Hicks Commentary: An Anecdote on Taxation
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks November 16, 2025 I enjoy telling this little anecdote about how voters tend to feel about taxes and spending. From 2004 to 2007 “...”
Krull Commentary: An end to a special session only one person wanted
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 14, 2025 If nothing else, Indiana Senate Republicans demonstrated, by calling off a mid-decade special session designed to gerrymander the state’s congressional map, that “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Indiana’s Embarrassing AG
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy November 12, 2025 He’s at it again. I don’t know how many pixels I’ve wasted on discussions of Indiana’s ridiculous Attorney General, Todd “...”
Krull Commentary: Micah Beckwith and other human train wrecks
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 10, 2025 If Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith were a place rather than a person, he would be declared a disaster area. Maybe even an Environmental Protection Agency cleanup s “...”
Hicks Commentary: How to Thank a Veteran
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks November 9, 2025 As Veterans Day approaches, I am reminded that the hardships of military service provided me with the most valu “...”
Krull Commentary: Nancy Pelosi, consummate vote herder
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 7, 2025 Somehow, it’s appropriate that former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, announced her retirement when she did. Pelosi long has been a lightning rod f “...”
Krull Commentary: Dick Cheney’s lesson for us
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 5, 2025 When former Vice President Dick Cheney died, so many people relied on the same word to describe his legacy. “Complicated.” They settled on that word because of “...”
Krull Commentary: A time to use your ears
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 3, 2025 Indiana Sen. Greg Goode, R-Terre Haute, made national news the other day by doing something that once was commonplace but now is rare. He held a town hall to discus “...”
Hicks Commentary: A Half Century with the Wrong Ideas
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks November 2, 2025 Economists have developed three competing explanations, or theories, to explain differences in economic growth “...”
Krull Commentary: The scourge of fools and kings
This column was original published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 31, 2025 From time to time, I get a note that sounds a familiar theme. The writer always asks why I make fun of elected officials in my columns. Why do I not take them as serio “...”