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 “...”
John Krull commentary: Todd Rokita shows how special he is
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com July 27, 2023 Todd Rokita sure is a piece of work. Indiana’s attorney general has, shall we say, an expansive notion of just how much privacy he is entitled to as a public servant. But plain, ordinary citizens of the state of Indiana? Not so “...”
John Krull commentary: Curtis Hill and Indiana’s moral slide
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com July 14, 2023 So, Curtis Hill has launched a campaign to be Indiana’s next governor. If there is a more compelling sign this state’s political structure has moral rot at its core than the disgraced former Hoosier attorney general thinking h “...”
John Krull commentary: Just the facts, folks, just the facts
June 5, 2023 Sometimes, I tell my students, it’s important just to let the facts speak. To illustrate that point, I tell them about a story I once reported. Years ago, a former Indiana public school superintendent was murdered. He had moved to Florida, where he headed up anothe “...”