Knebel Commentary: Biblical teachings on income inequality, health care and the environment speak to young Americans’ concerns
This is the first of two columns written by Don Knebel, president of ReCenter Indiana, providing a biblical perspective to the concerns of millennials and Generation Z. The second column examined biblical teachings on immigration and the use of military force. By Don Knebel ReCen “...”
Hicks Commentary: Quality of Life Is a Smart Business Attraction Tool
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks February 22, 2026 Quality of life matters more to businesses than it does to households. That may seem counterintuitive, but the “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Ranked Choice Voting
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy February 21, 2026 As I write this, Indiana’s legislature is close to passing Senate Bill 12, a measure that would prohibit the use of ranked-cho “...”
Pfaff Commentary: The Quiet Push to Cut Early Voting in Indiana
By Tonya Pfaff Indiana State Representative February 20, 2026 When I was a math teacher, I spent my days asking students to show their work. In the legislature, Hoosiers deserve the same thing from us: transparency, a clear rationale, and a fair process, especially when we’re t “...”
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Remembering Lee Hamilton
By Bill Moreau, publisher The Indiana Citizen February 19, 2026 For the vast majority of the millions of people who learned of Lee Hamilton’s death on the morning of Wednesday, February 4, their understandable reaction was, “He was 94, he led a long and productive life.” “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Religion, Common Sense–And Snark
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy February 18, 2026 Yesterday, I shared signs that the resistance to MAGA/Trump is gaining steam. Among those positive signs is the emergence of rel “...”
Krull Commentary: Jesse Jackson, from the back of the bus
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com February 17, 2026 The Rev. Jesse Jackson stepped to the back of the bus. It was his bus, his campaign bus. This was in the spring of 1988, the weekend before the Indiana presidentia “...”
Hicks Commentary: The Property Tax Is the Best Tax
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks February 15, 2026 The Indiana legislature is considering a bill that would fully phase out the property tax over the next few ye “...”
Krull Commentary: ICE and other chills on Hoosier liberties
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com February 13, 2026 At almost the same time that the Indiana House of Representatives voted to greatly reduce the constitutional rights of high school and college students in our stat “...”
Krull Commentary: The Washington Post, a requiem
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com February 11, 2026 Almost a decade ago, I took a tour of The Washington Post with some students. We were in the nation’s capital shooting video for a documentary. A friend with con “...”