Krull Commentary: It’s more than a game
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 2, 2025 Right after his team clinched a spot in the NBA finals, Indiana Pacers Coach Rick Carlisle delivered a home truth. “In 49 other states, it’s just basketball,” Carl “...”
Krull commentary: A farce is a farce is a farce
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 30, 2025 PARIS, France—Somehow, it’s refreshing to see that leaders of other nations also find themselves caught in embarrassing circumstances. A few days ago, cameras caught “...”
Krull Commentary: Trump, Harvard and the pettiness of power
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 26, 2025 More than a half-century ago, the German and American historian and philosopher Hannah Arendt conjured up a penetrating phrase. After attending the war crimes trial of A “...”
Krull Commentary: Jim Irsay, down the road
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 23, 2025 Longtime Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay could poke fun at himself. Years ago, I attended a special preview of the long, unspooled typescript of Jack Kerouac’s “O “...”
Krull Commentary: Biden, Trump and the complicated question of presidential health
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 21, 2025 Former President Joe Biden has advanced prostate cancer. Biden’s cancer is at stage four. Those of us who have lost loved ones to cancer know stage four designation me “...”
Krull Commentary: This should be for adults only
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 19, 2025 Here’s a serious question. Why is it so difficult to find functioning grownups to serve in leadership positions? In place after place, we see leaders blubbering over p “...”
Krull Commentary: Todd Rokita wants to teach Notre Dame how to be Catholic
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 16, 2025 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has a peculiar genius. He is better than anyone else around at identifying problems that do not exist and pursuing “solutions” t “...”
Krull Commentary: GOP’s luxury plane ride to recognition
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 14, 2025 There’s a story often attributed to the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw that speaks to this moment. Shaw, the story goes, found himself seated next to a pompous w “...”
Krull Commentary: Students blazed the trail
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 12, 2025 Sometimes, milestones arrive in near silence. This just-concluded legislative session of the Indiana General Assembly marked the 20th year Franklin College journalism s “...”
Krull Commentary: A pope who will lead with his ears
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 12, 2025 The world has a new pope. And, in the end, it wasn’t the mystery and the majesty—the puffs of smoke and the secretive ceremony—that was the most moving about the s “...”