October 01 2022

John Krull commentary: A time and place for wisdom

The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected Attorney General Todd Rokita’s attempt to rush the Hoosier state’s draconian new abortion ban through the judicial branch as fast it raced through the legislature. Regardless of where the state’s courts ultimately land on the question, “...”

September 27 2022

John Krull commentary: When night is day and down is up

Anyone who wants to understand just how much Donald Trump has transformed the Republican Party should look no further than the GOP’s candidate for Indiana secretary of state, Diego Morales. Morales, it seems, is a dues-paying member of the scandal-a-day club. The most recent on “...”

September 26 2022

John Krull commentary: Fun and games on someone else’s dime

Being attorney general in a lot of states—including, apparently, Indiana—must not be that demanding a job. Because these folks seem to have a lot of time on their hands. All too often, they use that time to drag their states into fights that are none of their business. In doi “...”

September 15 2022

John Krull commentary: Maybe it’s an oath they don’t understand

Talk about a revelation that isn’t much of a surprise. The Anti-Defamation League recently released a report revealing that an alarming number of elected officials, law-enforcement officers and first responders are or have been members or supporters of the radical-right conspir “...”

September 13 2022

John Krull commentary: Sauce for the goose …

The social conservatives who rushed and rammed through Indiana’s draconian law banning abortion have a new fight on their hands—with an interesting and formidable opponent. Themselves. A few days ago, the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed its second legal challe “...”

September 07 2022

John Krull commentary: So many questions, so few answers as high court rules on gay teacher’s firing

An Indiana Supreme Court ruling regarding the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis’s decision to fire a teacher at a Catholic high school because he was gay raises more questions than it answers. The state’s high court sided with the archdiocese—and did so in sweeping “...”

August 26 2022

John Krull commentary: Self-delusion, and self-inflicted wounds

The other day, Gov. Eric Holcomb did his best to spray perfume in and around the Hoosier outhouse. It didn’t eliminate the stench created by the Indiana General Assembly’s foolish and frantic rush to be the first state in the nation to adopt a near total ban on abortion. How “...”

August 02 2022

John Krull commentary: The Supreme Court launched a demolition derby — and in Indiana, it’s only beginning

If the conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court intended to smash America into fragments by overturning Roe vs. Wade, their plan is working splendidly. The just-completed demolition derby in the Indiana Senate demonstrates that. During a special session Hoosier legislators “...”

July 28 2022

John Krull commentary: Across the nation, ‘Hoosiers are a preview of coming attractions’

Sacramento, California — Indiana followed me across the country. Most places I stopped as I meandered my way to the west coast, people along my route asked what was going on in my home state. A woman at a bookstore in Iowa City says she had been getting action alerts and up “...”

July 17 2022

John Krull commentary: A time for adults to be adults

Someday—soon, I hope—the fever will break, and we will find ourselves asking the same questions about this delirious, delusional age. Why were we so crazy?, we will ask. Why did we have to be so mean? The saga of the 10-year-old girl who was raped and had to travel to Indiana “...”