Sports, arts not rivals
Bill Benner’s [Oct. 15] column on arts versus sports drives home the point of the misguided view that the arts and sports are equal rivals! This column should have appeared on your front page!
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One is left to wonder why Bill Styring [Oct. 15 Forefront] and others like him were so darned slow to engage in this issue.
STEINOUR: Midwest leads national recovery
The real news is that the Midwest in general and Indiana in particular is bouncing back. In fact, the Midwest is not only resurgent—it is leading the national economic recovery.
KENNEDY: Elections have consequences
Try as I might, it is close to impossible to escape the political ads blanketing the airwaves in these last days leading up to the election.
Student critiques have limited value to teachers
I see some real drawbacks to having students evaluate their teachers.
ANNALA: Improve transit for Ralph’s sake
Let me tell you about Ralph. Ralph is among 78 percent of IndyGo riders who have no vehicle available, 65 percent who are employed, and 70 percent who earn less than $25,000 a year.
RUSTHOVEN: Conservative caricatures mislead
One of the left’s conceits is believing its own caricature of conservatives. Hence, the reflexive liberal reaction is that a conservative who belies the caricature must be lying.
MAURER: Mourdock makeover isn’t flattering … or believable
Senate hopeful Richard Mourdock energized the right wing of the Republican Party this spring when he declared uncategorically that he rejects cooperation with his political opponents and that his brand of partisanship defines compromise as “Democrats coming our way.”
EDITORIAL: City waterways plan awash in promise
It’s invigorating to see the big potential of grass-roots economic development efforts. Take, for example, the Reconnecting to Our Waterways initiative, a mammoth plan to use six waterways in the city to attract investment and improve the neighborhoods that surround them.
LOU’S VIEWS: Picks from the Heartland
Strong films at the upcoming Heartland Film Festival include a coming-of-age story and a documentary about dancing trucks. Among my favorites: “Starry, Starry Night.”
KIM: Disrespecting bull market can be costly to investors
What a difference a year makes. Last October, we wrote of the U.S. stock market’s dismal third-quarter performance.
HICKS: No lying, just bad news, in U.S. job numbers
Let me dispel the myth of a conspiracy to rig unemployment numbers. I have two reasons to know these data are not contrived.
COLLINS: Of Hooters, zombies and senators
Today, let’s take a look at debates that do not involve Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. You can thank me later.
MYERS: Monitoring health with an iPhone
I did not wait in line to get my new iPhone 5; I ordered it online and it arrived exactly when they said it would. The battery was charged when I got it out of the package, and it took all of about 10 minutes to transfer (using the “cloud”) all of the stuff from my antiquated iPhone 3GS.
TAFT: An excellent adventure in Portlandia
I am sitting on a plane with 90 representatives of Indianapolis returning from a leadership exchange to Portland, Ore., trying to puzzle out what we can learn from a city that is so different from our hometown. Portland is similar in size and has a blue-collar history like Indianapolis, but it followed a very different path the past 30 years.
SWAYZE: The real ‘war’ is now about abortion
The slogan “war on women” has gained traction in the election, but it is an old notion and a war that’s already been won.
RIVERA: Others should follow Hoosier leadership
When good men and women fail to lead, problems get worse. This has happened for too long, and now we need concrete proposals from our candidates for state and federal offices that address the crises that threaten our republic.
VANE: Pence is the substance candidate
If there is a word to describe the 2012 gubernatorial race, I would have to choose “curious.”
STYRING: Hoping it isn’t too late to rethink Rockport
A $2.8 billion coal-to-natural-gas plant in Rockport has been in the works for several years, but the economics of the project seem dodgier by the day.
MAHERN: School boards should stop butting out
After reams of newsprint and a bazillion 1’s and 0’s on the Internet bemoaning the state of public education in general and Indianapolis Public Schools in particular, you finally get your chance to weigh in.