Hicks Commentary: The Socialist Presidency
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks August 31, 2025 In the past few weeks, President Trump has moved the U.S. closer to socialism than any president in history. By “...”
Krull Commentary: Micah and his merry band of delusionists
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 29, 2025 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith doesn’t seem to realize that Hoosier voters elected him to do a specific job with specific, limited responsibilities. No, he seems t “...”
Krull Commentary: Not your father’s GOP
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 27, 2025 Not that long ago, it was easy to understand who Indiana Republicans were and for what they stood. They were the voice of business. They believed that scant governmen “...”
Kennedy Commentary: The Ten Commandments
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy August 25, 2025 A judge recently struck down a Texas law, modeled after one in Oklahoma that was also ruled unconstitutional, requiring the postin “...”
Krull Commentary: Be true to your school
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 25, 2025 The young students looked dazed, more than a little confused and, yes, tremendously excited. Twice within the space of a week, I was on a college campus when incoming “...”
Whitehead Commentary: How Christian Nationalism Weakens Democracy and What Can Be Done about It
This article was originally published on Andrew Whitehead’s Substack, American Idolatry. In the months leading up to the 2024 presidential election, various outlets highlighted how Project 2025—a massive blueprint directing the efforts of a possible second Trump admini “...”
Hicks Commentary: America Is Not in Decline, but Trump and Sanders Could Change That
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks August 24, 2025 One great irony of our times is that the claims of economic decline that animate both the MAGA movement and the Dem “...”
Krull Commentary: Make America gerrymander aggressively
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 22, 2025 I’m going to start this column with a confession. I hate writing about gerrymandering. That’s because the practice of drawing maps for legislative districts to g “...”
Krull Commentary: The Bayhs and a changing Indiana
The column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 20, 2025 The last time Indiana Democrats counted on a Bayh to rescue them was 40 years ago. In the mid-1980s, Hoosier Democrats had not held the governor’s office for nearly “...”
Krull Commentary: What did we expect?
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com August 18, 2025 This is what happens when we elect a man without a moral center to be president of the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump had the red carpet rolled out for R “...”