by Michael Leppert | Oct 10, 2016 | Politics/Government
Donald Trump’s campaign got creamed on Friday with the release of video evidence of unprecedented lewdness. It has forced his supporters to rethink that support to some extent. These last few days in the world of politics have been challenging in a remarkably strange...
by Michael Leppert | Sep 27, 2016 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
A couple of weeks ago, we replaced the television in our bedroom for one main reason: the “smart” part of our old smart TV quit working and we couldn’t watch Netflix. I need Netflix because of its endless library of stand up comedy. My wife on the other hand...
by Michael Leppert | Sep 4, 2016 | Politics/Government
Sadly, I am old enough to have seen the tone and intensity of patriotism ebb and flow wildly over the years. Of course, nothing causes it to shoot up like national security threats, Olympic Games, and political campaigns using different versions of it to curry favor...
by Michael Leppert | Jul 30, 2016 | Politics/Government
I had a fascinating conversation this week with a young man about the two national conventions. This college student described the two gatherings in Cleveland and Philadelphia accurately, but viewed through the eyes of someone really paying attention for the first...
by Michael Leppert | Jul 23, 2016 | Politics/Government
On March 4, 1933, in his first inaugural address, President Franklin Roosevelt spoke the famous phrase “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Oh, how welcome that sentiment would have been in Cleveland last week. Like many Americans, I couldn’t look away...
