SHABAZZ: Thank you for choosing to smoke, or not
Anti-smoking advocates like to push the image of servers forced to work in a smoke-filled bar because they have no choice. Sorry my friends, in real life the facts tend to lead otherwise.
Opinion
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Column on airport got it wrong
In its Nov. 2 issue, IBJ published a Bloomington reader’s Viewpoint regarding the new terminal at Indianapolis
International Airport. It was both uninformed and misleading.
MARCUS: Diversity reigns among state’s economies
Not every county in Indiana is like every other county. This is important to understand (particularly if you are a state
legislator) because we cannot assume one remedy is appropriate for all ills statewide.
MAURER: Inspiration flowers in Bloomington
As a participant in the Spirit and Place Festival that took place in Indianapolis Nov. 6-15, I was invited to share
a personal story of how an ordinary space was infused with special meaning for me. This is my story.
EDITORIAL: Wise decision on federal rail funds
Local advocates of high-speed rail are understandably disappointed that the Indiana Department of Transportation has dropped
the Chicago-Indianapolis-Cincinnati corridor from its application for federal rail funds, but the logic
behind doing so seems sound.
BENNER: Baby Boilers and their coach are all grown up
It seems like just yesterday that Matt Painter was playing for Purdue University basketball. Now he’s the Boilers’ coach, and he has emerged from
the long shadow of his mentor and predecessor, Gene Keady.
KATTERJOHN: Indianapolis is a 21st century schizoid town
With apologies to the rock group King Crimson, who recorded a song in the late ’60s called “21st Century
Schizoid Man,” I’d like to draw attention to our city’s split personality. Good Indianapolis.
Bad Indianapolis.
EDITORIAL: Tough love from taxpayers fed up with school spending
Across Indiana, in more than a dozen different school districts over the past year, taxpayers have sent a message to administrators:
We are no longer giving you a blank check.
HICKS: Families of veterans also serve their country
I have to note that Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. It is rightfully a time we thank those among us who have served.
HAUKE: Apple faces competition in mobile phone wars
For a while, everyone seemed to think the iPhone was unassailable, but Motorola, Google and Verizon are about to give it their best shot. And investors are placing their bets now.
LOU’S VIEWS: Teaching the ISO new tricks
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra combined magic and music with “Mysterioso.”
DINING: Frosting is tops at Holy Cow, Cupcakes!
At this Rangeline Road cupcakery, it’s the sweet stuff that counts.
Sallie Mae jobs are in jeopardy
There are 2,300 hard-working and well-paid professionals here in Indiana whose
jobs are hanging in the balance while Congress debates a bill (H.R. 3221) that would eliminate the private student loan industry
as we know it.
Have you hired a veteran today?
With Veterans Day upon us, we are reminded to thank a veteran for his or her service and to honor the memories of those
who fought for our country and did not come home. But in the business community, we can do more than that, all year long,
by bringing veterans into our organizations.
Health care reform should slow down
I am writing because I have closely
followed the debate on health care reform and am questioning some of the decisions being made by our legislators in Congress.
HETRICK: Does your private club need a license to kill?
Is it freedom-enhancing to defend a veteran’s “right” to commit slow-motion suicide and homicide?
Let’s focus on medical errors
Debra Smith’s column in your Oct. 19 [Focus section] needs some clarification and correction.
Durham’s woes resemble Firstmark’s
The financial legerdemain surrounding Tim Durham and his ownership of Fair Finance [described in an Oct. 26 story] brings
back memories.
GROSSMAN: Just what are ‘green jobs,’ anyway?
Indiana officials appear to be working hard to get our share of the 5 million “green jobs” President
Obama says he’ll create. Sounds like a good idea, except for one problem: No one can really say just what
a green job is.
MARCUS: The economic exorcism was successful
The damage done by the recession is still with us, even if the recession itself has ended. But sufficient evidence is available to suggest that the demon recession has left the nation’s economic body.