WAGNER: Pence could learn from Daniels’ style
Here are six words I never imagined stringing together: I’m going to miss Mitch Daniels.
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LONGWORTH: To a fault, Daniels focused on costs
Mitch Daniels will leave the governor’s mansion to a chorus of hurrahs from budget-balancers, conservative pundits and the Republican Party, which wishes—now even more than before—that he had run for president. But what can other Midwestern states learn from the Daniels era?
GEIB: Daniels led powerfully from weak office
Mitch Daniels had 48 former governors as role models when he took his oath of office. Now we can decide how he stands among them.
MAURER: Think outside the retirement box
I realized that my original vision of the American Dream was a nightmare. I learned that there is more to business than the money earned.
EDITORIAL: Praise for entrepreneurs who seize the moment
The three real estate developers profiled in our Commercial Real Estate Focus section this week personify that maxim—wisdom that we often lose sight of in the midst of economic hardship.
Recycling is big economic engine
In the [Nov. 19] IBJ, Jesse Kharbanda outlined the Hoosier Environmental Council’s legislative “wish list” for the upcoming session.
Impairment is impairment
I am astounded by the editorial reactions and apparent support for the legalization of small amounts of marijuana.
Don’t restrict who can marry
In Indiana, the groundwork is again being laid by legislators to bring to a vote a constitutional amendment which would define marriage as between one man and one woman.
Maurer pumped stock
Mickey Maurer’s [Nov. 26] commentary details a very rosy outlook for the future of Endocyte, the Indiana biopharmaceutical company.
Kissinger partly right
Pete Kissinger [Nov. 26 letter] seems to think that the Bible is the root of all intolerance.
GIGERICH: Need for leadership growing critical
As a father of four (three of whom are about to become teenagers—yes, triplets), my wife and I are constantly talking to them regarding the importance of being a leader and making good choices.
RUSTHOVEN: Pence, Obama contrasted
Indiana’s just-elected governor and the nation’s just re-elected president take markedly different approaches to current economic issues.
LOU’S VIEWS: Three long-running holiday shows offer degrees of variation
Tradition, by definition, involves familiarity. And three of the top Indy on-stage holiday offerings embrace tradition in their own way.
HETRICK: Sending all-seasons’ greetings in a newfangled way
During the holiday season, I used to love going to the mailbox.
BENNER: Remembering one of the most significant handshakes in sports
It was the flashbulbs. That’s what he remembers. That’s what everyone remembers who witnessed the moment nearly 50 years ago in East Lansing, Mich.
KIM: Don’t be fooled by ‘hot hand’ fantasy in hoops or investing
With basketball a metaphor for life for many passionate fans, what lessons hold true both on and off the court?
HICKS: Perhaps it is time for Americans to pay our debts
Our republic can—and probably should—run a debt. As a great nation, we build and do things that endure, and these should be paid for, in part, by successive generations.
BENNER: An open letter to Purdue University’s president-in-waiting
Why would running a major university be more difficult than governing a state?
MORRIS: Setting an example we hope Washington will follow
I’ve been knee deep in budget meetings, one after another, for what seems like an eternity now. It’s been only about a month, but it seems much longer. I’ve talked to many business colleagues who have been doing the same.
EDITORIAL: Holiday giving should last all year
Tis the season to give—and we’re not talking about the shop-till-you-drop display of conspicuous consumption that started before the Thanksgiving leftovers were even cold.