Kennedy Commentary: Rokita Again…
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 local–and sadly predictable–victory of Indiana’s statewide Republican ticket. Mike Braun can be expected to obedien “...”
KENNEDY COMMENTARY: Gerrymandering enables Indiana ‘culture warriors’ 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 – usually referred to as gerrymandering – has gi “...”
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 receipt–le “...”
Sheila Kennedy commentary: A down-ballot threat
A recent article from Time Magazine highlighted yet another threat to American democracy–and 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 “...”
Sheila Kennedy commentary: Diagnosing democracy’s illness
A few days ago, I was in a small meeting devoted to civic education. Attendees included some very smart, very savvy individuals, all of whom were veterans of the longstanding effort to increase civic knowledge and civic literacy. But when the individual who had convened this part “...”