KRULL COMMENTARY: How the courts went wrong
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull The StatehouseFile.com October 16, 2024 So, the three justices on the Indiana Supreme Court up for retention in November now face an organized opposition from Hoosiers angered about Indiana’s draconian “...”
KRULL COMMENTARY: Todd Rokita and the art of the slow-moving disaster
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 27, 2024 It appears the slow-motion trainwreck that is Todd Rokita’s Indiana attorney generalship will inch even more slowly than thought to its inevitable smashup. Maril “...”
KENNEDY COMMENTARY: Gerrymandering enables Indiana ‘culture warriors’ to thrive
This column was originally published on Sheila Kennedy’s blog. By Sheila Kennedy September 25, 2024 Let me begin this discussion by connecting some dots. Hoosier voters need to understand how partisan redistricting – usually referred to as gerrymandering – has gi “...”
KRULL COMMENTARY: The problem with polls
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 16, 2024 Destiny Wells’ campaign released the results of a poll a few days ago. The poll said that Wells, the Democratic candidate for Indiana attorney general, and Jenni “...”
KRULL COMMENTARY: Richard Lugar and a path forward
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 4, 2024 They gather on a gorgeous late summer day to recall a man who embodied all they believed in and a moment in time when his virtues could shape history. The crowd gat “...”
LONG THOMPSON COMMENTARY: Bipartisanship is essential to democracy
By Jill Long Thompson Special to TheStatehouseFile.com August 9, 2024 I had the privilege and pleasure of participating in the Women’s Campaign Institute hosted by Advancing Voices of Women (AVOW) again this year. AVOW is truly making a positive difference and contributing to t “...”
KRULL COMMENTARY: Biden antes up on the Supreme Court
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com July 31, 2024 President Joe Biden’s proposal to reform the U.S. Supreme Court is more an opening bid in a high-stakes political poker game than it is a serious proposal. It’s designed to put pressure on the justices sitting on the nation’ “...”
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 “...”