Heaven help me: I’m a paid critic. I’m different from the sort of gushing-praiser, or mindless hater on Yelp. I get to research, test and objectively review some of the most advanced computing gear in the industry, year after year.
At the height of the controversy over the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel sent letters to Hoosier businesses asking them to move to Chicago.
Beneficence, a bronze statue near my office at Ball State University, is a monument to innovation and philanthropy.
If I told you that a state agency, charged with protecting the interests of Hoosiers, actually endorsed the bid of an offshore equity fund to buy the Indiana Toll Road lease over a viable Hoosier bid, you wouldn’t believe it.
Whenever I hear someone on TV talking about the road to the Final Four in Indianapolis, I pause to see which shots of the city they’ll show. Every time the NCAA headquarters Hall of Champions flashes on the screen, it’s an immediate source of pride for my colleague Kevin Shelley and me.
Many challenges are coming down the pike for the long-term-care industry, the most immediate of which is from those who want to flood Indiana with opulent and expensive nursing homes that simply aren’t needed and, worse, drive up taxpayer costs.
Recent news of Hoosier attorneys donating $100,000 to the victims of disgraced Indiana lawyer Bill Conour prompts several thoughts about bad lawyers and the consequences for those victims.
The Democratic response was embarrassing. Not only did it mock a twice-wounded and decorated war veteran who leads a nation purported to be our closest ally, but even more disturbing is the lack of historical perspective and empathy for what Israel and its people have endured throughout history.
The best way to stimulate the economy is by keeping workers on the job through work sharing. The return is greater than infrastructure investments or tax cuts, according to Moody’s Analytics.
Seldom is being average something to strive for, but with regard to Indiana’s school funding formula and how it affects my school district and many others throughout the state, just being average would be an improvement.
There are more reasons to pay attention to the Anthem breach than just its size. There are practical lessons for us all.
There’s a lot to be said for surrounding one’s self with people smarter than you. Why? Because it’s really wise to do so. It is also wise to pay attention whenever a publication offers a list of advice from successful leaders. This year’s Forty Under 40 group is no exception.
Stuffy nose and shaking chills? Need a doctor? Good luck finding one in Hamilton County. As an influenza epidemic races through Indiana and Obamacare demands that you select your primary care physician (PCP), many in suburban Indianapolis cannot find a health care provider.
From Shanghai to Buenos Aires, entrepreneurs are founding “mission-driven companies” that have a specific social or environmental mission as part of their core business plan.
The polytechnic approach is gaining renewed interest among U.S. educators, policymakers and business leaders, and has been the subject of conversations among these same groups in Indiana.
There hasn’t been enough transparency in the planning and design stages of the criminal justice complex, and the city and taxpayers risk getting a building that is expensive and problematic to operate in the long term.
The Tesla store bans are among the more amusing betrayals of a citizenry by its governments that I’ve seen in a long time. The cable monopolies have a new challenger—the automotive dealership.
Is there anybody out there who is sick of themselves yet?
When the new Cummins distribution headquarters is completed downtown in 2016, it will change the skyline. But this building is going to—and should—do a lot more for downtown, including bringing increased connectivity to east-side neighborhoods and setting new standards for how we approach design and development of our urban core.
The results? Virtually no reported cases of fraud and a turnout that favored the GOP far more than Democrats.
