Krull Commentary: Modest proposal to make government work
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 8, 2025 America’s leaders have a funny way of showing their determination to make the federal government work again. President Donald Trump cared so much that he went golf “...”
Krull Commentary: Braun and Beckwith illustrate the problem
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 6, 2025 Without intending to, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith just demonstrated much of what is wrong with American politics these days. The occasion for “...”
Krull Commentary: Three teams, three inspirations
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 3, 2025 God love the underdogs—the comeback, come-from-behind, never-quit, never-say-die teams. Even when they’re outmanned, outgunned and even overwhelmed, they keep ba “...”
Krull Commentary: Government shutdown has one guaranteed loser
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull The Indiana Citizen October 1, 2025 No one is going to win this fight. Including—actually, especially—the American people. The political showdown that led to the shutdown of the U.S. government has b “...”
Krull Commentary: Trump, Comey and the gift that keeps on taking
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 26, 2025 Maybe the problem is that no one ever taught President Donald Trump how to say thank you. He has difficulty seeing a gift for what it is, which is why he feels en “...”
Krull Commentary: It’s not for the faint-hearted
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 24, 2025 Some years ago, an editor asked me and some other folks to contribute to a blog dedicated to current events. The editor pulled everyone together for an organizati “...”
Krull Commentary: Todd Rokita’s funhouse mirror First Amendment
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 22, 2025 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has idiosyncratic notions about the First Amendment. On one hand, when his interests are involved, he thinks and argues that t “...”
Krull Commentary: A burning in the night
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 19, 2025 Life has its ironies. Long ago, a group of angry men burned a cross on my grandfather’s lawn. They wore masks. They wanted to intimidate my grandfather, who ser “...”
Krull Commentary: Robert Redford, beneath the golden smile
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 17, 2025 No one displayed the quiet heartache beneath the heartthrob, the wounded interior below the gorgeous exterior, the way Robert Redford did. His gift as an actor was “...”
Krull Commentary: Charlie Kirk, America’s Rorschach test
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 15, 2025 At least two things have become clear in the aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder. The first is that—right, left and center—many America “...”