by Michael Leppert | Jul 20, 2022 | Politics/Government
It’s not a surprise to those of us who have been watching it grow, stagnate, and then grow some more. But when the State of Indiana closed out its books for the fiscal year last week, the news about it still should have made more of an impression on Hoosiers than it...
by Michael Leppert | Jan 21, 2022 | Politics/Government
I’ve written it before, so to my loyal following, I apologize for how familiar this mantra of mine may sound. However, given the recent passage in the Indiana House of what certainly would be a popular $1 billion tax cut, I felt the time was appropriate to dust...
by Michael Leppert | May 18, 2018 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
The Trump Administration is scared to say its sorry. That’s right, scared. They irrationally fear apologizing, even when they have done something they wish they had not done. Dictionary.com defines a phobia as “a persistent, irrational fear of a specific...
by Michael Leppert | Apr 15, 2017 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
Oh Me! Oh Life! is one of Walt Whitman’s classic poems about one of life’s most commonly recurring questions: why are we here? Public officials often ask themselves this question in a more limited scope, and often out of exhaustion or frustration. Public service can...
