WILLIAMS: Biodiesel makes sense for Indy
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.
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KENNEDY: This time, Sharia law misunderstood
I participated in a discussion of “Sharia Beyond the Headlines” at the Indianapolis InterChurch Center.
SKARBECK: Leadership, not regulation key to changing behavior
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.
HICKS: To tax or spend? That is the question for government
There is a great (and vituperative) disagreement on government’s role in stabilizing a recession.
ALTOM: Online detective work can amaze and find new markets
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.
BENNER: Let me tell you something about the great Charlie Fouty
I always have had a soft spot for basketball referees.
DINING: North-side hotel offers surprising destination dining
Third in a month-long series of “Grill” restaurant reviews. This week: Grille 39.
LOU’S VIEWS: Indy International Film Fest favorites worth the weight
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.
COLLINS: Higgs boson vanishes in political black hole
The physicists who made the discovery, Obama noted, all had health insurance.
DOUTHAT: We’re still deciding who isn’t fit to live
It’s easy for us to look back and pass judgment on yesterday’s eugenicists.
KRUGMAN: Ongoing questions on Mitt’s gray areas
What a man does with his money is surely a major clue to his character.
FARGO: We aren’t special, but we have potential
The goal will be to divide and conquer on election day.
WAGNER: More than ever, what was he thinking?
Which makes you wonder why they continue to do, say and write such dumb stuff.
TAFT: Institutions must invest in neighborhoods
Local government should encourage such partnerships.
STYRING: Return the Indy 500 to its glorious roots
For the better part of the century, we got lots of innovation at the Speedway.
MYERS: Onward to better health care legislation
Even ardent supporters of the Affordable Care Act know changes are required.
KRULL: Something for everyone in the health care ruling
The Supreme Court will have to revisit this issue again—and perhaps more decisively.
SWAYZE: Voters ready to retrieve turf from the left
Most in the political industry are continuing old-school tactics.
TAYLOR: Immigration isn’t a black-and-white issue
Political posturing only oversimplifies a complex situation.
HOWEY: Obama plays the immigration card
After the Arizona ruling, the issue only gets more complicated for Republicans.