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 “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Rally scheduled to reaffirm commitment to e pluribus unum
(Editor’s note: The Reclaim Rebuild Resist Rally from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Jan. 20, has been moved indoors to the Broadway United Methodist Church, 609 E. 29th St., Indianapolis.) This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A jaundic “...”
Krull Commentary: Jimmy Carter, in all his humanity
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com December 30, 2024 Few presidents and former presidents have been more misunderstood than Jimmy Carter. During his years in the White House, he was caricatured as a naïve, moralizing “...”
Krull Commentary: Hill, Beckwith and ‘vindication’
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com by John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com December 11, 2024 If only Indiana Lt. Gov.-elect Micah Beckwith and former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill held the same reverence for the truth that they do for the sound of th “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Rokita Again…
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy’s blog. By Sheila Kennedy December 3, 2024 Among the worst results of the recent election was the local–and sadly predictable–victory of Indiana’s statewide Republican ticket. Mike Braun can be expected to obedien “...”
Krull Commentary: Micah Beckwith speaks for everyone, all the time
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 25, 2024 Micah Beckwith wants to own free speech. It’s not that the incoming Indiana lieutenant governor wants to understand the issue of unfettered expression in all its complexities. Nor does he care to be a champion of human being “...”
Krull Commentary: This problem won’t solve itself
This commentary was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile November 20, 2024 Politicians never should be trusted with policing themselves. Maybe they can’t do it. Possibly they won’t do it. Inevitably they don’t do it. Organization Day “...”
ICC Commentary: Nothing describes our civic health better than voter participation
This commentary was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle By Michael Leppert Indiana Capital Chronicle November 12, 2024 There is no substitute for just showing up. Sometimes I wish there was one, but there just isn’t. The relentless polling that exhausted Ameri “...”
HAMILTON COMMENTARY: Young people lack trust in the American Dream
This column was originally published by the Lee Hamilton on Foreign Policy blog. By Lee Hamilton October 23, 2024 I spend a lot of time in student-oriented settings and in the company of young people. I’m always impressed by their energy, their idealism and the breadth of their “...”