One more reason to give up your Indy Envy, if you are still suffering from it:
Thirteen people have been killed in Indianapolis in less than a week — a wave of bloodshed that has alarmed residents and civic leaders and led to stepped-up police patrols in the city's trouble spots.
This editorial against the governor's desire to raise the cigarette tax could have used a little more thought:
There are plenty of reasons not to like smoking. It's dangerous. It's selfish. It's smelly. It creates messes because so many smokers can't seem to figure out how to properly throw their butts away.
Here we go. Many people, including the governor, say we need all-day kindergarten for all Indiana children. Now, this Indiana University report says we need a statewide program of pre-kindergarten:
Doug Masson weighs in on Mark Souder's pledge to step down from Congress after 12 years and thinks the congressman's reasons for breaking that pledge are lame and self-serving. I've commented on the issue from time to time, including this post from almost a year ago. I can't say I greatly disagree with Doug, though I am philosophically more inclined to agree with Souder on More issues than I do with challenger Tom Hayhurst.
Blogging technology may be new, but the rule of thumb for talking about about your employer is as old as business itself: Don't bad-mouth your company in public:
I noticed the officials quoted in this story had answers for the issues of security and bartering and potential abuse and all of that. But I didn't hear any of them really address the possible effects of forced smoking cessation on the patients:
"These people are put in the state hospitals to regain their competency, not for their physical health. This is their residence when they are put in there for six months, a year, five years or 10 years," Ames said.
A Hoosier curmudgeon sees a Republican governor who likes to spend money, and she is not happy about it:
Indiana's Republican governor wants to increase spending again. He said his biggest priority is to fund full-day kindergarten. Of course this was a priority when Democrats were in charge too. When you're the party in control, proposing spending in a feel-good area seems to be standard political procedure.
If you want the "gentle approach," hire an Indiana company:
Come on, Hoosiers. Just a few more minutes a day, and we can be No. 1:
Indiana workers once again rank second in the country when it comes to wasting time at work.
According to a new survey by America Online and Salary.com, Hoosiers on average spend 2.8 hours a day slacking off at work.
Missouri tops the list, slacking off three-hours and two minutes a day.
After we're done warning the kids about what they put on MySpace, maybe we'd better say something to the adults, too.
Did the top editor at a small Indiana newspaper lose his job because of a Myspace.com profile? He says, "Yes."
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