FROM THE PUBLISHER: The battle for control of Indiana’s public schools begins today
By Bill Moreau, publisher The Indiana Citizen May 19, 2026 No source I’ve consulted can give me a precise starting date, but during the lifetime of every living Hoosier, we’ve voted for public school board members in nonpartisan elections. Today, however, marks the opening “...”
Krull Commentary: Give Diego Morales the credit he deserves
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 18, 2026 In one way, we must give Diego Morales a perverse kind of credit. There is no pretense to the man. Indiana’s scandal magnet of a secretary of state does not hide who “...”
Hicks Commentary: The bittersweet ending of a semester
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks May 17, 2026 Graduation day is always bittersweet for me. This year I’m losing an excellent graduate student, saying goodbye t “...”
Krull Commentary: A writer’s education begins
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 15, 2026 Fifty years ago, my byline landed in a professional publication for the first time. It was my local newspaper. I had won a contest, with the prize being a chance to app “...”
Kennedy Commentary: The Electoral College
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy May 15, 2026 We never get too old to learn. A few days ago, I watched Andy Borowitz interview Heather Cox Richardson; one of the issues discussed “...”
Young Commentary: Hoosier Law Enforcement Deserves Our Support
By U.S. Sen. Todd Young May 13, 2026 Most Hoosiers wake up every morning and see their children off to school or head to work without event. They live in safety because a select few of their fellow citizens willingly forfeit their own. May 10-16 is National Police Week, and it is “...”
Krull Commentary: The trap for supposed tough guys
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 13, 2026 It’s a pity neither Donald Trump nor Vladimir Putin could lean on my grandfather for counsel. If they had—if Grandpa had been able to deliver his sage advice to the “...”
Krull Commentary: Requiem for a civil man
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 11, 2026 My first meaningful encounter with Bob Garton wasn’t an easy one. This was nearly 30 years ago, when it could be argued that Garton, the Republican state senator from “...”
Hicks Commentary: The Anti-Philanthropy Monopolists of Indiana
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks May 10, 2026 Indiana is gifted with a large philanthropic community. However, its enormous contributions to the vitality of our “...”
Krull Commentary: Absurd acts in an absurd age
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com May 8, 2026 On primary night, with less than a handful of votes separating them, Indiana Sen. Spencer Deery, R-West Lafayette, and his Republican challenger Paula Copenhaver both de “...”