Economy rife with high-tech hustlers
Portability, versatility lead more people to work outside the security of a corporate office.
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Global Caravan chief has solid background
We appreciated the [Sept. 30] coverage the IBJ presented of Global Caravan Technologies. As the capital organization coordinating investment in GCT, we do wish to observe that Charles Hoefer had been involved in the management of other successful and unrelated ventures prior to joining Earthbound.
Adults critical to closing skills gap
While the meaning of the term “the skills gap” might always be debated, a new report finds that middle-skill attainment makes up the real gap for Indiana’s economy.
KENNEDY: Thank Elbridge for our political extremes
Politicians have been gerrymandering districts since the time of Elbridge Gerry, for whom the tactic was named—and he signed the Declaration of Independence.
MORRIS: Hoosier’s bootstrap story inspires
Bob Knowling beat the odds on his way from poverty to an outstanding business career.
EDITORIAL: Glick’s legacy is wisdom, generosity, optimism
Celebrated businessman, philanthropist and mentor Eugene Biccard Glick, who died Oct. 2 at 92, leaves behind a path of good work and generosity much longer and wider than the Indianapolis Cultural Trail, the acclaimed downtown recreational amenity to which he and his late wife, Marilyn, donated $17 million and their names in 2006.
RACE: We have great streets, but we need more of them
Successful streets balance environmental, economic, community and transportation objectives.
Skarbeck: SEC turns up spotlight on pay for top brass
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a rule that would require large public companies to disclose the total annual compensation of their CEO, the median annual compensation of all their employees (excluding the CEO), and the ratio between these two figures.
Hicks: Sometimes it’s about spending, not taxes
No matter the result of last week’s budget debate, we are in need of a serious discussion about tax and spending policy.
SOWELL: No compassion in minimum wage laws
Political crusades for raising the minimum wage are back again. Advocates of minimum wage laws often credit themselves for being more “compassionate” toward “the poor.” But they seldom bother to check the actual consequences of such laws.
FRIEDMAN: A great nation undermined by extremism
Countries that don’t plan for the future tend not to do well there. When you watch the reckless behavior of the Tea Party-driven Republicans in Congress today, you can’t help but fear that we’ll be one of those.
RASMUSSEN: Wall Street won out over Main Street
It’s become common over the past year or two to note how well Wall Street is doing while Main Street is still struggling.
BLOW: Occupy Wall Street didn’t die, after all
When Occupy Wall Street sprang up in parks and under tents, one of the many issues the protesters pressed was economic inequality. Then, as winter began to set in, the police swept the protesters away, the movement all but dissipated.
MAHERN: At least Indianapolis is ahead of Detroit
Weather permitting, I walk our Irish setter, Finn McCool, nearly every day in Garfield Park. The 126-acre park on the near-south side has been a Mahern recreation site for over 100 years, after my great-grandfather moved his family to the area of Raymond and Shelby streets.
FROEHLE: First it was Chinatown, and now cricket
Early this year, Indianapolis expressed its intent to become a major player in the world of international sports.
VAUGHN: Ag gag and its euphemisms are back
One of the most controversial proposals to emerge at the 2013 General Assembly has resurfaced as the topic of a summer study committee. Late last month, the Interim Study Committee on Economic Development focused on ag gag legislation that would make it a crime to expose illegal, inhumane or unsafe conditions at factory farms in Indiana.
MACALLISTER: Not every free speaker is esteemed
We Americans pride ourselves on free speech and demonstrate that privilege—vocally, written, cartooning, tweeting, publishing, televising, on billboards, and through movies, TV shows and publications.
STYRING: The teachers association lost its way
Nothing in politics is so constant as change. Consider the Indiana State Teachers Association.
SIDDIQUI: Conflict, ideology devalue education
Recent ISTEP test scores seem to indicate a correlation between academic success and economic prosperity. These test results show that school districts in affluent neighborhoods have better scores than schools in poorer neighborhoods.
BECK: New hope for early childhood education
My son started kindergarten in August. Within a few days, it became apparent that his kindergarten experience is significantly different from that of his parents. Homework every night. Reading that must be logged and initialed. High expectations for reading, math, technology and the arts.