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:: Columns Archive 2009-2002
2009 Columns
- The WTF decade (December 23, 2009)
- Stirring the bear in Daniels (December 16, 2009)
- City Market masterstroke (December 9, 2009)
- Tis the season (December 2, 2009)
- We can afford public transit (November 25, 2009)
- Don't blow it, Barack (November 18, 2009)
- Sarah Palin's book tour (November 11, 2009)
- What we think about (November 4, 2009)
- Gambling with the future (October 28, 2009)
- A better way of learning (October 14, 2009)
- Corporate flim flam (October 7, 2009)
- Arts kerfuffle (September 30, 2009)
- Sick of apologies (September 23, 2009)
- The jobless recovery (September 16, 2009)
- Canal crisis (September 9, 2009)
- Multitasking and meaning (September 2, 2009)
- It's Dem! (August 26, 2009)
- Woodstock Nation (Agust 19, 2009)
- Show biz life (August 12, 2009)
- Farming the wind (August 5, 2009)
- The battle over health care (July 29, 2009)
- Arts Stimulus Money (July 22, 2009)
- Palin and privatizing (July 15, 2009)
- Soldiers and autoworkers (July 8, 2009)
- Indiana AWOL on high-speed rail (July 1, 2009)
- Arts in crisis (June 24, 2009)
- Bart Peterson's new job (June 17, 2009)
- Submarine in the garden (June 10, 2009)
- WellPoint’s lock on Indiana (June 3, 2009)
- Daniels goes on a tear (May 27, 2009)
- Getting sane about pot (May 20, 2009)
- Obama's biggest project (May 13, 2009)
- Jim Irsay is right (May 6, 2009)
- The death of cool (April 29, 2009)
- 1968 according to Theodore H. White (April 22, 2009)
- Rally for culture (April 15, 2009)
- High-Speed rail to Gov. Daniels (April 8, 2009)
- Language on display at the IMA (April 1, 2009)
- With friends like Evan Bayh… (March 25, 2009)
- Not a great sports town (March 18, 2009)
- Indianapolis is a sonnet (March 11, 2009)
- Cop City cop-out (March 4, 2009)
- Car crazy (February 25, 2009)
- What would Harold Washington do? (February 18, 2009)
- Sen. Stutzman's patriot game (February 11, 2009)
- The school bus robberies (February 4, 2009)
- Envisioning Broad Ripple (January 28, 2009)
- Bush and Dungy (January 21, 2009)
- No state for old people (January 14, 2009)
- Bankers don't make change (January 14, 2009)
2008 Columns
- The rearview mirror cracked (December 31, 2008)
- Our own best selves (December 24, 2008)
- Bob Landman's business model (December 17, 2008)
- Bless you, TCM (December 10, 2008)
- Healthcare. Now. (December 3, 2008)
- Downtown development (November 26, 2008)
- Problem-solving (November 19, 2008)
- Turning blue (November 12, 2008)
- The change we need (November 5, 2008)
- Three-legged race for governor (October 29, 2008)
- Opportunity on Mass Ave (Oct 22, 2008)
- Palin's terrorist (Oct 15, 2008)
- Fool's paradise (Oct 1, 2008)
- A Scottish sojourn (Sept 24, 2008)
- Getting bent (Sept 17, 2008)
- Ready for take-off (Sept 3, 2008)
- Another thing (or two) (Aug 20, 2008)
- Bless the rich (Aug 13, 2008)
- An axe to the arts (Aug 6, 2008)
- Potholes and public transit (July 30, 2008)
- Economics according to Eddie Haskell (July 23, 2008)
- Swinging away (July 16, 2008)
- We had it all (July 9, 2008)
- Friday night at the Jazz Kitchen (July 2, 2008)
- Gay marriage and the next big thing. (June 25, 2008)
- Unemployment going up (June 18, 2008)
- Obama's history lesson (June 11, 2008)
- An "unnecessary war" (June 4, 2008)
- A Super Bowl for Indy (May 24, 2008)
- Personal Midwest (May 21, 2008)
- Tyranny of the gun (May 14, 2008)
- History on its ear (May 7, 2008)
- Kickstart the economy (April 30, 2008)
- Obama's Story (April 23, 2008)
- Daniel Ellsberg's question (April 16, 2008)
- The high cost of cities (April 9, 2008)
- The world is not G-rated (April 2, 2008)
- Hello, Vegas (March 26, 2008)
- The forest for the trees (March 19, 2008)
- Conservatives are the new hippies (March 12, 2008)
- New beginnings from old duds (March 5, 2008)
- A 21 st century Catch-22 - Affirmative action at IUPUI (February 27, 2008)
- The Ballard math (February 20, 2008)
- Making change, not war (February 13, 2008)
- "State of Black Youth, 2007" (February 6, 2008)
- High-speed rail (January 30, 2008)
