Hicks Commentary: Grim Recessionary Facts
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks August 10, 2025 In March, I predicted the U.S. economy would enter recession and in April I explained how Indiana would be esp â...â
Krull Commentary: Trump strips away the mask
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 8, 2025 Well, at least the time for make-believe games is over. Whatever else President Donald Trumpâs attempts to redistrict his way to having Republicans hold onto the U.S â...â
Kennedy Commentary: Why Texas Gerrymandering Matters
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, âA Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.â By Sheila Kennedy August 3, 2025 Okayâbetter late than never⌠Media has reported on the effort being mounted in Texas to re-gerrymander that stateâs already-e â...â
Krull Commentary: Trump takes the fight to math
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 4, 2025 In his first term as president of the United States, President Donald Trump declared war on science. He demolished many environmental and climate-change protections a â...â
Leppert Commentary: The âMinistry of Truthâ shoots its highest ranking messenger
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen August 6, 2025 To me, â1984â was originally a rock album, the last studio collection of songs by the original members of Van Halen. It was July 7, 1984, when the 16-year-old version of me earned his way to a spot right in front of Eddie â...â
Hicks Commentary: Some Easy (and Not So Easy) Spending Cuts for the Next Budget
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks August 3, 2025 The coming decade is almost certain to see Americans take more seriously our large national debt. I see this as â...â
Krull Commentary: One unpardonable pardon after another
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 1, 2025 Even before speculation began to swirl that President Donald Trump might pardon convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, it was clear presidential pardons are a pro â...â
Knebel Commentary: Let’s just stone them
By Don Knebel ReCenter Indiana July 22, 2025 Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith suggests that Indiana stop executing death row inmates by lethal injection. A few bullets from a firing squad, he says, would be âmuch cheaper.â Currently, state law stipulates lethal injection as the only m â...â
Krull Commentary: Nothing to fear but fear itself
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehousefile.com July 30, 2025 One of the most depressing things about living in Donald Trumpâs America is that weâve become a nation of cowards. The other day, the United States in this Trumpia â...â
Leppert Commentary: Reading might make you cry; Not reading definitely will
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen July 30, 2025 On Monday night, I sat in my recliner writing my third novel. Iâm about halfway done with it, and my editor is expecting that first half by the end of the week so she can do a midpoint âassessmentâ of the story. She worke â...â