KENNEDY: Tilting at the Enlightenment
Some people go through life like Don Quixote, tilting at windmills. Then there’s Rick Santorum. He wants to repeal the Enlightenment.
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BENNER: Manning departure hurts, but life goes on
Peyton Manning’s presence in Indy has been profound, his stamp on this city indelible. He was—and is—a class act.
HETRICK: How we can avoid a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ in the making
For the past few weeks, Washington has been buzzing about contraceptives. It’s to be expected from a dramatic comedy dripping with sex, religion, government and health insurance.
DINING: Rick doubles up with new waterfront restaurant on Eagle Creek
There’s a fine line between a large meatball and a small meatloaf, and the folks in the kitchen at Rick’s Café Waterfront have crossed it without looking back.
LOU’S VIEWS: Parents behave badly in ‘God of Carnage’
Politics aren’t discussed much in Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage” (at the IRT through March 24). But after watching a performance, you might find yourself wondering how global superpowers—let alone political parties or religious groups—can possibly get along when the play’s two seemingly civilized couples can’t even have an 85-minute discussion without leaving emotional shrapnel everywhere.
RACE: All top cities have urban design plans
Regardless of their size and regional settings, there is a common theme among cities making the “best cities” lists: place-making is a priority.
KIM: Buffett says stocks far safer now than bonds or gold
I eagerly await the pearls of investing wisdom in Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders. His 2011 missive did not disappoint.
HICKS: Gas prices likely to influence presidential race
Late last month, our president gave what was billed as an important speech about gas prices. It was that and more.
LAVOIE: My surprising move to Indianapolis
A city with affordable experiences, great neighborhoods, spirit of cooperation, and an ability to execute upon your ideas make Indianapolis one of the country’s best-kept secrets.
FEIGENBAUM: Fiscal issues to dominate waning days of the session
This year, with the right-to-work debate having sucked all the air out of the session—and largely all the fight out of House Democrats—before the Super Bowl, the final weeks of the session are less intriguing than usual.
Benner on target
It’s my guess [Benner’s Feb. 27 column ] could have been pages and pages in length with recitals of poor behavior on behalf of parents, administrators, students, players, coaches, officials, cheerleaders, mascots, trainers, gym managers, parking lot attendants, clean-up crews and many others.
RUSTHOVEN: A chilling threat to faith-based services
Everyone’s freedom is at risk when a president can order someone to do something “without charge.”
MAURER: Politics prevail over wisdom
There is absolutely no evidence to support the theory of creationism. Creationism seeks a supernatural explanation and must be taken on blind faith. It is not science.
EDITORIAL: Senate smoking ban bad for business
The statewide smoking ban approved by the Indiana Senate Feb. 29 was riddled with exemptions, seeming to prove what many people have already concluded: The majority of our lawmakers aren’t concerned with public health; they care far more about the right of business owners to operate without government intrusion.
MEREDITH: Plan violates democratic role of the public in education
Indiana policymakers should not disregard the democratic will of the public in an attempt to push the reform efforts statewide.
CHU: Strategies should be launched in schools across the state
The Mind Trust recognizes that true innovation takes place in school buildings and not state or district offices.
TORR: Right-to-work won’t cost a single legislator his or her job
Our own polling showed that even union members and self-identified Democrats supported right-to-work by slim margins.
DELANEY: Teachers, working class will reject austerity world view
Union leaders will organize their get-out-the-vote efforts at a far higher level than in the past.