Leppert Commentary: People will feel the one big, beautiful bill, and it will be ugly
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen July 2, 2025 Every semester, the students in my business writing class are divided up into teams and are assigned a real-life challenge from a company looking to elevate its performance in any number of ways. It’s an opportunity to researc “...”
Krull Commentary: An American Revolution that never stops
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 30, 2025 Thomas Jefferson listened in anguish as the other members of the Continental Congress edited his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was so upset that B “...”
Hicks Commentary: More Changes to Economic Development Policy Are Needed
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks June 29, 2025 Several weeks ago, I wrote that Hoosiers should offer Gov. Mike Braun grace in his efforts to reorient the Indiana “...”
Krull Commentary: Democratic meltdown in Indianapolis
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 27, 2025 Watching the sexual harassment scandal envelop Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and the Indianapolis-Marion County Council is like watching a family feud unfold in slow m “...”
Shabazz Commentary: Todd Rokita is swinging wild, and the disciplinary commission just threw him a fastball down the middle
This column was published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz IndyPolitics.org June 24, 2025 I love baseball. Always have. Always will. Whether it’s the grit of the South Side, the heartbreak of the Pacific Northwest, or the classic swagger of St. Louis, I bleed Wh “...”
Leppert Commentary: Maybe sexual harassment by elected officials shouldn’t end happily for them
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen June 25, 2025 I spent last weekend in New York, as I try to do once a year, for the primary purpose of seeing the latest hot show or two on Broadway. I’d love to say I am expert at picking the best shows, but the truth is, if a show has go “...”
Krull Commentary: Lugar, Trump and the advantages of study
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 23, 2025 When I first heard that President Donald Trump had ordered a series of bombings in Iran, I thought of a series of conversations I’d had with the late U.S. Sen. Richa “...”
Hicks Commentary: We Have a Healthy Middle Class
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks June 22, 2025 I’m often asked, “What has happened to the middle class?” The best answer I can think of puts the question “...”
Krull Commentary: Just let them talk
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 20, 2025 Let people speak. I’ll say that again. Let. People. Speak. Close to home and across the nation, we’re now seeing bad situations made much worse by public officialsâ “...”
Krull Commentary: Court gives big government a boost
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 18, 2025 The U.S. Supreme Court of Chief Justice John Roberts now has established what its legacy will be. The Roberts court will go down in history as the one that established “...”