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 â...â
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 Kerouacâs âO â...â
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. Bidenâs cancer is at stage four. Those of us who have lost loved ones to cancer know stage four designation me â...â
Krull Commentary: This should be for adults only
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 19, 2025 Hereâs 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 â...â
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 âsolutionsâ t â...â
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 Thereâs 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 â...â
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 â...â
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 wasnât the mystery and the majestyâthe puffs of smoke and the secretive ceremonyâthat was the most moving about the s â...â
Krull Commentary: Trump and Braun give it the old college try
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 7, 2025 President Donald Trump and Indiana Gov. Mike Braun donât have enough to do. The demands of leading a nation and a state donât seem to be enough to occupy Trump and Br â...â
Krull Commentary: Mike Pence’s profile in courage
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 5, 2025 More than 50 years ago, I read John F. Kennedyâs âProfiles in Courageâ for the first time. I was in the fourth or fifth grade. It was five or six years after an ass â...â