Leppert Commentary: Maybe sexual harassment by elected officials shouldnât end happily for them
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen June 25, 2025 I spent last weekend in New York, as I try to do once a year, for the primary purpose of seeing the latest hot show or two on Broadway. Iâd love to say I am expert at picking the best shows, but the truth is, if a show has go â...â
Krull Commentary: Lugar, Trump and the advantages of study
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 23, 2025 When I first heard that President Donald Trump had ordered a series of bombings in Iran, I thought of a series of conversations Iâd had with the late U.S. Sen. Richa â...â
Hicks Commentary: We Have a Healthy Middle Class
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks June 22, 2025 Iâm often asked, âWhat has happened to the middle class?â The best answer I can think of puts the question â...â
Krull Commentary: Just let them talk
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 20, 2025 Let people speak. Iâll say that again. Let. People. Speak. Close to home and across the nation, weâre now seeing bad situations made much worse by public officialsâ â...â
Krull Commentary: Court gives big government a boost
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 18, 2025 The U.S. Supreme Court of Chief Justice John Roberts now has established what its legacy will be. The Roberts court will go down in history as the one that established â...â
Kennedy Commentary: Journalism in the Age of Trump
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, âA Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.â By Sheila Kennedy June 18, 2025 History confirms the existence of what we might call âfringe folksâ in every societyâpeople who, for whatever reason, have em â...â
Leppert Commentary: Three days of shock and awe illustrate an American culture in turmoil
By Michael Leppert The Indiana Citizen June 18, 2025 A quarter century ago, as a young bureaucrat, I had a disagreement with my bosses. Energy commodities markets were going through an historic price spike, and my agency set the final rates customers would pay. I wanted rates to â...â
Krull Commentary: The Minnesota shootings and America
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 16, 2025 One of the many sad things about the shootings in Minnesota is that they somehow seem inevitable. Any reasonable personâconservative or progressive, Republican or Dem â...â
Hicks Commentary: Economic Freedom Is Essential, but It Isnât Just Taxes
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks June 15, 2025 Over the past few years, academic economists and think tanks have published studies on freedom that offer valuable â...â
Whitehead Commentary: Christian Nationalism as the Fertile Ground for Trump’s Populist Appeal
This article was originally published on Andrew Whitehead’s Substack, American Idolatry. First-of-its-kind research shows state-level support for Christian nationalism was particularly influential in states with larger working-class populations–echoing trends in past â...â