Krull Commentary: Lake America and other tales of presidential daycare
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 2, 2026 It turns out that the supposed master of “The Art of the Deal” has no idea how to close one. That’s the real takeaway from President Donald Trump’s temper tantrum over the breakdown in trade negotiations with Canada— “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Defining ‘wasteful spending’
By Sheila Suess Kennedy August 31, 2026 Indiana’s Secretary of State race gets more interesting–as well as more annoying–every day. For those of you who don’t live in our backward Red state, a short explanation: Indiana has laws that protect the power and status of the tw “...”
Krull Commentary: Democrats get another chance to get it right
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 31, 2026 Democrats here in Indiana and across the nation face a test this November. That test is cognitive in nature. It will be administered to determine whether they can recognize reality. Sadly, it’s a test Democrats often have fail “...”
Kennedy Commentary: What school vouchers really do
By Sheila Suess Kennedy August 29, 2026 Can you stand one more diatribe about school vouchers? I have posted dozens of blogs addressing the multiple negative consequences of starving the nation’s public schools in order to funnel tax dollars into the pockets of people who mostl “...”
Krull Commentary: Donald Trump’s damage to the GOP
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 28, 2026 Years ago, during Donald Trump’s first presidency, I made a prediction. I wrote that, while Trump doubtless was going to do damage to many American institutions and aggravate Democrats to no end, he was going to hurt the Repub “...”
Krull Commentary: Dolly Parton and the sad goodbye
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 26, 2026 In 2019, The New York Times declared that there was only one thing upon which a deeply divided America could agree. Dolly Parton. The hours after Parton’s death demonstrated that statement’s truth. Tributes to her musical ge “...”
Kennedy Commentary: The toast is burning…
By Sheila Suess Kennedy August 25, 2026 A story my mother used to tell really sums up the state of the American experiment. A young boy failed to talk. His parents took him to specialists, all of whom said he was normal, but still, he never spoke. Then one day, when he was nearly “...”
Krull Commentary: Trump throws a party on the taxpayers’ dime
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 24, 2026 Years ago, the late Indianapolis activist Carl Moldthan showed up at an Indianapolis Public Schools event. The party was supposed to kick off a referendum campaign to raise property taxes to pay for much-needed maintenance and u “...”
Krull Commentary: The gift Ballard can offer
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 19, 2026 Win or, more likely, lose, let’s hope former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s twin campaigns to be elected Indiana secretary of state and form a new political party accomplishes at least one thing. Let’s hope it puts an e “...”
Hicks Commentary: Waving the Checkered Flag
Note from The Indiana Citizen publisher: Prof. Michael Hicks has just retired from Ball State University and is heading east to take a senior position with Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. This is his final column. If, like me, you’re one of his legions of fans, y “...”