Krull Commentary: Trump and the tariff hustle
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com February 27, 2026 President Donal Trump has one truly remarkable gift. Somehow, he always finds a way to convince his followers that he’s helping them when, in fact, he is fleecin “...”
Krull Commentary: Trump preaches to the choir once again
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com February 25, 2026 If there was a theme to President Donald Trump’s disjointed and meandering State of the Union Address, it was this. Over one hour and 48 minutes, the president a “...”
Krull Commentary: Jesse Jackson, from the back of the bus
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com February 17, 2026 The Rev. Jesse Jackson stepped to the back of the bus. It was his bus, his campaign bus. This was in the spring of 1988, the weekend before the Indiana presidentia “...”
Krull Commentary: ICE and other chills on Hoosier liberties
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com February 13, 2026 At almost the same time that the Indiana House of Representatives voted to greatly reduce the constitutional rights of high school and college students in our stat “...”
Krull Commentary: The Washington Post, a requiem
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com February 11, 2026 Almost a decade ago, I took a tour of The Washington Post with some students. We were in the nation’s capital shooting video for a documentary. A friend with con “...”
Krull Commentary: Lee Hamilton’s lesson for us
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com February 6, 2026 Former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Indiana, once told me a story. It happened when I was working on a documentary about the now deceased former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar “...”
Krull Commentary: Once again, the Indiana GOP practices subtraction
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull The Indiana Citizen February 4, 2026 Pettiness exacts costs. The first of those costs is corruption. The corruption can be but isn’t necessarily financial. More often, it involves a warping of mission, “...”
Krull Commentary: Your faith is and should be your concern
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com January 28, 2026 The religious right sure knows how to bite the hand that feeds it. The usual suspects here in Indiana—the Indiana Family Institute, etc.—managed to push a bill “...”
Krull Commentary: Another Minnesota shooting, another flood of lies
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com January 26, 2026 Once again, the lies, distortions and mistruths flowed forth almost before the sound of the last gunshot had quieted. When agents for Immigration and Customs Enforc “...”
Krull Commentary: ‘Winning,’ Trump style
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com January 23, 2026 President Donald Trump declared victory the other day in his senseless fight with Denmark and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries over Greenland. He an “...”