HICKS: Investors downgrade Standard & Poor’s political ploy
There are many reasons to believe the second half of the year will bring a faster-growing economy.
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Don’t overlook the rowing center
While we at the Indianapolis Rowing Center applaud Bill Benner’s [July 23 column] call for attention to the crumbling infrastructure of our city’s amateur sports facilities, we’d like to add one bright spot—the rowing center.
Pence would shred social safety net
Pence Haven’t we heard this song before? Congressman Mike Pence, who is running for governor, has proposed that the way to job growth is to reduce Indiana’s already anemic receipts from corporate taxes. Pence has an almost abiding, religious faith and hope in the willingness of Wall Street to create jobs and opportunity. To paraphrase […]
Hetrick on target about need for jobs
What the country needs is job creation and not continuous discussion about the national debt.
Hicks calculations wouldn’t pan out
In his [July 30] commentary, Michael Hicks suggests that the $1.6 trillion of U.S. Treasury Securities held by the Federal Reserve be wiped out (since they are debts the U.S. owes itself) and thus eliminate 11 percent of our total national debt.
Young’s debt vote cost Hoosiers dearly
In his [Aug. 8 op-ed], U.S. Rep. Todd Young spins his recent irresponsible actions in delaying the increase in the debt limit as “a meaningful and responsible first step on the path back to economic health.”
KANNING: Improved productivity isn’t good enough
The latest prolonged recession intensified the push for U.S. productivity gains.
KENNEDY: Google is making islands of all of us
What did I learn on my summer vacation? One thing that immediately struck me was how homogenized citizens from Western industrialized countries have become—how much we all look and dress alike.
Weak market could derail Allison’s planned IPO
Indianapolis-based Allison Transmission in March said it planned to raise $750 million through a public stock sale, but the economic outlook has darkened since then.
We’re all hurt by diminished media
That’s the real tragedy of these Gannett layoffs, the stooping to infotainment and the dumbing down of not just a new generation of Woodwards and Bernsteins (if they even know who that is), and the slow death of the entire Fourth Estate.
Hit greedy Colts in the pocketbook
Since this is ultimately about money, simple solutions exist and the simplest of all is to not buy Colts tickets—and if you want to cross over to radical you can boycott Colts commercial sponsor products.
Another TIF test
Every proposed development that approaches a municipality expects a TIF district and tax abatements. They point out that every other municipality they approach is willing to give this to them. If you refuse, they go elsewhere.
Myers is local jewel
We are fortunate to have Myers return to Indianapolis. He has vast experience in the delivery of health care and how it impacts our community.
DINING: Carmel’s new Detour dares diners to overdo it
Second in a month-long series of reviews of new arts district eateries.
Mahern column was deserved praise
Big Bill Hudnut kind of defined a “mover and shaker” of Indianapolis. He led us across the bridge from Naptown to an Indianapolis we are all proud of.
YOUNG: Why I voted for the debt reduction bill
The decision to support the debt limit package, the so-called Budget Control Act, was not an easy one, but one that should be regarded as a meaningful and responsible first step on the path back to economic health.
KIM: Managers with skin in game most likely to perform well
It seems perfectly logical that you want to invest with a manager or fund where the manager has a significant amount invested alongside you.
RUSTHOVEN: The pipedream of legalized marijuana
In Indiana, as elsewhere, advocates of medical marijuana use—particularly those aflame with government’s power to “do good”—are blind to unintended consequences and the realities of human motivation and behavior.
HICKS: Cuts will come in wake of federal budget deal
It is clear that the agreement to raise the United States’ debt ceiling demands cuts to military budgets, to entitlements and to the vast cornucopia of discretionary spending.