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 “...”
Krull Commentary: Trump, Braun and twisted ties
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 29, 2025 Indiana Gov. Mike Braun often seems to want to outsource both his job and his thinking. When he was in the U.S. Senate, he made clear from the beginning of his six- “...”
Krull Commentary: The East Wing and the hunger to be king
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 27, 2025 Years ago, I took a tour of the White House. I was surprised at how small it was, how relatively modest the décor appeared. Not long before I traipsed through the “...”
Hicks Commentary: Our New Diploma Problems
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks October 26, 2025 In crafting Indiana’s new high school diploma requirements, the state Department of Education identified only “...”
Krull Commentary: Trump and the art of redistricting
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull The Indiana Citizen October 24, 2025 Donald Trump now is teaching Indiana Republicans a hard lesson about what it means to serve a president who cares only about himself. Trump and his vice president, JD “...”
Whitehead Commentary: How Do Religious Americans View the Current State of the US?
This article was originally published on Andrew Whitehead’s Substack, American Idolatry. Highlighting some findings from the 16th annual American Values Survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). The 16th annual American Values Survey (AVS) from PRRI just “...”
Krull Commentary: Truth emerges from the past
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 22, 2025 MARION, Ohio—It all came out in the end. It always does. I’m back in this town where I spent a slice of my boyhood. It was a sleepy place then. Now, it’s anot “...”
Hicks Commentary: The Economy Today – What’s Going On?
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks October 19, 2025 A close observer of the economy might be tempted to ask, “What is going on?” The stock market continues to “...”
Krull Commentary: IU and the wrong lesson
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 17, 2025 Mark Cuban mentioned what should be the most important consideration in the imbroglio engulfing Indiana University and its student newspaper, The Indiana Daily Stud “...”