by Michael Leppert | Feb 5, 2021 | Pop/Life, Sports
Politics has had its turn, and villains seem to be everywhere. So, lets all take America back for one night and unite against a familiar villain, Tom Brady. For those of you who don’t have good enough reasons to root against the “greatest of all...
by Michael Leppert | Jul 19, 2019 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life, Sports
Sometimes timing is everything. I took my first trip to Europe last year, and it was a big deal to me. My wife and I used the study abroad program our youngest son was experiencing as an excuse to see Spain. It was not high on my list of must-sees, but the excuse was...
by Michael Leppert | Apr 26, 2019 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life, Sports
It has been thirty years since the release of the Kevin Costner movie, Field Of Dreams. Paul Newberry of the Associated Press wrote about the movie’s anniversary last weekend and it got a few of us in the Indiana Statehouse talking. The metaphorical overload of...
by Michael Leppert | Apr 5, 2019 | Politics/Government, Sports
“Don’t count that, I was interfered with!” are famous words from the famous blow-hard golf cheater from Caddyshack, Judge Smails. He said it to his caddy, Danny Noonan, right after he kicked his tee shot out from under a tree on the first hole at...
by Michael Leppert | Feb 1, 2019 | Pop/Life, Sports
I don’t even remember how it caught my eye. It has made me smile a dozen times since though, and I hope those who haven’t seen it yet will take two minutes and watch. Amy Bockerstette has Down syndrome. That is actually secondary, yet essential to the...
by Michael Leppert | Oct 5, 2018 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life, Sports
One of the more thoughtful people I follow on Twitter made this comment about 6:00 Thursday night: “My favorite thing about today so far is that there are only six hours left of it.” Yes. I expand that sentiment to the past week, starting Sunday. I...