Krull Commentary: Trump, Braun, Beckwith and a demolished Indiana GOP
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com March 11, 2026 President Donald Trump, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith and assorted other MAGA deep thinkers may have accomplished something Indiana Democrats never “...”
Krull Commentary: Micah Beckwith and the art of ignorance
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com March 9, 2026 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith must have emerged into adulthood well rested. Because it’s clear that he slept through all the civics, social studies and history cla “...”
Krull Commentary: Greg Ballard and an exit from the crazy train
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com March 4, 2026 Former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s entry into the race for Indiana secretary of state shakes things up in an interesting way. Ballard became the first Republic “...”
Krull Commentary: A president’s war, a grandmother’s worry
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com March 2, 2026 The day after the missiles flew into Iran, I found myself in an airport seated next to an older woman. I was on my way back to Indiana from a family gathering in Maryl “...”
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 “...”