Hicks Commentary: The Unanticipated Effects of SB1
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks April 20, 2025 Gov. Mike Braun has signed the contentious Senate Bill 1 into law. This legislation was neither as good, nor as bad, “...”
Krull Commentary: Now, deportations have a face
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 17, 2025 It’s easier, so much easier, to hate and fear people we don’t know. Once they have faces, once we see that others are human beings with hopes and pains similar to “...”
Leppert Commentary: Nobody is safe in America, not from America, not anymore
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen April 16, 2025 “Bridge of Spies” is a 2015 movie about an insurance attorney, James Donovan, who finds himself representing a Soviet spy, Rudolph Abel, in a highly publicized espionage trial in 1957. Yes, it’s directed by Steve “...”
Hicks Commentary: The Stupidest of Policies
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks April 13, 2025 The GOP is vacillating between contradictory claims that President Trump’s tariffs are either negotiating tactics “...”
Krull Commentary: Republicans, property taxes and other family feuds
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 14, 2025 There used to be a saying in politics that was partly a joke, partly a cliché and partly a home truth. “Democrats have to fall in love while Republicans just fall i “...”
Krull Commentary: Diego Morales and the non-stop giving season
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 11, 2025 Only one question remains regarding Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales. Did he use anesthesia during the surgical procedure in which his conscience was removed “...”
Leppert Commentary: Jim Banks’ mad handing is no coincidence; it’s a modern, political aspiration
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen April 9, 2025 The term “glad handing” appeared in the American vernacular at the beginning of the 20th century, through the phrase, “to give the glad hand,” or extend a welcome. But that type of welcome has generally come with a twis “...”
Hicks Commentary: American Scientific Brain Drain Is Now Happening
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks April 6, 2025 As recently as 1900, American colleges and universities educated too few students and did too little research. One w “...”
Krull Commentary: Three Hoosiers, behaving badly
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 4, 2025 Where, oh where, do we Hoosiers find these people? In the space of just a few days, these things happened. Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, a self-identified Christian “...”
Leppert Commentary: Liberals’ ‘abundance agenda’ takes time to absorb, but it’s worth it
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen April 2, 2025 A friend sent me a link to an episode of “Pod Save America” on Sunday with the short message, “This is worth your time.” The podcast is a favorite among the left, hosted by a small group of former Obama advisers who des “...”