Kennedy Commentary: The Real Problem
This column was originally published on Sheila Kennedyâs blog, A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In. By Sheila Kennedy February 28, 2025 Bingo! That was my reaction when I read the title of this opinion essay in the Washington Post: âCan we find common ground without a sh â...â
Kennedy Commentary: The inconvenience of WWJD in American Evangelical Christianity
This column was originally published on Sheila Kennedy’s blog, A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In. By Sheila Kennedy February 7, 2025 Remember those bracelets that were so popular some years agoâthe ones that had âWWJDâ on them? It stood for âWhat Would Jesus â...â
Kennedy Commentary: And in Trumpy Indiana
This column was originally published on Sheila Kennedy blog, A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In. By Sheila Kennedy February 3, 2025 If you wondered whether Indianaâs new Governor, Mike Braun, would follow the agenda of his running matesâBeckwith, Banks and RoQuita, all â...â
Kennedy Commentary: White Sheets and Red Hats
This column was originally published on Sheila Kennedy’s blog. By Sheila Kennedy January 24, 2025 There is no longer any way to pretend that the MAGA movement is not all about racism. The only difference between Trump and a Grand Dragon is that the white sheet has been exch â...â
Kennedy Commentary: Documentary spotlights ongoing religious war
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A jaundiced look at the world we live in.” By Sheila Kennedy January 14, 2025 A few days ago, I participated in a panel discussion following a showing of âBad Faith,â a documentary film about Chr â...â
Kennedy Commentary: Rally scheduled to reaffirm commitment to e pluribus unum
(Editor’s note: The Reclaim Rebuild Resist Rally from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Jan. 20, has been moved indoors to the Broadway United Methodist Church, 609 E. 29th St., Indianapolis.) This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A jaundic â...â
Kennedy Commentary: Rokita AgainâŚ
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy’s blog. By Sheila Kennedy December 3, 2024 Among the worst results of the recent election was the localâand sadly predictableâvictory of Indianaâs statewide Republican ticket. Mike Braun can be expected to obedien â...â
KENNEDY COMMENTARY: Gerrymandering enables Indiana âculture warriorsâ to thrive
This column was originally published on Sheila Kennedy’s blog. By Sheila Kennedy September 25, 2024 Let me begin this discussion by connecting some dots. Hoosier voters need to understand how partisan redistricting â usually referred to as gerrymandering â has gi â...â
Sheila Kennedy commentary: Bloomington media fail
Last week, I got a message from Jim and Tomi Allison. Tomi is a past, long-serving Mayor  of Bloomington, Indiana (from 1983-1995) and she and Jim had  sent this letter to the editor of the Bloomington Herald-Times. After over a week with no acknowledgement of its receiptâle â...â
Sheila Kennedy commentary: A down-ballot threat
A recent article from Time Magazine highlighted yet another threat to American democracyâand this particular threat is especially worrisome, because it involves political contests that voters rarely focus on. In our highly polarized era, most voters no longer split their tick â...â