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
Kennedy Commentary: The importance of framing
This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, âA Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.â By Sheila Kennedy July 28, 2025 The most important thing I learned in law school can be summed up with the adage âhe who frames the issue wins the debate.â The â...â
Krull Commentary: Micah Beckwith and public service as a side gig
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com July 28, 2025 Some day in the not-so-distant future, historians are going to ask a question about Hoosiers of this era. What was it about the people of Indiana that prompted them to â...â
Hicks Commentary: More Bad News about Hoosier College Attendance
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks July 27, 2025 The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has released the stateâs go-to-college data for 2023, the most rec â...â