KENNEDY: Another session, another embarrassment
When the Legislature is in session, Hoosiers have learned to worry.
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Skarbeck: Mutual funds’ rate of return paints misleading picture
The calendar can provide the investment industry the sleight of hand needed to grab investors’ attention when advertising investment performance.
Hicks: Terror won’t bring down a determined nation
Along with the sadness and anger that accompanies the Boston bomb explosions should come the realization that this could well be our lot for decades to come. We should expect and prepare for the worst.
DINING: College Ave. beer emporium earns kudos for its kitchen
Third in a month-long series of food-and-a-drink eatery reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: Doing it Ai Weiwei’s way
The eyes of the creative world are on Ai Weiwei. The Indianapolis Museum of Art offers a chance to put your eyes on his works. Plus, thoughts on the IBJ A&E “War Horse” road trip.
BENNER: Musings from the road to (and from) The Final Four
Rutgers coach Mike Rice scored almost as much attention as the champion quartet of teams.
FEIGENBAUM: GOP stranglehold hasn’t squelched debate
For a Legislature dominated by a Republican super-majority and with a Republican governor doing more now than just watching from the cheap seats, you should be surprised by the uncertainty over the shape—and even the fate—of several significant bills this late in the process.
Mahern got it wrong
The [April 1] Forefront column by Louis Mahern discussed a zoning case in the Fletcher Place Neighborhood “called down” by City-County Councilor Jeff Miller. Mahern’s column incorrectly assumes that neighborhood opposition to the project relates to its affordable housing aspect.
UPDIKE: A millennial view of transit
It has been a discouraging year in local politics. Several baby boomers have apologized to me for the state of affairs they are handing over to my generation, and each conversation has made clear the deep and fundamental issues Indiana’s next leaders will face.
RUSTHOVEN: Let lawmakers decide gay marriage
Indiana’s new senator, Joe Donnelly, made news April 5 announcing he had changed his mind and now supported gay marriage.
MAURER: A prostate cancer treatment worth considering
Get a second opinion, then head to Seattle.
EDITORIAL: Senators feed state’s road habit
The way legislators are treating transportation issues this year speaks volumes about their aspirations for the state.
Kim: Investors must steer clear of the narcissistic CEO
A number of academic studies have concluded narcissistic CEOs make poor choices that can cause the company and your investment to perish.
Hicks: Bourgeois dignity and the modern world
A most remarkable book, “Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can’t Explain the Modern World,”, says all the explanations of the explosion of economic growth that occurred about 300 years ago are inadequate.
ALTOM: CIOs are hard to find, so mentor promising candidates
A CIO has to blend business and technical skills in ways that aren’t taught to technicians.
MORRIS: Celebrate city’s philanthropy scene
Good things are happening in the philanthropic community.
Ban canned hunting
The General Assembly is considering legislation that would allow businesses to continue to provide high-paying customers the ability to shoot white-tailed deer within fenced enclosures.
Iraq column not credible
I read with incredulity Mike Hicks’ [March 25] column on the Iraq war’s “success or failure.”
Tax cut costs taxpayers?
How would IBJ allow John Zody [April 1 Forefront] to write, “The governor’s 10-percent income tax cut, which would cost taxpayers more than a half a billion dollars …”?