Krull Commentary: Trump, the bride at every wedding, the baby at every christening
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 9, 2026 Not everything is about him. That’s the thing—the fundamental truth—that President Donald Trump never has been able to grasp. His unceasing hunger for attention drives him to do and say offensive things. It’s almost as “...”
Krull Commentary: That day, before and after
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 7, 2026 The day began in an ordinary fashion. On Sept. 11, 2001, I drove my children to daycare. They were still small, not yet school age, but my daughter, the eldest, liked to talk on car trips, however short they might be. Once I “...”
Compton Commentary: Is Indy news biased? Here’s my advice for finding reliable sources
By Tracey Compton Indianapolis Public Editor September 2, 2026 What’s the No. 1 complaint I hear from Indy residents about our local news? It’s biased. At every single public event I host, at least one participant tells me they can detect bias in our news, and, as a result, t “...”
Krull Commentary: Trump, ICE and the American Revolution in reverse
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 4, 2026 The immigration crackdown has come to Indiana. Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—ICE—showed up in the Indianapolis metropolitan area and elsewhere in the state and began taking an undetermined number of “...”
FROM THE PUBLISHER: August started in Montana and ended with a debate worth watching
By Bill Moreau The Indiana Citizen September 3, 2026 A week spent fly-fishing with our grandsons and great-nephew in Montana proves the idiom, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” I’m a decent Indiana bass fisherman, but stick an unfamiliar fly rod in my hands, put me “...”
Krull Commentary: Lake America and other tales of presidential daycare
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 2, 2026 It turns out that the supposed master of “The Art of the Deal” has no idea how to close one. That’s the real takeaway from President Donald Trump’s temper tantrum over the breakdown in trade negotiations with Canada— “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Defining ‘wasteful spending’
By Sheila Suess Kennedy August 31, 2026 Indiana’s Secretary of State race gets more interesting–as well as more annoying–every day. For those of you who don’t live in our backward Red state, a short explanation: Indiana has laws that protect the power and status of the tw “...”
Krull Commentary: Democrats get another chance to get it right
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 31, 2026 Democrats here in Indiana and across the nation face a test this November. That test is cognitive in nature. It will be administered to determine whether they can recognize reality. Sadly, it’s a test Democrats often have fail “...”
Kennedy Commentary: What school vouchers really do
By Sheila Suess Kennedy August 29, 2026 Can you stand one more diatribe about school vouchers? I have posted dozens of blogs addressing the multiple negative consequences of starving the nation’s public schools in order to funnel tax dollars into the pockets of people who mostl “...”
Krull Commentary: Donald Trump’s damage to the GOP
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 28, 2026 Years ago, during Donald Trump’s first presidency, I made a prediction. I wrote that, while Trump doubtless was going to do damage to many American institutions and aggravate Democrats to no end, he was going to hurt the Repub “...”