by Michael Leppert | Nov 27, 2020 | Pop/Life
I always thought, though I cannot remember if I was specifically taught it or if I simply assumed it, that the Pilgrims came to what is now America in search of religious freedom. Not so. Yes, they fled England in search of that freedom, but they found it in the Dutch...
by Michael Leppert | Nov 20, 2020 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
There are two things that were a part of my wife’s childhood that will always be a part of her soul. The lake behind her house and dogs. Her family has always had golden retrievers, and those dogs love going swimming in that lake. Managing dog swims is a...
by Michael Leppert | Nov 13, 2020 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
For the past couple of weeks in the class I teach at Indiana University, we have been studying “movements.” Don’t confuse that with kinesiology, or the science of “the physiological processes and the anatomy of the human body with respect to...
by Michael Leppert | Oct 23, 2020 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
I was tapping my toes on Thursday afternoon near the corner of Alabama and Washington Streets, right on the edge of the new Richard G. Lugar Plaza outside of the City-County Building in Indianapolis. My wife was supposed to meet me there to vote. She was late, and the...
by Michael Leppert | Oct 16, 2020 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
I am meeting a former student of mine on Saturday to help her with some career planning. A current student emailed me yesterday asking if we could have a Zoom meeting to talk about a recommendation letter for a law school application. On Monday, I have a call with a...
by Michael Leppert | Jul 31, 2020 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
Activism is definitely not what it used to be. Look, I went to college and studied government. After graduation, I worked for the government for more than a decade and have now done government consulting for almost two. So, for thirty years, when I would hear someone...