Thirty days of Indiana choices with no Attorney General to make them

by Michael Leppert | May 15, 2020 | Politics/Government

Why bother electing the attorney general if we don’t need him, or her for a month? I know, I know. Some will say, “there goes that crazy columnist again…” when I write about the collapse of another institution due to an unqualified holder of...

Indiana has now lost both of its Attorneys General

by Michael Leppert | May 3, 2019 | Politics/Government

First it was Jeff Sessions’ recusal. Then it was Curtis Hill’s groping. Now it is William Barr’s abdication. That is a lot of trouble for a group of “generals.” It is a job that should be attracting Eagle Scouts, not partisans. These people should...

AG Curtis Hill is hiding from justice in Sigler’s plain sight

by Michael Leppert | Oct 26, 2018 | Politics/Government

Daniel Sigler, the special prosecutor appointed by Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry, announced on Tuesday why he would not be filing charges against Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill for his boorish, creepy, and yes, criminal behavior in the early morning hours...

Plenty of political foolishness can now be jammed in a week

by Michael Leppert | Jul 27, 2018 | Politics/Government

This week I tweeted in reference to a particularly low I.Q. political move that, “It’s a week full of stupid.”  To which I got an immediate response from a local media personality, “…and it’s only Wednesday.”  My wife tells me...

Like many other resignations, Curtis Hill should say “me too”

by Michael Leppert | Jul 5, 2018 | Politics/Government

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill’s political career is over.  I write this on Thursday evening, almost exactly three days after the shocking Indianapolis Star story broke about Hill groping four women back in March.  Now the number of days left in his once...