Leppert Commentary: John Green’s ‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ is a tragic story of injustice
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen March 26, 2025 Henry Reider is a young man from Sierra Leone who recently and miraculously survived tuberculosis. Using the words “recently” and “miraculously” to describe his recovery from a disease that has had a preventive vaccine “...”
Krull Commentary: Bayh and Lugar, tough enough to be kind
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com March 24, 2025 The morning former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Indiana, died, I talked with former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, by phone. I’d called Lugar to see if he’d be wil “...”
Leppert Commentary: With America at war with itself, Democrats should revisit the art of it
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen March 19, 2025 Sun Tzu, the former Chinese general, military strategist and philosopher, is known for his treatise, “The Art of War.” It’s remarkable how valuable the writings, believed to have been written in the 5th century BC, conti “...”
Hicks Commentary: What to expect in this Recession
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks March 16, 2025 Recessions are caused by economic shocks that affect either the demand or the supply of goods and services. Presiden “...”
Krull Commentary: Strange company, strange comparison
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com March 14, 2025 The voice mail was succinct. “George Washington had his Benedict Arnold,” the caller said. “And Donald Trump had Mike Pence.” That was it. The caller hung up “...”
Whitehead Commentary: Sometimes the Bravest Thing We Have Is Hope
This article was originally published on Andrew Whitehead’s Substack, American Idolatry. An abandoned church, perhaps in France. It has been a tough few weeks. At the national level we have been inundated hourly, day after day, with a deluge of executive orders and moves b “...”
Leppert Commentary: Jason Isbell and Amanda Zurawski both declare ‘it’s time to be brave’
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen March 12, 2025 I teach storytelling, though the official titles of the classes are things like presentations, writing or speech for business. But on the first day of school in all of my classes, I put a slide on the screen with this quote fr “...”
Hicks Commentary: A 1960s Rural Development Plan
This column was originally published on the Weekly Commentary blog by Michael J. Hicks. By Michael J. Hicks March 9, 2025 The Braun administration has published a rural economic development plan for Indiana. It looks a lot like plans offered by GOP and Democratic governors over t “...”
Krull Commentary: All one way or all the other
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com March 10, 2025 U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, had a bright idea. It was the type of brilliant notion we’ve come to associate with President Donald Trump’s slavish followers in “...”
Hicks Commentary: What Is Government Inefficiency?
This column was originally published by the Weekly Commentary blog by Michael J. Hicks. By Michael J. Hicks March 2, 2025 Over the years, I’ve written frequently about government efficiency and inefficiency. I even wrote a book that, among other things, measured types of effici “...”