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December 06 2025

Krull Commentary: A tale full of sound and fury

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com December 5, 2025 So many idiocies abound. And there is so little time to point them out. The Indiana House of Representatives adopted its ill-conceived plan to redistrict the state†“...â€

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December 03 2025

Krull Commentary: Decency takes a stand

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com December 1, 2025 Sometimes, basic decency asserts itself in unexpected places. Sometimes, it even trumps ideology and partisanship. In the past few days, two Indiana state senators “...â€

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November 30 2025

Hicks Commentary: Challenging Economy Poised to Worsen

This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks November 30, 2025 Few American families made it through Thanksgiving without noticing the cost of their classic American meal. T “...â€

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November 30 2025

Krull Commentary: No more toddlers need apply

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 28, 2025 More and more, what I look for in a leader is a simple human quality. The ability to own and own up to a mistake. It doesn’t matter if he or she is a Republican “...â€

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November 26 2025

Krull Commentary: Trump’s ugly gift to the GOP

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 26, 2025 Two numbers explain the intensity of the struggle within the Republican Party over President Donald Trump’s frenzied campaign to further gerrymander red states. “...â€

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November 26 2025

Krull Commentary: Trump, MTG and the MAGA family feud

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 24, 2025 Maybe, just maybe, this is how the end begins. The announcement by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, that she would be resigning her seat in Congress ju “...â€

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November 24 2025

Hicks Commentary: Hoosier Heritage is Safe

This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J Hicks November 24, 2025 If you lived in Indiana as late as 1990, you have met, spoken with or smiled at a former member of the Ku Klux “...â€

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November 23 2025

Krull Commentary: The spirit of Jan. 6 lives on

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 21, 2025 It turns out that Jan. 6, 2021, was just a preview of coming attractions, not the Donald Trump show itself. In what increasingly is looking like just another day i “...â€

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November 20 2025

Krull Commentary: Trump, Braun and lose-lose propositions

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 19, 2025 Before their wrongheaded fight to further gerrymander Indiana’s congressional districts ends, President Donald Trump and Indiana Gov. Mike Braun may accomplish s “...â€

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November 18 2025

Krull Commentary: Trump, Epstein and MAGA’s choice

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 17, 2025 Ever since Donald Trump descended that golden escalator 10 years ago to begin his run for the presidency, pundits and prognosticators have predicted that one scand “...â€