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Panic-shopping
Steve Hammer
I think the ultimate conclusion is that our news media make great profits in scaring the shit out of people.
The Ballard math
David Hoppe
Having gotten himself elected as the friend of every hot head with an anti-tax For Sale sign in his front yard, he’s finding out what running a city the size of Indianapolis actually costs.



There will be winners
Ed Johnson-Ott
Boy, the writers’ strike really kicked this year’s awards season in the head, didn’t it? Still, it’s all over now, and this Sunday we can once again sit back and enjoy the most overblown employee recognition evening of them all. Here are my thoughts on the nominees.


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Exploring energy and food independence
Shawndra Miller
The true cost of food must factor in environmental damage from big agriculture, the health and ecological impacts of diesel exhaust and the accompanying tax burdens to address these problems.
Oil: It's what's for dinner
Thomas P. Healy
Perhaps most responsible for the recent hunger for all foods local is Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, a best-seller named one of the 10 best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post.

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The divine riffs of Father Stan Fortuna
Paul F. P. Pogue
Fortuna performs across a wide array of genres (hip-hop, jazz, fusion, Gregorian chant) and venues (nightclubs, cathedrals, festivals), and has recorded nearly 20 albums — and that’s not to mention his considerable preaching and ministerial responsibilities.


Young team, big goals
Andrew Prinsen
The Indiana Ice is a part of the United States Hockey League, a junior league comprised of players who, at the beginning of the season, are no more than 20 years old.




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