by Michael Leppert | Feb 12, 2021 | Politics/Government
Lead impeachment manager, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, quoted Thomas Paine several times as the managers’ case was concluded on Thursday in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Paine’s Common Sense was the pamphlet many credit...
by Michael Leppert | May 19, 2017 | Politics/Government
Ambition. That’s what Hamilton: An American Musical is really all about. It’s the story of Alexander Hamilton, one of our famous Founding Fathers. He was the first Secretary of the Treasury. His picture is on the ten dollar bill. He was brilliant. The...
by Michael Leppert | Nov 27, 2016 | Politics/Government
I got to visit an old friend this holiday weekend who is recovering from surgery. He is an energetic guy with a long rehabilitation in front of him. It is his energy that probably makes him feel caged right now, but at the same time, it is that energy that will...
by Michael Leppert | Nov 20, 2016 | Politics/Government
There aren’t many things that are as difficult as winnng the election for President of the United States. One of those things is quite predictable though. And that is actually being the President of the United States. Campaigning for office is a brutal...
by Michael Leppert | Nov 9, 2016 | Politics/Government
One of my favorite political movies is “Charlie Wilson’s War.” It’s a story based on actual events surrounding “Operation Cyclone,” a covert war funded by the U.S. Congress to combat and eventually defeat the Soviet Union during...