- Counting the votes (January 23, 2008)
- Back up the truck (January 16, 2008)
- Dear Mayor Ballard (January 9, 2008)
- Job security (January 2, 2008)
2007 Columns
- Why they call it dope (December 26, 2007)
- What Boomers did to college ed. (December 19, 2007)
- Why Bart Peterson lost (December 12, 2007)
- Politics as reality TV (December 5, 2007)
- What culture looks like (November 28, 2007)
- Environmental (mis)management (November 21, 2007)
- What I'll miss about Bart (November 14, 2007)
- Dick Cheney at the War Memorial (November 7, 2007)
- POF and the mayor's race (October 31, 2007)
- Get well, Julia (October 24 , 2007)
- Indy, meet Bogota (October17, 2007)
- How much ballet do we need? (October 10, 2007)
- Night thoughts at 4 a.m. (October 3, 2007)
- Kid Nation or grown-up fantasy (September 26 , 2007)
- Vonnegut's hometown legacy (September 19 , 2007)
- Bill Levin's Broad Ripple (September 12, 2007)
- Is BP the future or the past? (September 9, 2007)
- Afraid of the dark (August 29, 2007)
- Had enough? (August 22 , 2007)
- The real sixties (August 15, 2007)
- BP = BS (August 8, 2007)
- After the next terrorist attack (August 1 , 2007)
- Property protest (July 25 , 2007)
- Property tax crisis (July 18, 2007)
- Property tax crisis (July 18, 2007)
- It's time for high-speed rail (July 11 , 2007)
- Lugar's Fulbright moment (July 4 , 2007)
- No time for vacation (June 27, 2007)
- Artsgarden get-together (June 20, 2007)
- Around the campfire on the digital frontier (June 13 , 2007)
- Digital billboard (b)light (June 6 , 2007)
- Crime in an election year (May 30, 2007)
- How we talk about art (May 23, 2007)
- God save the Queen (May 16 , 2007)
- Our new Central Library (May 9 , 2007)
- Hiding behind the First Amendment (May 2, 2007)
- Medicare for everybody (April 25, 2007)
- God bless you, Mr. Vonnegut (April 18 , 2007)
- Taking back Indiana's Republican Party (April 11 , 2007)
- Democrats fiddle, Iraq burns (April 4, 2007)
- The forest for the trees (March 28, 2007)
- IPS dresses for success (March 21 , 2007)
- Wishing the war away (March 14 , 2007)
- Bart and business (March 7, 2007)
- Thinking little at Market Square (February 28, 2007)
- Indy wears it well (February 14 , 2007)
- Where board room meets locker room (February 7 , 2007)
- Colts, Bears and my friend George (January 31, 2007)
- Obama's time (January 24, 2007)
- Cops and soldiers (January 17, 2007)
- Arrival time (January 10, 2007)
- That thud you heard. (January 3, 2007)
2006 Columns
- Checkmate (December 27, 2006)
- Video-games or guns (December 20, 2006)
- Can full-day kindergarten work? (December 13, 2006)
- What made the Greatest Generation great (December 6, 2006)
- Giving it away (November 22, 2006)
- Another homage to Catalonia (November 8, 2006)
- Pushing back on election day (November 1, 2006)
- Designing our world (October 25, 2006)
- Julian Opie's cool art (October 18, 2006)
- Losing the war on terror (October 11, 2006)
- October's wild ride (October 4, 2006)
- Building Indiana's brand (September 27, 2006)
- Teaching an old dog (September 20, 2006)
- Keeping us safe (September 9, 2006)
- Comedy for a new generation (September 6, 2006)
- Googling Failure (August 30, 2006)
- Stadium costs going up (August 23, 2006)
- Homicide in Indianapolis (August 16, 2006)
- 3 bucks a gallon (August 9, 2006)
- Public schools rule (August 2, 2006)
- Split personality (July 26, 2006)
- Terrorism...or tourism (July 19, 2006)
- Another inconvenient truth (July 12, 2006)
- Been there before (July 5, 2006)
- Cost of competition's going up (June 28, 2006)
- Backyard stars (June 21, 2006)
- Don't attack the soldiers (June 14, 2006)
- Change in the weather (June 7, 2006)
- The Cubs are our fate (May 31, 2006)
- Richard Florida's beautiful city (May 24, 2006)
- The assault on college education (May 17, 2006)
- Dissent and disillusion (May 10, 2006)
- Gangsters, guns and gasoline (May 3, 2006)
- Other people's money (April 26, 2006)
- Immigration blues (April 19, 2006)
- Unionizing the public library (April 12, 2006)
- Bury what you know (April 5, 2006)
