Krull Commentary: The turmoil at the Indiana ACLU
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 26, 2026 Long ago, when I was executive director of what is now the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, I used to tell audiences a joke. “If you agree with us only 80% of the time, you should give us money,” I’d say, then p “...”
Krull Commentary: One act of foolishness, one act of cruelty
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 23, 2026 At this point in a hotly contested political campaign, some candidates lose whatever vestiges of common sense they possess. And some demonstrate that they have no moral core at all. Let’s deal with the question of disappearin “...”
Krull Commentary: Not easy being left
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 16, 2026 Not long before he died, former four-term Indianapolis Mayor Bill Hudnut talked with me about the Republican Party to which he had devoted most of his career. This was in the days after Donald Trump had taken the ride down the “...”
Krull Commentary: Trump’s uppercase shamelessness
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 14, 2026 Donald Trump is a special kind of shameless. A friend of mine gave me copies of a letter and a $500 check President Trump sent to him. The money, the president said, was a one-time rebate because the administration of President “...”
Krull Commentary: The SOS debate, illuminating in spite of itself
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 9, 2026 The four candidates to be Indiana’s next secretary of state came to their biggest debate with varied challenges to meet and different roles to play. Democrat Beau Bayh had to fight on at least two fronts. He had to convince pr “...”
Krull Commentary: Baseball and seasons of heartbreak
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 7, 2026 CLEVELAND, Ohio—Baseball exists to break one’s heart. I’m back in Cleveland, the city where I was born. It’s the city where, more than 60 years ago, my father tried to teach me the game he loved most, tossing underhand p “...”
Krull Commentary: Rokita and the jet ski that runs on tax dollars
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 5, 2026 It’s time to give credit where credit is due. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has genuine gifts. He is spectacularly good at wasting time, squandering taxpayers’ money, starting silly fights and wallowing in self-pity. “...”
Krull Commentary: A polite but urgent little rant
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 2, 2026 What follows will be a rant. The other day, I made the mistake of following a social media discussion about the Indiana secretary of state’s race from start to finish. The opening salvo in this waste of time and energy was an “...”
Krull Commentary: Are there any Republicans who watch basketball?
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 30, 2026 Fool around long enough and eventually Schmitt happens. That’s what Republicans discovered when they dragged former Special Counsel Jack Smith before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for a hearing. They did so in the for “...”
Krull Commentary: The future will not be kind
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 28, 2026 History can be a harsh judge. When the tumult surrounding controversial events quiets, people—not just scholars, but actual people—look at what happened. They peer through the confusion and, with a clearer gaze, determi “...”