LOU’S VIEWS: The King without kitsch and other Brown County pleasures
It didn’t occur to me on the drive down Interstate 65 for a Brown County getaway that I’d be returning with praise
for an Elvis impersonator.
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LOU’S VIEWS: 100 thoughts on 100 Acres
100 Acres, a new art and nature park, opened behind the Indianapolis
Museum of Art June 19. This major addition to the city’s
cultural and social landscape seemed worthy of at least 100 thoughts—and two videos.
SLAUGHTER: Do you let the telephone control you?
The telephone has incredible
value. It’s also among the most effective ways to destroy productivity.
MARCUS: Fed programs get credit for improvements
The federal government pumped $6.3 billion into the Indiana economy through higher unemployment compensation and increased
Social Security and Medicare payments.
MAURER: Exercise your creative muscle
Creativity, like muscle tone, must be exercised if one is to increase it. We need to seize opportunities to think creatively. Challenging riddles like the one above interrupt the normal routine and rev up our brains.
HETRICK: If you’ve botched the job, don’t botch the PR, too
If a crisis leaves you on the receiving
end of Wisconsin football fans’ favorite chant, every detail of your response matters.
SKARBECK: Even investment stars have losing periods
Most investors have heard the cautionary statement “past
performance is not indicative of future results.” This oft-repeated caveat reveals its truth time and again in the investment
industry.
BENNER: World Cup leaves this viewer less than engrossed
I’m trying. I am really trying. That is why, a couple of Saturdays ago, when I could have been involved in some other leisure activity, I settled into my
easy chair and, instead, watched the U.S. team take on England in its World Cup soccer opener.
HICKS: Roots of recession found in homes, stocks
When the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research meets later this year or next, I believe
they’ll say the recession hit bottom in June or July of 2009. Recessions end when the economy bottoms out.
Indiana municipal bonds are faring well
The “Investing” column of June 14, “Municipal bond defaults might be next crisis,” raises some valid
points, but portrays municipal bonds in such a manner that is too general.
EDITORIAL: Circle Centre worth watching
City government brought Circle Centre into this world. It makes sense, then, that city government is involved in positioning
it for the future.
ALTOM: Beware of inciting online vendetta from clients
It started as a dispute over towing a car, and it’s now a cause célèbre, thanks to Facebook.
BENNER: Conference commissioners’ math skills need work
As of this writing, the Big Ten has 12 teams, the Big 12 has 10 teams and the Pac-10 has 11 teams.
STYLE: Develop Indy’s Susan Branco shifts focus to fashion
With this year’s Indianapolis 500 behind us, she’s turning to quantifying the city’s fashion industry
DINING: Nothing alarming at sub shop
Third in our month-long series of “elemental” restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: (Jersey) Boy wonders settle in at Murat
“Jersey
Boys” is much more than just a tribute show. It delivers the musical goods with impeccable showmanship and style.
MORRIS: Confessions of a symphony newbie
As a first-year subscriber to an Indianapolis Symphony series, I’ve been transformed. I’m now a raving fan.
EDITORIAL: Improvement needed, but value of statistics in education limited
Few Hoosiers have any concept of the scope of the information tsunami washing over state education policy, but they’re
beginning to find out.
HAUKE: Despite much bad news, market outlook OK for now
Another fact emerged during May. People became way too bearish. Surveys and market action both suggested a growing fear that
became almost everyone’s opinion.
HICKS: Four recommendations for your reading list
Though I am no slave to fashion, summertime is a long occasion for the reading of good books.