Krull Commentary: Braun catches up with the old gang
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com January 29, 2025 Perhaps the most important moment in Indiana Gov. Mike Braun’s first State of the State address came at the beginning, before he even dove into his prepared text. “...”
Leppert Commentary: Braun puts others in their place, just by othering them
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen January 29, 2025 The word Indiana is literally defined as “the land of the Indians.” When Congress divided the Northwest Territory in 1800, it named the western section the Indiana Territory, and when it became a state in 1816, Indiana b “...”
Krull Commentary: Teacher Tom Jefferson fails Braun and Rokita
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com January 27, 2025 New Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has plans for the state’s education system. He wants to make the Hoosier state’s voucher system—already one of the most expansive a “...”
Kennedy Commentary: White Sheets and Red Hats
This column was originally published on Sheila Kennedy’s blog. By Sheila Kennedy January 24, 2025 There is no longer any way to pretend that the MAGA movement is not all about racism. The only difference between Trump and a Grand Dragon is that the white sheet has been exch “...”
Leppert Commentary: America has a new president, even if it doesn’t know what that means
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen January 22, 2025 Hear ye! Hear ye, America! It’s Inauguration Week! But please don’t confuse it with infrastructure week. The swearing in of a convicted felon actually did happen on Monday. The striking components of Donald Trump’s sec “...”
Whitehead Commentary: Christian Nationalism and Demands for “Ethical” Political Leaders
This article was originally published on Andrew Whitehead’s Substack, American Idolatry. In 1998, at the height of the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal, James Dobson wrote an open letter to the American people. Dobson was the founder of Focus on the Family, one of “...”
Krull Commentary: Mike Braun’s odd moment of victory
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com January 13, 2025 If Indiana’s new governor, Mike Braun, wanted to make clear he was the most sane, balanced and truthful of the three men taking oaths of office on inauguration da “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Documentary spotlights ongoing religious war
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A jaundiced look at the world we live in.” By Sheila Kennedy January 14, 2025 A few days ago, I participated in a panel discussion following a showing of “Bad Faith,” a documentary film about Chr “...”
Madison Commentary: One Hundred Years Ago Forerunners of Today’s Christian Nationalists Came to Power in Indiana
By James H. Madison special to The Indiana Citizen January 13, 2025 The inauguration of Gov. Mike Braun and Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith sparks thoughts of the similar inauguration a hundred years ago, January 12, 1925, when Edward Jackson and Harold Van Orman took their oaths. Th “...”
Hicks Commentary: The Three Risks of Christian Nationalism
By Michael J. Hicks special to The Indiana Citizen January 13, 2025 The most difficult issues for an economic columnist to write about are those where personal opinions are formed by moral considerations, not empirics. For example, no matter one’s perspective, abortion has a mo “...”