MAURER: Community leadership is legitimate source of civic pride
Unlike public safety and education, this is a city asset we have in abundance.
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EDITORIAL: IPS’ new chief can’t dilly-dally
Ferebee must be bold, decisive in effort to reverse district’s decline.
Kim: Bill Gates’ favorite teacher can help your child–for free
Wouldn’t it be great if there were an online platform offering an easy and engaging way to sharpen skills and improve knowledge so your student can hit the ground running when school starts? Khan Academy fits the bill.
Hicks: Same-sex debate obscures larger family crisis
Same-sex marriage or household arrangements possess no economic consequences. However, the debate itself does have consequences because it crowds out honest deliberation on the real problems of collapsing families.
HETRICK: Two friends of a different color walk into an Indiana bar
If Indiana puts a constitutional ban on gay marriage, it will be one of the only times the constitution is used to deny a right.
DINING: At Pawn Shop Pub, the smoke has cleared on good bar food
Second in a month-long series of reviews of game-piece restaurants.
LOU’S VIEWS: In two recent novels, a cop copes with apocalypse
“The Last Policeman” and “Countdown City,” by Butler U.’s Ben H. Winters, both provide page-turning pleasures.
Student loan debt could cripple recovery
Congress should act immediately to reverse increase in interest rate.
RUSTHOVEN: This is post-racial America?
The final days of June made me wonder if we’re ever going to get past race.
BENNER: Victory Field hits baseball sweet spot for fans, old cronies
The Vic, which opened in 1996, looks as nice as it did on opening night.
COTA: Cutting through clutter of online product reviews
Two consumer websites address product reviews in a helpful, fanatical way.
DINING: Rook doesn’t go by the book
First in a month-long series of game-piece restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: I’m no fan of the movie “Avatar”…but the exhibit is another matter
Most of the Children’s Museum’s core under-10 audience may not be interested in the movie props, but the interactives are outstanding.
Boomers selling firms
The last three to four months particularly have been robust and hopefully will continue.
Touching is believing
Your article reminded me of a quote I’ve been saying for over 30 years.
Libman plan in action—at another place
Sky Blue Window features fresh content daily, and has included stories from WFYI, a former Indianapolis Star editor, award-winning freelance writers and college journalists.
KENNEDY: Enough meat grinding, already
Congressman Marvin Stutzman is hardly alone in waging what seems like a mean-spirited campaign against the “least of us.”
Don’t tamper with charitable deductions
While elected officials express support for the value and impact of charitable giving, proposals on the table indicate a very real threat to incentives that encourage this kind of generosity.