FERGUSON: Gregg, Pence diverge on running mates
Marriage equality will be the issue that really matters.
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MYERS: Now ban smoking during the Indy 500
They can simply make the decision to protect the health of the fans.
SWAYZE: Compromise has come at costly price
That is exactly what’s brought us debt, corruption and moral failure.
MUTZ: Heart habits can heal divisive democracy
Palmer’s habits might seem radically simple.
Liquor laws are absurd
Thank you for the intelligent and cogent commentary [June 4] on our less-than-intelligent and cogent liquor laws, clearly a holdover from the temperance days now serving a narrow group with good lobbyists.
Liquor laws necessary
Greg Morris’ [June 4] commentary calling for further deregulation of Indiana’s alcohol laws is simply reckless and uninformed, as we have one of the most deregulated alcohol markets.
LOU’S VIEWS: Myth-busting the Indy arts scene
The food at Beef & Boards is pretty good, all Vonnegut movie adaptations are not awful, and Jennie DeVoe doesn't play at every local festival.
DINING: Po-boy newcomer has bocce, beer and the right bread
Second in a month-long series of new-in-the-neighborhood restaurants. This week: B’s Po-Boy in Fountain Square.
BENNER: Crooked Stick may be too small for today’s pro golfers
Even a visionary like Pete Dye couldn’t see a half-century into the future.
HETRICK: Thomas Jefferson on education
Jefferson’s simple grave marker is notable for what it says and what it does not.
KEESLING: Putting the heart in Heartland
We’re never going to win the battle for environmental justice if it’s only embraced on the coasts.
KIM: European debt crisis is deja vu all over again
The European debt crisis has reignited and quickly heated to a full boil. Stock markets across the globe have been slammed.
HICKS: Failure of public unions is good for country
This week’s recall vote in Wisconsin has been heralded by many observers as a forecast of the presidential election. I think they are wrong. It is far more consequential.
RUSTHOVEN: Gregg’s attacks already off the rails
Here’s the kicker—the “he” isn’t Mike Pence.
COMMENTARY: ‘The bigger riddle’ in Indiana
Why do governments sometimes oppress their best and brightest citizens?
EDITORIAL: City benefits bill signals progress
Extending coverage sends message about inclusion.
RACE: Desecrated diagonals put us at a crossroads
Both Indianapolis and Washington, D.C., were designed as capital cities—with a certain formality, heroic views, intersecting axis, monumental architecture and sacred places.
Taxes from big incomes leaving Marion County
Despite the location of Simon Property Group’s tax-subsidized headquarters in Indianapolis, Marion County income tax coffers will see little impact from David Simon’s compensation.
Simon grossly overpaid
Having experienced a somewhat predictable rejection of the proposed compensation package for CEO David Simon, the board of Simon Property Group now will propose a lesser amount which, by comparison, will seem reasonable.
Green energy no panacea
Chris O’Malley’s [May 28] article on the Sierra Club left out some rather stunning statistics.