of your time.
ADRAGNA: Resurgent Pacers define fan phrase ‘built, not bought’
As Pacers followers know, this team, unlike Miami, was built from the ground up.
Skarbeck: Stocks still the best bet among investor choices
Many observers are raising warning flags that stocks are overvalued, and some even say a market bubble is forming. A review of the evidence, in our opinion, doesn’t support their alarm.
Hicks: Economic geography changed with labor
In 1940, vibrant cities had big factories, rail yards and lots of associated workers. In 2010, vibrant cities had lots of people in many occupations whose product is mostly consumed locally. This doesn’t mean there aren’t a few fantastic towns with factories, but it is the vibrant town that ultimately makes the difference.
RACE: Region should plan for 500,000 new neighbors
Expected population growth will work for us if we prepare and against us if we don’t.
KRUGMAN: Mild depression might be the new normal
Spend any time around monetary officials and one word you’ll hear a lot is “normalization.” Most such officials accept that now is no time to be tightfisted, that for the time being credit must be easy and interest rates low.
BLOW: Plenty of racism above, below the surface
In an interview with the BBC last month, Oprah Winfrey said of President Obama: “There is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs, in some cases, and maybe even many cases, because he’s African-American.”
PILLIE: GOP should put more energy into tech
We’re about to leave one unique facet of Indiana politics and enter another.
STYRING: Obamacare rests on numbers concoction
Everybody’s talking about Obamacare. Website crashes. People booted off their health insurance. Sticker shock. No doubt we’ll be talking about it through the 2014 election. And the 2016 election. And most likely well beyond that.
SIDDIQUI: Americans are trustworthy on insurance
The failed rollout of the Obamacare health care exchanges is seen by many as a political gift to the Republican Party. There is no question that President Obama’s administration failed to execute a controversial law that has been heavily criticized, litigated in courts and elections, and created great unrest among the American people.
KRULL: Misguided judges reaping whirlwind
Former Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard and other veterans of the highest state courts in the country issued a warning a few days ago about the dangers of large-scale campaign spending in judicial campaigns.
VAUGHN: Courts will decide basic election issues
Although voters in Marion County won’t cast ballots for City-County elections until 2015, two courts are considering cases that will have a major impact on local elections.