- Things I don't get (March 29, 2006)
- Constitution as Cash Machine (March 22, 2006)
- Safe for development (March 15, 2006)
- Careful what you wish for (March 8, 2006)
- Saving capitalism's good name (March 1, 2006)
- Standing with Conyers (February 22, 2006)
- Obesity epidemic (February 15, 2006)
- Crossing Oprah (February 8, 2006)
- Happy Birthday, Mo! (February 1, 2006)
- Question authority (January 25, 2006)
- Religion and Politics (January 18, 2006)
- Broad Ripple up for grabs (January 11, 2006)
- Using the "I" Word (January 4, 2006)
2005 Columns
- I want to be Traded (December 21, 2005)
- The Kindness of Strangers (December 7, 2005)
- Support Our Troops (December 14, 2005)
- Where Dreams Come True (December 7, 2005)
- Waking Dreams (November 30, 2005)
- Intelligent Design (November 23, 2005)
- The art of paying attention
- Expanding rings
- A little tolerance in Amsterdam
- Good-bye to Ballet Internationale
- Butts in seats
- Lincoln got it right
- I want to be a conservative
- Crisis in confidence
- Forever blowing bubbles - One more thing not to worry about
- Reality checks - Of presidents and pigs
- War that can't be won - The high cost of terror
- Will there be another Beatles? - No - and that's progress
- Walking the Dog
- Another authentic replica
- Dinner at Traders Point
- Recycling makes sense
- The savage brain (March 30, 2005)
- Protect marriage? (March 16, 2005)
- Here for all the changes 15 years on the scene (March 09, 2005)
- Pre-emptive assault on the future (March 2, 2005)
- Intolerance in Indiana (February 16, 2005)
- Where's the audience? (February 9, 2005)
- Getting fooled again (January 26, 2005)
- Secession anyone? Hearing the music in states' right (January 5, 2005)
2004 Columns
- Viva Indianapolis! The city gets a stadium (December 22, 2004)
- The memory of things gone Is Social Security next? (November 24, 2004)
- If self-interest goes public (October 27, 2004)
- "Outraged" over insurance (October 13, 2004)
- Bush vs. Kerry The politics of anger and grief (September 29, 2004)
- No college for you (September 1, 2004)
- Schools are different but kids are the same (August 25, 2004)
- Mitch Daniels: busted! (August 18, 2004)
- Dylan's secret (August 14, 2004)
- Why Brando was important What pop culture says about us (July 14, 2004)
- More of the same, only less (June 23, 2004)
- Filling our time (June 16, 2004)
- Spare the rod (June 2, 2004)
- Cold comfort Lugar needs to stand up (May 26, 2004)
- Note to Kerry (May 12, 2004)
- Dylan's secret Trickster's done it again (April 14, 2004)
- Getting real Cultural initiative finds focus (March 31, 2004)
- Behind Conner Praire's crisis It's Earlham College (February 18, 2004)
- A (retractable) dome of our own A new stadium, ready or not (February 11, 2004)
- Empty suits and soulessness Politics is an art-free zone (January 28, 2004)
- Go Colts! The power of minor miracles (January 14, 2004)
2003 Columns
- Deranged for the holidays America embraces what it knows best (December 17, 2003)
- Governed by fear The control freaks have taken charge (December 10, 2003)
- Debacle at Conner Prairie Not a smart way to run a museum (November 26, 2003)
- Learning or training Arts educators face a hostile environment - (November 12, 2003)
- The Draft is back And our Army is spread thin (October 29, 2003)
- Snail's pace for high-speed rail They're building it in Illinois - why not Indiana? (October 15, 2003)
- War and Wishard (October 1, 2003)
- Being "big league" about the Colts (September 24, 2003)
- Culture = nature (September 10, 2003)
- Living in a super-suburb (July 9, 2003)
- To market, to market (July 2, 2003)
- Stupefied (June 11, 2003)
- Our newest growth industry (May 28, 2003)
- Welcome home, Mitch (May 14, 2003)
- Changing the culture (April 30, 2003)
- Fitting in - or else (April 23, 2003)
- "West Wing" vs. Limbaugh (April 9, 2003)
- Choosing war (March 19, 2003)
- The future is in the streets (February 26, 2003)
- Say, "Cheese" (February 12, 2003)
- First strike (February 5, 2003)
- There be monsters (January 08, 2003)
2002 Columns
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