TAFT: Jobs will bring back worn neighborhoods
When these factories left these neighborhoods it curtailed their vitality.
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FARGO: Keep some cheer for better public access
The right of access to information is like a muscle—if you don’t exercise it, it atrophies.
MAHERN: Politics, art collide on the Cultural Trail
If an artist says that it is art, who are we to gainsay it?
MYERS: Lauding Wishard’s many unsung miracles
Most of our failures as a society end up in the emergency room, and in central Indiana that often means Wishard.
MUTZ: Faster—faster—on education attainment
We are behind the curve and becoming less competitive all the time.
LADWIG: Indiana run ‘like a business’? Not quite
Every time this man applied that advice to his particular corner of government, “All hell broke loose.”
HOWEY: Mayoral glass ceiling persists in big cities
A male candidate is more likely to get away with the bare-knuckled political brawls than a young mother.
SWAYZE: Conservative resolutions for the New Year
No one should have to join a union if they don’t wish to and unions should respect that.
STYRING: Right-to-work is rooted in basic fairness
Don’t be surprised if our Statehouse is routinely on the nightly news.
BONIFIELD: An easy way to help college students
This year represents the best chance that it will, and the current economic climate remains the best argument that it should.
FERGUSON: Even Louisiana has a limited smoking ban
Most observers will agree that Louisiana isn’t exactly famous for leading the way in progressive public policy
WAGNER: In praise of Parker, leader of Democrats
Elected officials and candidates asked him that same week to remain on the job, a testament to his track record.
VANE: The shock and awe of the Kittle Revolution
The Indianapolis furniture czar got his chance to run things his way.
KRULL: Calling Holcomb to a higher standard
Somehow we think behaving churlishly is acceptable.
LOU’S VIEWS: Indiana critics pick flicks for 2011
Discussions of ‘bests’ in the arts are silly … and fun. Here are my picks, and those of the Indiana Film Journalists Associations, for the best films of the year.
DINING: Fountain Square eatery gets a turnaround
Last in a series of visits to eateries that have recently moved into the digs of former eateries. This week: End of the Line Public House.
BENNER: Pacers replace Colts as object of our optimism
It would take at least another season like this for the Colts to experience the amount of ill will that has been tossed the Indiana Pacers’ way.
ALTOM: You think you have problems? It could be worse
Another year has gone by, which means it’s time for my annual gift to you: examples of bumbling, hacking and physical disaster to make you feel much better about whatever technology snafu might have you disgruntled during Yuletide.
Smoking is antiquated
Keep up the writing on smoking [Nov. 28], and mention the contiguous counties, as well.
State manages risk
Ken Skarbeck’s column [Nov. 19] addressed a new strategy the Indiana Public Retirement System is using to diversify its portfolio. T