After listening to the testimony during the June 5 City-County Council committee meeting, and speaking with both supporters and opponents of the proposed domestic partner benefits, I noticed a common theme of “this will make Indianapolis more competitive.” This is untrue.
No one I know particularly enjoys paying taxes, but nearly (if not literally) all will admit to their necessity in helping provide government services to keep our economy running.
Several Indiana House Democrats tried to revolt this month against Minority Leader Pat Bauer, but were foiled by his favorite tactic—preventing a quorum.
“My grand pappy was a chess grand master,” Jim Rogers declared as we sat down to a game back in the early 1990s. Jim was a pal. When he and his wife, M.A., lived in Carmel, we vacationed together and enjoyed running and biking on the weekends. He was a competitor. He liked to win.
The city unveiled the Indy Rezone plan July 5, and it’s clear from the top of the project flow chart that fresh perspectives are welcome.
The U.S. equity market tested the confidence and resolve of investors in the second quarter of 2012.
I am always saddened and more than a bit disappointed when I hear politicians promise to create jobs.
USAC’s quarter-midget racing is a popular sport worth your attention.
Hamilton County motorists may be forgiven the occasional bout of road rage this summer.
I cut my teeth after college in the early years at BrightPoint working for Bob Laikin's enterprise.
One should generally be skeptical of conservatives quoting Thomas Jefferson in aid of their positions.
The rebirth of downtown and its continued viability are the result of clustered assets—hotels, the convention center, sporting facilities, familiar restaurants—and a strong convention business.
I participated in a discussion of “Sharia Beyond the Headlines” at the Indianapolis InterChurch Center.
In the midst of hard-core lobbying by the banking industry designed to soften the drive for more stringent financial regulation, some key institutions haven’t exactly covered themselves in glory lately.
There is a great (and vituperative) disagreement on government’s role in stabilizing a recession.
Google Earth is one of Google’s odder and spottier applications. It started life as Keyhole, a 3-D mapping program originally paid for by the CIA and subsequently purchased by Google in 2004.
I always have had a soft spot for basketball referees.
Third in a month-long series of “Grill” restaurant reviews. This week: Grille 39.
A bodybuilder looking for love, high-wire walkers and super heroines are among my favorites at this year’s Indianapolis International Film Festival, set for July 19-29.
The physicists who made the discovery, Obama noted, all had health insurance.
