MUTZ: Referendums reveal faint political courage
The mass transit proposal now being supported by business and community groups is similar in complexity to Unigov.
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HOWEY: In the twilight of the Daniels governorship
Daniels is coming off of seismic education reforms.
KRULL: Right-to-work and days of division
The protestors in the building shouted that the governor was a liar.
FERGUSON: Odd contradictions in Daniels’ final agenda
Daniels is now wading deep into the so-called right-to-work debate.
MADISON: Revolutionary change and the Indiana way
Are there Hoosiers still waiting for 1950s-type manufacturing jobs or another Milan miracle?
SKARBECK: Big-company stocks did better than small firms
In 2011, large-capitalization, high-quality U.S. stocks significantly outperformed small-company stocks.
HICKS: What to expect from right-to-work legislation
It would be a long way from simply naïve to suppose that my study would alter any decisions about the divisive right-to-work legislation pending in Indiana.
LOU’S VIEWS: Very different stages at Theatre on the Square
Where else but TOTS can you choose between a porn musical and a hostage drama? Reviews of “Debbie Does Dallas” and Acting Up’s “Two Rooms.”
DINING: Ambassador bar gets Mexican makeover
Third in a month-long series of looks at newer downtown eateries. This week: Azul.
MORRIS: Daniels succeeds the right way
As I watched Gov. Daniels’ final State of the State speech last week, I was reminded just how lucky we’ve been to have his leadership the past seven years.
ALTOM: Exploring the Wild West of bookmark syncing services
There are five major browsers out there, all free, and all slightly different in how they operate. All store your Web bookmarks in different places that aren’t generally available to foreign browsers.
EDITORIAL: Democrats’ right-to-work wrangling pointless
Democratic lawmakers need to come to grips with this reality: The Republicans have the votes to pass right-to-work this session. It’s going to happen. Stop whining about it and staging walkouts, and get on with the work you’re paid to do.
FEIGENBAUM: Democrats must assess strategy as right-to-work advances
On the evening of the New Hampshire presidential primary, Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels delivered his eighth and final State of the State address to the Indiana General Assembly and Hoosiers at home in the television audience.
Gainsay art if taxes paid for it
Louis Mahern [Dec. 26 Forefront] cites an incident which was incredibly offensive to millions of Americans—a photo of a crucifix submerged in a jar of urine—then moves easily on to say, “If an artist says it is art who are we to gainsay it?”
How to mix Manning, Luck
It’s sad to see the Polian era end. He brought football greatness to Indianapolis.
HENDERSON: Don’t choose between online tax and estate tax
I’ve yet to see an Amazon sign at a Little League playing field, or sponsoring the Girl Scouts.
KENNEDY: If we could just educate the politicians
Citizens who were most knowledgeable about history, government and economics were the least likely to seek elective office.
HETRICK: O say, can you see, by democracy’s dimming light?
Had we applied Sen. Vaneta Becker's rules to “America the Beautiful” in 1976, George Carlin and I would, presumably, have owed the piper.
DINING: Et tu, Bru?
There’s very little that hasn’t been piled betwixt beef and bun, but while Bru Burger Bar doesn’t break any new ground, it does bring a shot of dining energy to mid-Mass Ave.
FEIGENBAUM: Right-to-work just one of big stories brewing in ’12
Hoosiers may never have started a January with the likely litany of top 10 stories of the year lined up quite as transparently as they seem for 2012.