Krull Commentary: Court gives big government a boost
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 18, 2025 The U.S. Supreme Court of Chief Justice John Roberts now has established what its legacy will be. The Roberts court will go down in history as the one that established “...”
Krull Commentary: The Minnesota shootings and America
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 16, 2025 One of the many sad things about the shootings in Minnesota is that they somehow seem inevitable. Any reasonable person—conservative or progressive, Republican or Dem “...”
Krull Commentary: Trump, Miller and the art of the denial
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 13, 2025 Scenes like what has unfolded in Los Angeles are what happen when Donald Trump and his brain trust Stephen Miller need to distract us from their failures. Let us be cle “...”
Krull Commentary: Donald and Elon, a tragic love story
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 9, 2025 Neil Sedaka said it best. “Breaking up is hard to do,” Sedaka once crooned. He could have been singing about Donald Trump and Elon Musk. If ever there was a bromance “...”
Krull Commentary: Todd Rokita evades the question
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 6, 2025 When Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced another of his pandering efforts to persecute a Hoosier university, I thought of an address President John F. Kennedy “...”
Krull Commentary: Days of sadness at IU
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 4, 2025 In the hungry days following World War II, when the United States had assumed world leadership, America’s colleges and universities looked for ways to set themselves a “...”
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 “...”