by Michael Leppert | Mar 9, 2023 | Politics/Government
At Indiana University, I teach government to students in one school, and speech to students in another. The subjects are quite different, as are the students. But the story of East Palestine, Ohio gives me a real life lesson to teach both classes and will for years to...
by Michael Leppert | Jan 18, 2023 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
Legislation creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a national holiday was passed forty years ago and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. It was 1983. The late Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” dominated the music, video and dance world. The Washington Redskins,...
by Michael Leppert | Apr 29, 2022 | Politics/Government
I have felt for the longest time that America has begun to feel like a never-ending reenactment of Monty Python’s classic sketch, “The Argument Clinic.” The premise of the 1970 sketch is that there might actually be people who are simply looking for an argument...
by Michael Leppert | Mar 27, 2016 | Politics/Government
Two weeks ago I wrote my first column ever on the topic of abortion. I don’t plan to write about the topic often, since I fundamentally believe men should follow the lead of women on this one. I probably have already written enough. After I publish this edition,...
