Columns

Don’t blow it, Barack

dhoppe — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:31:26 -0500

A good friend called the other day and said she wants to get a message to Barack Obama. Like so many of us, she was elated when he was elected president.

Sarah Palin’s book tour

dhoppe — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:42:23 -0500

Good news for Noblesville: Sarah Palin will be visiting the Barnes & Noble bookstore there at some point between Nov. 17 and Dec. 10 as part of her Going Rogue book tour.

When we think about health care

dhoppe — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:12:40 -0400

Of all the words I’ve read about health care reform over the past year or so, here are some that really stick in my craw.

Gambling with the future

dhoppe — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:43:19 -0400

A warning flag was hoisted at the Statehouse last week.

Lafayette Square’s biggest obstacle

dhoppe — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:19:41 -0400

In this issue of NUVO, Sarah Layden writes about the “Celebrate the Difference” parade taking place this Saturday in the Lafayette Square Area.

A better way of learning

dhoppe — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:48:57 -0400

“The Wonder of Learning” is an exhibit about the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood learning that’s currently on view at the State House. That’s right: the Statehouse.

Corporate threats

dhoppe — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:36:04 -0400

A couple of weeks ago I was in Bean Blossom for a bluegrass festival at the park Bill Monroe created over 40 years ago. It’s an idyllic spot.

Arts kerfuffle

dhoppe — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:19:19 -0400

President Obama’s critics are saying a recent flap over comments made by a now ex-spokesperson for the National Endowment For the Arts during a conference call are typical of the Obama administratio

Sick of apologies

dhoppe — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:34:55 -0400

“I’m sick of apologies!”

The jobless recovery

dhoppe — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:10:25 -0400

There was a grocery store in Broad Ripple where customers used a keypad to ring up their sales and bagged their own purchases if they didn’t want to wait in line for traditional cashier service.