DINING: Battered location gets new pancake house
Reviewing Lincoln Square Pancake House. Third in a month-long series of just-out-of-downtown dining reviews.
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KIM: Fraudsters want to steal from your self-directed IRA
Custodians of self-directed IRAs will permit a broader universe of investments, such as real estate and unregistered securities. Because it is unlikely the custodian will investigate whether the unregistered security or promoter are legitimate, you can see why fraud promoters love self-directed IRAs.
HICKS: Now is not the time to backtrack on school reforms
My local paper recently published an opinion piece criticizing virtually all recent education reform efforts, including those by the Bush, Obama, Daniels and Pence administrations. The piece was naively rich with irony.
BENNER: NCAA alone can’t clean up college football; Oscar in the Hall
The pressure to cheat starts with the schools themselves and their demanding fans.
LOU’S VIEWS: Larger scope for Children’s Museum’s Playscape
When an outstanding temporary exhibition opens, that’s cause for excitement. When a permanent exhibition gets an outstanding upgrade, that’s cause for celebration.
DINING: City Barbecue smoked meats upgrade IUPUI dining options
Second in a month-long series of just-out-of-downtown dining reviews.
HETRICK: If you want to save Syrians, produce a viral video
Alas, there’s no viral video personalizing the problem. The call to act is coming from the top down.
ALTOM: Cost dictates whether cloud is right for your business
Sometimes it’s more efficient to have on-premises software to serve your company’s needs.
Kennedy not missed
Regarding Sheila Suess Kennedy [Aug. 26] leaving the Republican Party, Roy Clark once sang a line that fit her: “Thank God and Greyhound she’s gone.”
Beltzhoover didn’t solicit teen investor
I was shocked to see my name associated with what was portrayed as the solicitation of a minor in relation to securities trading [Sept. 2].
EVERETT, HALSTEAD: Nurses need more training—quickly
Indiana’s health care work force is ill-equipped to meet the daunting challenges and requirements of health care reform without strategic work force development efforts.
KENNEDY: Revenue enhancement, anyone?
Public finance these days reminds me of those fellows we used to encounter at the county fairs—the ones who twisted balloons into fantastic shapes, making horses or dogs from oblong balloons they blew up. Push the balloon here and watch a shape emerge there, and wonder if it would pop.
Skarbeck: Views abound on how to structure portfolios
There are many approaches and differing opinions on the best way to manage your portfolio. The conclusion comes down to which style or philosophy leaves you feeling the most comfortable while you fully understand the cost, risks and potential performance of that strategy.
Hicks: Incomes won’t rise until communities improve
Indiana has many fine communities with good schools and great local amenities. High-earning households are eager to live in these communities, and businesses flock there to obtain access to those workers and consumers. Indiana also has many poor communities with weak schools and few amenities. Households and businesses flee such places.
MORRIS: Day in Riggs’ shoes puts public safety in perspective
As public safety director for a day I got a feel for the complexity of the job of keeping us safe.
EDITORIAL: Corporations, flex your muscles
Indianapolis needs to stage a Super Bowl encore performance.
BENNER: How do we top 2012? Here’s hoping we get to find out
It’s hard to imagine topping Indy’s hosting of the 2012 Super Bowl, but it can be done.
DINING: Foundry pushes geographical boundaries on 16th Street
First in a month-long series of just-out-of-downtown dining reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: Pigeon Forge on a roll with new ways to lure tourists
In the Smokies, you can tumble down a hill in a Zorb, cheer on feuding lumberjacks, or take pictures with waxen Hollywood stars. And, of course, there’s Dollywood.