February 10 2022

John Krull commentary: Two big Todd Rokita bad habits

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has at least two annoying habits. One is picking senseless fights. The other is wasting taxpayer money. Our money. Both these character flaws are on display in Rokita’s dispute with conservative commentator, radio talk show host and gadfly A “...”

January 22 2022

John Krull commentary: ‘Talk to the hand’ is lawmakers’ response to the public on redistricting and other issues

If you want to understand why government in our country is so often lost, ineffectual and misguided, just look at what’s happening in our Indiana General Assembly. And, by the way, it is our—meaning it belongs to the citizens of this state—General Assembly. More on that in “...”

January 17 2022

John Krull commentary: Time to own up to our nation’s history

My grandfather was a career educator. He started teaching school even before he finished college. In the early days of the 20th century a person could do that. He started first in the classroom, showed skill at management and leadership and spent the bulk of his career as a princ “...”

January 12 2022

John Krull commentary: Holcomb turns the heat down

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb had a peculiar political problem as he prepared to deliver his sixth State of the State Address.The Indiana General Assembly was only a week into the 2022 session when he stepped before the lectern in the House chamber. That week, though, has been time e “...”

November 11 2021

John Krull commentary: Gerrymandering and the race to the bottom

They steal that which does not belong to them. And then politicians wonder why people do not trust them. What politicians crave most is power. They will do anything to hold it, to exert it, to wield it like a whip. That is why most politicians—Republican and Democrat—are so o “...”

October 18 2021

John Krull commentary: Marie Antoinette for Indiana Attorney General

Long ago, perhaps the best teacher I ever had delivered a lesson. He taught through a form of the Socratic, which meant that he posed questions to his students. When we answered, he would challenge us, pushing us to defend our positions and our thoughts. Some students didn’t li “...”

October 09 2021

John Krull commentary: The mess made by gerrymandering

Not long after Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Indiana’s new and heavily gerrymandered redistricting bill into law, he received a reminder of why such measures aren’t such a good idea. A Marion County judge upheld a law passed by the Indiana General Assembly that challenges “...”

September 25 2021

John Krull commentary: Gerrymandering, an addiction politicians just can’t break

Some decisions are just too important to leave to politicians. Chief among those decisions is how we citizens decide who will represent us. That process goes by a name—redistricting—that is a cure for insomnia. But it matters, perhaps more than any other question. That’s be “...”

September 18 2021

John Krull commentary: A Roman myth, redistricting and renunciation

The ancient Romans had a myth they revered. It concerned the patrician farmer turned general, Cincinnatus. In a time of extreme threat, the Romans offered Cincinnatus absolute power. He was reluctant to assume it. When he defeated the enemy, he relinquished the power he held and “...”

August 31 2021

John Krull commentary: Todd Rokita’s odd compulsion

When he was a small boy, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita must have been the kind of kid who had to touch a hot stove multiple times before he figured out it burned. Time and age haven’t taught him much. The Indiana Supreme Court just rejected—for the second time—Rokita “...”