KRULL COMMENTARY: Not a great night for America
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 28, 2024 Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump had difficult and important work to do when they stepped before the cameras in Atlanta for the first presidential debate of this election year. Each man had to address grave doubts about his candida “...”
YOUNG COMMENTARY: Hoosiers must Unite and Remember our Fallen Heroes
By Todd Young May 27, 2024 When a train returned the body of Col. Sion Bass to Huntington County in April 1862, a crowd of grateful Hoosiers gathered to receive him. The following day, Bass was laid to rest at Lindenwood Cemetery in Fort Wayne. A monument, made of sandstone, was “...”
HYDE COMMENTARY: President Benjamin Harrison hoped Soldiers & Sailors Monument would console grieving family members of fallen heroes
By Charles Hyde May 27, 2024 I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day [Memorial Day]. I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because “...”
ICC commentary: Too few Hoosiers vote. They see through the illusion of choice.
The 2023 Indiana Civic Health Index found the Hoosier state ranked 50th in the nation in voter turnout during the 2022 midterm election. (Photo/Pexels.com) This commentary was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle, a Free Press Indiana partner. By Oseye Boyd India “...”
ICC commentary: Rokita’s unlawyerly approach reduces office of attorney general to pesky noise maker
This commentary was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle, a Free Press Indiana partner. By Michael Leppert Indiana Capital Chronicle April 16, 2024 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita last week solicited the public to sue the Indiana Department of Health. I know “...”
Krull commentary: Todd Rokita protests too much
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com February 21, 2024 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has the most curious notions of law and justice and right and wrong. While he talks about these things constantly, it’s obvious he has no idea what they mean. Nor does he seem to think th “...”
HYDE COMMENTARY: What’s civics got to do with Future Presidents?
“Citizenship has its duties as well as its privileges” –President Benjamin Harrison History and civics have everything to do with Presidents Day, and—more broadly—should be central to the way in which we prepare and educate students to be good fellow communit “...”
SHABAZZ COMMENTARY: Rokita’s famous last words
By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz IndyPolitics.org December 4, 2023 “Curtis Hill has put himself ahead of his elected office and our values because of his bad judgment, not just on one night, but in a long pattern of inappropriate behavior. Personal responsibility is saying you’ “...”
COMMENTARY: A few cures for electile dysfunction
By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz IndyPolitics.org October 26, 2023 While a lot of folks, well, probably not a lot, let’s say 25 to 30 percent of the eligible voters in Indiana are paying attention to local municipal elections, it’s never too early to talk about 2024. Just ask t “...”
Commentary: Independency of Thought and America’s Hoosier President
This column was written for The Indiana Citizen by Charles Hyde, president and CEO of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, in honor of the Hoosier president’s 190th birthday. “Independency of thought is the first requisite of the responsible citizen” –President Benjam “...”