WINSTON: Ballard won the social media skirmish
If you are going to go after an incumbent who already has online traction, then the order of the day is “Tweet early, tweet often.”
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SHELLA: Free speech on display at the Legislature
All of this union-backed expression is in response to the right-to-work bill.
BOEHM: Questions about who’s minding the store
The names of the married couple who sold the home to us in 1991 remained on the voter lists at our address.
DINING: Not-so-great Scots
Last in a month-long series of reviews of newish downtown eateries. This week: Tilted Kilt.
ALTOM: Anti-piracy efforts ignore realities of technology
There are times I have to go looking for a column topic, and there are times a topic stalks into my office and does an “Occupy the Desk” until I write about it.
LOU’S VIEWS: Turf’s up at downtown art showcase
The art installation exhibition occupying old Indianapolis City Hall doesn’t feel like it was created by committee.
SKARBECK: Regulatory battle brews over adviser standards
A behind-the-scenes battle is being waged over securities regulators’ proposal to hold investment advisers and stockbrokers to the same fiduciary standard—something investors wrongly assume is already the case.
HICKS: State of the Union chock full of wistful visions
The bacchanalia of the stimulus has limited spending choices far into the future. So, most of the policies outlined by President Obama are wistful visions of a future that cannot be.
BENNER: While enjoying Super Bowl, remember Stan Malless
Stan was 97 when he passed. His name long ago slipped from the newspapers and local broadcasts. His monument was the Indianapolis Tennis Center.
FEIGENBAUM: Democrats’ end game difficult to decipher
While the end game sought by House Democrats was elusive as they tried to halt the right-to-work bill advocated by all but a handful of House Republicans, the Jan. 25 passage of the legislation in the House doesn’t necessarily offer new certainty.
Hetrick created his own problem
I read with amazement Bruce Hetrick’s [Jan. 23] recent column about health care reform and an issue he had with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Blame Penn State administrators
I take exception to Benner [Jan. 16 column] adding Pennsylvania State University in with the other schools that had football scandals.
IURC misunderstood
It was with disappointment that I read Julia Vaughn’s column in the Jan. 9 Forefront.
Perks not the point
Per Anthony Schoettle’s [Jan. 23] article on the unprecedented local corporate support to help the city land the Super Bowl, I was disappointed by the lack of context given to the only quote used from our interview.
Styring off the mark
I was frankly stunned when I read Bill Styring’s unfortunate [Jan. 23 Forefront] column on the mass transit proposal being considered by the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee.
COMPTON: School reform in the Kingdom of Happiness
Poignantly, the citizens of Bhutan measure gross national happiness, not gross national product. With goals of good health, community vitality, good governance and sustainable development, they are also creating a unique education system.
KENNEDY: Confront the shampoo girls at your peril
There is statistical evidence that licensing acts as a barrier to entry into a profession, and also as a barrier to labor mobility (since states have different requirements, licenses are considerably less portable than one might imagine).
EDITORIAL: Indianapolis ready for Super Bowl spotlight
Welcome to Indianapolis, home of Super Bowl XLVI, the greatest spectacle in football and the biggest party this city has ever seen.
MORRIS: I have fond memories of Super Bowl XLI
As Indianapolis welcomes the world for Super Bowl XLVI, I find myself thinking back to Feb. 4, 2007, when the Colts beat the Chicago Bears to win Super Bowl XLI.
BENNER: ‘Nice’ doesn’t earn you a place on the sideline
Let the record show I renewed my Indianapolis Colts season tickets before Jim Caldwell was fired as head coach. But I do feel a sense of affirmation.