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December 03 2024

Kennedy Commentary: Rokita Again…

This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy’s blog. By Sheila Kennedy December 3, 2024 Among the worst results of the recent election was the local–and sadly predictable–victory of Indiana’s statewide Republican ticket. Mike Braun can be expected to obedien “...”

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November 26 2024

Krull Commentary: Micah Beckwith speaks for everyone, all the time

By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 25, 2024 Micah Beckwith wants to own free speech. It’s not that the incoming Indiana lieutenant governor wants to understand the issue of unfettered expression in all its complexities. Nor does he care to be a champion of human being “...”

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November 20 2024

Krull Commentary: This problem won’t solve itself

This commentary was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile November 20, 2024 Politicians never should be trusted with policing themselves. Maybe they can’t do it. Possibly they won’t do it. Inevitably they don’t do it. Organization Day “...”

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November 12 2024

ICC Commentary: Nothing describes our civic health better than voter participation

This commentary was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle By Michael Leppert Indiana Capital Chronicle November 12, 2024 There is no substitute for just showing up. Sometimes I wish there was one, but there just isn’t. The relentless polling that exhausted Ameri “...”

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October 23 2024

HAMILTON COMMENTARY: Young people lack trust in the American Dream

This column was originally published by the Lee Hamilton on Foreign Policy blog. By Lee Hamilton October 23, 2024 I spend a lot of time in student-oriented settings and in the company of young people. I’m always impressed by their energy, their idealism and the breadth of their “...”

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October 17 2024

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 “...”

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September 27 2024

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 “...”

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September 25 2024

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 “...”

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September 17 2024

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 “...”

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September 05 2024

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 “...”