by Michael Leppert | Oct 11, 2024 | Politics/Government
Americans expect more from political debates than we often get. This year is quite an exception. I watched the first Indiana gubernatorial debate with great interest on Oct. 2. The hour-long event featuring Jennifer McCormick (D) and Mike Braun (R) was only a few...
by Michael Leppert | Sep 19, 2024 | Politics/Government
Polling data takes up more space in my world than campaign ads do. It’s truly remarkable. In any presidential election year, I am normally exhausted by every candidate’s pitch on TV by now. Thirty seconds at a time, the sound bites should have already eroded a...
by Michael Leppert | Aug 8, 2024 | Politics/Government
The impact of even a provocative social media post doesn’t often linger with me for long. In a presidential election year, even less so. But two of them struck me this week, neither of them mentioning Indiana politics, but to this Hoosier columnist, they feel entirely...
by Michael Leppert | Jun 20, 2024 | Politics/Government
“Mike and Mike in the Morning” was the last sports radio show I ever regularly listened to. I don’t remember why I stopped. I wasn’t angry about some hot take or uncalled-for disrespect toward the Colts. I simply lost interest. Besides, I know enough about sports,...
by Michael Leppert | Jun 5, 2024 | Politics/Government
The background noise in my house is the television show, “Law & Order.” My wife and I both read more than we watch TV, so reruns that we aren’t paying much attention to mask the noise from the city streets but don’t distract us. We both have already seen every...
