Krull Commentary: Requiem for a civil man
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 11, 2026 My first meaningful encounter with Bob Garton wasn’t an easy one. This was nearly 30 years ago, when it could be argued that Garton, the Republican state senator from “...”
Krull Commentary: Absurd acts in an absurd age
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 8, 2026 On primary night, with less than a handful of votes separating them, Indiana Sen. Spencer Deery, R-West Lafayette, and his Republican challenger Paula Copenhaver both de “...”
Krull Commentary: Trump’s grenade into his own tent
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 5, 2026 On Primary Day, President Donald Trump gathered the Hoosier political scalps he wanted. Most of them, anyway. His chosen candidates took down five—for sure—of the “...”
Krull Commentary: When only one person is thinking
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 4, 2026 Some years ago, when my then-teenage daughter and I were having a discussion, she stopped and looked at me. “I’m sorry, Dad,” she said, “but I don’t agree with “...”
Krull Commentary: King Charles III, the Court and the disappearance of principled conservatives
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 1, 2026 Once upon a time, not all that long ago, the word “conservative” in a political context meant something. The heart of that meaning was in the first two syllables. Co “...”
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 “...”