EDITORIAL: Airport victory just a warm-up
Not all success stories are flashy. Witness the quiet resurrection of the former United Airlines maintenance facility at Indianapolis International Airport.
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LOU’S VIEWS: Home on the range for the holidays
Thoughts on this year’s holidays shows from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Actors Theatre of Indiana, the Cabaret at the Columbia Club and more.
DINING: Drinks or not, Cooper’s Hawk Winery shines
Second in a month-long series of fine-feathered restaurant reviews.
BENNER: IU’s new coach doesn’t have to work miracles
An open letter to Kevin Wilson, Indiana University’s football coach.
HETRICK: All I know of equality I learned from Rudolph
Like Donner, we find ourselves advocating lies and abetting coverups of our good soldiers’; true identities, rather than celebrating the unique talents of every American willing to serve
FAENZI: Look for simple solution to complex immigration problem
Today’s sorry state of affairs around immigration seems to have no resolution. Cries of “it’s not fair” to any proposed idea come from all sides.
MARCUS: Elves to vote on unionization at the North Pole
Hard times make for hard work. The elves feel that Santa has not given them sufficient credit for the work they have done these past few years, when goodness and kindness were hard to find.
DOWD: Bush, Cheney, the way they were
Together again were the president and vice president who invaded, deregulated, overspent, created a climate of fear, and intensified the class divide with tax cuts.
DOUTHAT: The downsides of the partisan mind
On an individual level, a partisan mind-set corrupts the intellect and poisons the wells of human sympathy.
HERBERT: The death penalty is beyond broken
The death penalty in the United States has never been anything but an abomination—a grotesque, uncivilized, overwhelmingly racist affront to the very idea of justice.
FRIEDMAN: Education is the path out of stagnation
We need an all-society effort—from the White House to the classroom to the living room—to nurture a culture of achievement and excellence.
TENBARGE: Act now to build a better Indiana
Indiana cannot endure without serious reform, and this session must be approached with the urgency it deserves.
RENN: Indiana builds through the hard times
Major infrastructure investment at the state and local level is a significant reason for optimism for the long-term competitive positioning for the city and state.
KETZENBERGER: Property tax quandary still in flux
An initial drop in local property taxes overall is likely to increase over time. The questions are when and how?
HEIN: Meet the underreported Dan Coats
In a campaign where Dan Coats’ primary and general election opponents questioned his Hoosier bona fides, why didn’t the former senator regale us with his Indiana policy success stories?
CAMPBELL: A primer for government reformers
Proponents have to connect government reform to the real pocketbook issues that drive people.
SULLIVAN: Odds for education reform are better
If there were a full public accounting of our education system’s failure, inadequacy and resulting costs, there would be widespread outrage.
MEREDITH: Legislators must ask right questions about education
Indiana politicians clearly are divided on the “silver bullet” that will reform schools, but in reality, there is no simple solution to such a complicated issue.
HARRIS: Improved charter laws would lure top operators
Education reform promises to be central in the upcoming legislative session and many important reforms are on the agenda.
EARLY: Campaigns (for 2012) on the horizon
The old unwritten rule would have prohibited campaigning for a 2012 office in 2011. You can forget that rule; the reason is money.