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Brian Howey: Harris and Trump Present Their Visions for America

No two elections cycles are the same...

Brian Howey: ‘Debate’ Turns into a Doddering Gish Gallop Against Democracy

The “debate” between Joe Biden and Donald J. Trump was nothing less than an unfolding disaster...

Brian Howey: Braun Continues a DC-to-Indy Trend

There have been varied training grounds for future Indiana governors...

Brian Howey: McCormick’s Race with Braun an Abortion ‘Referendum’

Indiana is not a state where citizens can petition for an issue...

Brian Howey: The ‘Victory’ Metaphor Eludes Hoosier GOP Women

Almost 300 feet above the skyline in the center of our state stands Victory...

Brian Howey: Trump’s Hoosiers Passing on a Second Term

In late spring of 2016, even as Donald J. Trump won the Indiana presidential primary with 53.6% of the vote...

Brian Howey: The Tao of Willie in Today’s Polarized America

In the nascent days of his administration, Gov. Eric Holcomb found himself confronted with Willie Nelson’s huge Prevost tour bus — the Honeysuckle Rose...

Brian Howey: Lt. Gov. Crouch Levels Rare Criticism at Her Boss

When a politician makes the decision to accept a vice presidential or lieutenant governor invitation...

Brian Howey: Border Catastrophe Demands Immediate Action

After her second trip to the U.S.-Mexico border in a year, U.S. Rep. Erin Houchin called the sieve of humanity trying to secure the American dream the easy and illegal way “catastrophic” and...

Brian Howey: Presidents and Providence

According to the campaign of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald J. Trump, the former commander-in-chief has divine providence...

Brian Howey: Can an Unpopular President Win Reelection?

This Democrat was considered an “accidental” president...

Brian Howey: ‘Swinging for the Fences’ with Bears and White Sox

The Chicago Bears and White Sox are looking for new stadiums. The NFL franchise has purchased property in Arlington Park but is reportedly looking at sites from Waukegan (just south of the Wisconsin line), Naperville and Rockford as well as just south of Soldier Field. The Sox have been linked to Nashville...

Brian Howey: About That ‘Clear Path’ in the Ukraine War

Two years after the American Continental Congress had declared independence, George Washington’s army settled in for its third bitterly cold winter encampment at Valley Forge. Things looked bleak in 1778...

Brian Howey: The Coming Showdown over American Democracy

On Tuesday evening, Fox News host Sean Hannity lobbed a softball question at Donald J. Trump...

Brian Howey: Hathaway Chips Away at Hoosier Gender Barriers

Indiana became a state 207 years ago. All of our governors and U.S. senators have been white guys...

Brian Howey: Indiana Lawmakers are Out of Sync with Voters, but Does It Matter?

The filing process for Indiana's primary elections begins on Jan. 10 and ends Feb. 9...

Brian Howey: The Beauty of Democracy: Concessions of Vanquished

Across the Hoosier prairies, hills and hollers, as the cornfields morphed into city limits and neighborhoods, something beautiful occurred Tuesday night...

Brian Howey: Our Leaders Warn of the Coming Cataclysm

Our world is on fire. Our leaders are warning of a coming cataclysm...

Brian Howey: A Senate lion. No try a House hyena

All seven of Indiana’s congressional Republicans voted last week for an insurrectionist to become Speaker of the House and second in the presidential line of succession. On Wednesday, they elected U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, who Rep. Matt Gaetz is calling “MAGA Mike”...

Brian Howey: Brad Chambers' Long Shot Race for Indiana Governor

About this time five years ago, Mike Braun was a relatively unknown state rep from Jasper, preparing to take on two sitting congressmen in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. Braun registered about 1% in his initial internal poll...

Brian Howey: Preparing for the Trial (and Election) of the Millennium

After reluctantly coming out of retirement to lead a fledgling nation, President George Washington gave up power in 1796, something that at that point in human history had been unthinkable. In his “Farewell Address,” Washington warned that the preservation of the Union was at the core of nationhood...

Brian Howey: Hoosier Republicans Splinter Over Support for Ukraine

In past generations, it was the accumulation of American body bags that forged domestic anti-war efforts...

Brian Howey: Revisiting the words of JFK, Reagan (and Trump)

When I was a young American − age 5 − we were guided by the words of a soon-to-be slain president. At his inauguration in 1961, President John F. Kennedy instilled this key concept: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

Brian Howey: ‘Solving the Problem’ on Immigration?

Last week, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita called on Gov. Eric Holcomb to send Hoosier National Guard units to the southern border to help stanch the tide of illegal immigrants.

Brian Howey: Post-CNN Forum, Sen. Young Bolts from Trump

“Where do I begin?” U.S. Sen. Todd Young asked the Capitol Hill reporter.

Brian Howey: Republican-turned-Democrat McCormick Seeks to Defy History

With Democrat Jennifer McCormick’s official entry into the 2024 Indiana gubernatorial race, Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. has ruled out seeking the Democratic nomination.

Brian Howey: Dominant Indiana GOP Taking Aim at Big Cities

Indiana Democrats will be facing an existential election this November. Already purged from rural areas and many small to medium-sized cities, holding no Statehouse constitutional offices, only two of 11 federal offices, and with superminority status in the General Assembly, the party has been relegated to the state’s big cities and college towns.

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