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December 16 2022

Kevin Brinegar commentary: Krull column misses the point

There are so many things wrong with John Krull’s recent column, “Chamber misses the moment,” that it’s difficult to know where to begin. Let’s start with his premise that our recent Indiana Chamber report, “Indiana’s Leaking Talent Pipeline,” laid the blame for la “...”

December 11 2022

John Krull commentary: Chamber misses the moment

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce missed a huge opportunity the other day. The chamber had a chance to transform Indiana’s bitter and unproductive battles over education into a discussion that might lead somewhere and help this state and its people. But the voice of Hoosier busin “...”

December 03 2022

John Krull commentary: Indiana’s attorney general and other natural disasters

It’s time to take Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita seriously. I don’t mean that in a good way. I often have made fun of Rokita’s constant grasping for power and political advancement, his increasingly pathetic attempts to win the favor of the rabid alt-right base that h “...”

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November 16 2022

Lee Hamilton commentary: Why do politicians run for office?

November 16, 2022 If you followed this year’s elections, at some point the question probably occurred to you: Why do people do this? The endless campaign events, the constant scrutiny… and increasingly, the very real and alarming threat of political violence. What drives some “...”

November 15 2022

John Krull commentary: Requiem for a political throwback

Rex Early gave me one of the greatest and, alas, most unprintable quotes of my career. It came on Election Day in 1996. In that race, Indiana Lt. Gov. Frank O’Bannon, a Democrat, ran against Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, a Republican, to become governor. Early, also a R “...”

November 10 2022

John Krull commentary: Diego Morales’ message to Democrats

Republican Diego Morales delivered a loud wake-up call for Hoosier Democrats in the 2022 election. Morales, the GOP candidate for Indiana secretary of state, trounced his Democratic opponent, Destiny Wells, by a double-digit margin. Morales did this even though he is perhaps the “...”

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October 30 2022

Sheila Kennedy commentary: Bloomington media fail

Last week, I got a message from Jim and Tomi Allison. Tomi is a past, long-serving Mayor  of Bloomington, Indiana (from 1983-1995) and she and Jim had  sent this letter to the editor of the Bloomington Herald-Times. After over a week with no acknowledgement of its receipt–le “...”

October 20 2022

John Krull commentary: Hear them roar

Women want to be heard. Women need to be heard. Women deserve to be heard. That’s the message I hear as I moderate a panel discussion at Indianapolis’ Central Library held by Women on a Mission, a group that pulled together many non-profits to create this forum. On the stage “...”

October 17 2022

John Krull commentary: Debate rouses Senate campaign from lullaby land

While much of America has raged and roiled this election year with wrenching battles over abortion, inflation and the Mar-a-Lago raid, Indiana’s U.S. Senate race has been about as quiet as a library reading room on a sleepy afternoon. The incumbent, Republican Todd Young, has f “...”

October 13 2022

John Krull commentary: Hopalong Rokita has his usual dinner

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita must find it hard to walk. The state’s lawyer doesn’t just put his foot in his mouth. He shoves it all the way down his throat and into his digestive track, which leaves him hopping clumsily around and falling frequently. Rokita’s latest “...”