Krull Commentary: The way the grown-ups do things
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 29, 2026 Long ago, when he was Indiana’s governor, Evan Bayh disagreed with one of my columns. It wasn’t a surprise. The column was a hard-hitting piece, one that argued h “...”
Krull Commentary: The shooting, the fear and where we are
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 27, 2026 The shooting at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner pulled back and revealed much of what afflicts America these days. Perhaps the first ugly thing to c “...”
Krull Commentary: ‘Inflicting’ politics on others
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 24, 2026 During his failed campaign to become one of Indiana’s U.S. senators, Republican candidate Richard Mourdock gave us a taste of what was to come. This was in 2012. Wh “...”
Krull Commentary: Trump’s fights for nothing
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 22, 2026 President Donald Trump picks the strangest fights. Often, he engages in battles that will gain him little or nothing, even if he wins. Worse, these senseless tussles “...”
Krull Commentary: Another Micah Beckwith meltdown
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 20, 2026 It would be nice—oh so nice—to once again have fully functioning adults holding public office in Indiana. Instead of whiny little brats such as Indiana Lt. Gov. M “...”
Krull Commentary: Todd Rokita doing what he does best
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 17, 2026 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita possesses a truly remarkable gift. He’s one of the best at wasting money. Taxpayer money. Our money. Two recent episodes put th “...”
Krull Commentary: The miseducation of Donald Trump
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 15, 2026 Early in Donald Trump’s first term in the White House, I asked former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, a question about how the new president would approach the “...”
Krull Commentary: Trump has Indiana on his mind, and not in a good way
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 13, 2026 President Donald Trump has the strangest set of priorities. Here he is, having trapped the United States in a war with Iran that no one outside of his inner circle se “...”
Krull Commentary: No preference, please
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 10, 2026 U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, made a case for fairness the other day. Young co-authored with Edward Blum of Students for Fair Admissions a column in The National R “...”
Krull Commentary: Hello, Donald Trump, goodbye, Thomas Jefferson
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 8, 2026 The day began with the president of the United States threatening another nation with genocide. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back agai “...”