Leppert Commentary: âThe Talkâ wonât get us through the evil of ICEâs mask-wearing
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen May 14, 2025 In the opening scene of the film, âThe Hate U Give,â a father is having The Talk with his two young children. It is a common discussion Black families have in America to prepare for the inevitable contact with law enforcemen â...â
Kennedy Commentary: An Excellent Open Plea
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, âA Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.â By Sheila Kennedy May12, 2025 My sister was one of those Hoosiers who once held out hope that Indianaâs Senator Todd Young would grow a spine. After allâunlike â...â
Throckmorton Commentary: When all that glitters is not gold: Indiana should say no to WallBuilders
By Warren Throckmorton May 12, 2025 From my home in Pennsylvania, I read The Washington Post article of Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s praise for the Three-Fifths Compromise and his subsequent declaration that an entity called “WallBuilders” informed his anal â...â
Hicks Commentary: Trumpâs Tariff Recession Is Here
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks May 11, 2025 Three months ago, I released an economic forecast that I called âthe best for Indiana in the 17 years Iâve been do 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
Leppert Commentary: Graduation comes so fast we donât have time for pretending
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen May 7, 2025 In âMother Night,â Kurt Vonnegut wrote: âWe are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.â I might add: âAnd for how long.â I was invited to join a small group of students last week to â...â
Hicks Commentary: Two Key Economic Lessons in One Bill
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks May 4, 2025 Indianaâs 2025 legislative session offered a valuable pair of economic lessons. The first is that there are no perfec 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
Leppert Commentary: Stories endangering women and civil rights are like ships passing in the night
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen April 30, 2025 Since the measure was first coined by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, the âFirst 100 Daysâ is the standard we exclusively give new presidents âas a symbolic window to set the toneâ of their administration. âIt â...â