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Each one of these essays treats an iconic Indiana subject. Taken together, they begin to
describe my particular Indiana sense of place.
Traces - A publication of the Indiana Historical Society
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2010 Columns
- Dan Coats' excellent lobbying adventure (June 16, 2010)
- High school is boring (June 9, 2010)
- Blooming algae (June 2, 2010)
- Raymond Chandler calling (May 26, 2010)
- Ballard gets it right (May19, 2010)
- BP is Indiana's problem, too (May 12, 2010)
- Taxes and aliens (May 5, 2010)
- The fight for public transit (April 28, 2010)
- Property tax caps = library closures (April 21, 2010)
- The Butler Way (April 14, 2010)
- Good times for gun owners (April 7, 2010)
- Spitting on health care reform (March 31, 2010)
- 20 years: A beautiful friendship (March 24, 2010)
- The Cubs and crocuses (March 17, 2010)
- There's a tea party in my head (March 10, 2010)
- The Tenth Amendment movement (March 3, 2010)
- Talking about pot (February 24, 2010)
- The Toyota-H1N1-Super Bowl blues (February 17, 2010)
- War is our drug of choice (February 10, 2010)
- Zoning in Indianapolis is broken (February 3, 2010)
- Bayh vs. Pence (January 27, 2010)
- Getting trimmed, tree-wise (January 20, 2010)
- ReLegalize it! (January 13, 2010)
- Change is us (January 1, 2010
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)
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Arts & Entertainment
- Spilling over Book Review (March 30, 2005)
- Taking charge Profile (March 9, 2005)
- Music, movies and Milan Cds (January 5, 2005)
- Inspiring and sad Books (December 29, 2004)
- Chilling visionary Book Review David Hoppe and Tom Aldridge (November 3, 2004)
- Paintings by Christos Koutsouras (October 6, 2004)
- IAC's uncommon installations Visual Art (October 6, 2004)
- Myths and milkbones - Visual Arts
(September 29, 2004)
- Enter NoExit (September 22, 2004)
- Toure´'s syndrome Book review (September 29, 2004)
- 'Monkey House' at Phoenix - Theater (August 18, 2004)
- Making icons Art (August 25, 2004)
- iMOCA's inaugural show Visual Arts (May 19, 2004)
- IMOCA finds home Visual Arts (May 12, 2004)
- Lewis Hyde's gift (February 25, 2004)
- 'Anglobalization' Book Review (February 18, 2004)
- Next wave Romeo Andrew Ahrens leads the way (March 17, 2004)
- Richard Florida at Butler, Lecture (March 24, 2004)
- Tavis Smiley on Channel 20 Television (January 21, 2004)
- Massive Mamet New theater joins Phoenix for unique double feature (January 7, 2004)
- Q&A with Alissa Stamatis (December 31, 2003)
- Q&A with Annemarie Pankratz Original furniture designer (December 17, 2003)
- Q&A with joanna beatty taft (December 10, 2003)
- Sculpture at Crown Hill Visual Arts Review (November 19, 2003)
- 'Path Breakers' at the Eiteljorg Visual Arts Review (November 12, 2003)
- Matthew Barney's 'Cremaster Cycle' Visual Arts Film Review |What you missed (September 03, 2003)
- Everyday Inventor Matt Eickhoff's art and science (August 13, 2003)
- 'Art Cars' - Visual Arts Review (June 11, 2003)
- Master stroke Cincinnati's new Contemporary Art Center (June 4, 2003)
- Renaissance - Bringing New Art to Indy (April 2, 2003)
- Heartland"s journey Festival tries to create an alternative (October 16, 2002)
- Life work Fran Quinn makes poetry and community one (September 25, 2002)
- Herron turns 100 And breaks new ground (September 4, 2002)
- Secret City Butler U. takes art underground (June 5, 2002)
News & Local Issues
- Mayor seeks state support Funding plans compete (February 2, 2005)
- Significantly behind IndyGo struggles to improve service (January 26, 2005)
- It will affect everyone The VA in Indy (December 22, 2004)
- Promoting understanding International Center sponsors kids' flix (November 24, 2004)
- Astronauts and dogs - Book Reviews Rita Kohn & David Hoppe (November 24, 2004)
- Julia Carson In her own words (October 20, 2004)
- Intimate Treasure CD Review (October 06, 2004)
- Art of Permission - Book Review (September 29, 2004)
- Voting primer Doris Anne Sadler explains the process (September 8, 2004)
- Speaking Out One couple's Iraq war saga (June 23, 2004)
- Art . from a vending machine (June 16, 2004)
- Making it news Tom Cochrun and Kevin Finch reinvent Channel 8 (April 7, 2004)
- Getting rid of two Making the one-car family a reality (February 18, 2004)
- A (retractable) dome of our own A new stadium, ready or not (February 11, 2004)
- Coming out alive Firenza Guidi battles George Bernard Shaw (February 11, 2004)
- The book of Joe Yats' restaurant success story (January 07, 2004)
- Living large in a small market The arts in Indy circa 2003 (December 31, 2003)
- Learning or training Arts educators face a hostile environment - (November 12, 2003)
- The "other" jazz fest Freddie Hubbard plays Fountain Square Sunday (September 24, 2003)
- Cultourista! Marty Peters is Indy's top Cultural Tourist (September 3, 2003)
- Plan for public art (August 27, 2003)
- Style is substance (June 25, 2003)
- What's to become of Herron? (May 21, 2003)
- Cultural tourism forum (May 14, 2003)
- Bringing Home the Gold (April 30, 2003)
- African-American architects team up (April 23, 2003)
- Giving peace a chance (April 16, 2003)
- Insomnia (March 12, 2003)
- Cultural Trail unveiled (March 05, 2003)
- Classroom Dada (February 26, 2003)
- X-treme soldiers Recruiting ads make war look like sport (February 26, 2003)
- The future is in the streets (February 26, 2003)
- Mayor honored, plans approved (February 12, 2003)
- Vonnegut at 80 I'm mad about being old and I'm mad about being American (January 2, 2003)
- The library rules (December 4, 2002)
- The man who landed the Colts A conversation about cities with William Hudnut (November 27, 2002)
- Listen to Julia Carson (November 13, 2002)
- The slender thread (October 23, 2002)
- Citizen Macca Meditations on McCartney (October 02, 2002)
- Curiosity is progress (October 2, 2002)
- The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder Book Review (September 11, 2002)
- Keeping the war on drugs alive (September 11, 2002)
- The Lilly sense of place (August 21, 2002)
- Creativity, collisions and community A conversation with Richard Florida (August 14, 2002)
- 6th Annual Nuvo Cultural Vision Awards
- 5th Annual Nuvo Cultural Vision Awards
- The cry of love is so alarming A conversation with John Hiatt
Public Interest
Film
On the outside, at least, suburban life seems built to defy whatever it is that makes narrative
compelling. So in life and art we resort to other, interior ways of escape. This swatch of
autobiography is about coming to terms with a time and place, in my case, Mt. Prospect, Illinois.
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