Hicks Commentary: A Hoosier funeral for a bad idea
By Michael J Hicks August 4, 2026 Last week, a white supremacist group, “Save Heritage Indiana,” held a funeral for one of America’s worst ideas — that being American was a matter of bloodline. Hidden to avoid the press, a few dozen souls gathered inside a rented tent “...”
Krull Commentary: Bray departs, Trump deludes himself
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 3, 2026 Sometimes, a focus on details obscures a full appreciation of the larger picture. Such is the case with the decision by Indiana Sen. Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, not to stand for re-election as president pro tempore of the Indian “...”
Hicks Commentary: The Macroeconomic Consequences of Two Wars
This column was originally published for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks August 2, 2026 We are in the midst of two historic global events with major macroeconomic effects that will linger for well ove “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Where’s “Anti-Sharia” Beckwith Now?
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy July 28,2026 Indiana’s looney-tunes lieutenant governor refuses to moderate his all-out attacks on the Muslim religion (and is scarcely nicer ab “...”
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Will Hoosiers speak truth to power about today’s D.C. Stephenson?
By Bill Moreau The Indiana Citizen July 31, 2026 I hope you’ve had a chance to read IU History Professor Emeritus James Madison’s recent commentary comparing our Christian nationalist Lt. Governor, Micah Beckwith, to D.C. Stephenson, who led the Indiana Ku Klux Klan a century “...”
Madison Commentary: Is Micah Beckwith Indiana’s new D. C. Stephenson?
By James Madison July 28, 2026 I know a great deal about D. C. Stephenson, the Indiana Klan leader of the early 1920s. Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is no D. C. Stephenson. Perhaps he’s a wannabe? The Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan is my prime candidate for the evilest man who ev “...”
Krull Commentary: Don’t let the boors be the only ones who speak
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com July 27, 2026 Some day, one hopes, our public discussions will stop being dominated by social morons who behave as if they learned their manners in a barnyard. An adjunct professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in I “...”
Hicks Commentary: Indiana’s tax debate is poised to worsen
This column was originally published for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks July 26, 2026 Hoosiers should expect the next couple years to be full of hasty and ill-conceived tax proposals as the failure o “...”
Silverman Commentary: Helping Young People Develop Constructive Patriotism
By Tami Silverman President and CEO of Indiana Youth Institute July 23, 2026 This month’s events celebrating 250 years of American history remind us of our duty to prepare children for the nation’s future. That duty falls not just on families. Educators, mentors, coac “...”
Krull Commentary: Bad for business in Indiana
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com July 22, 2026 Many years ago, I was up for a job as an editorial writer for a newspaper on the West Coast. It was in a city that was exploding with growth, much of which was fueled by massive investment from people fleeing Hong Kong ahead of an “...”