by Michael Leppert | May 9, 2024 | Politics/Government
French philosopher and statesman Joseph de Maistre is credited with saying it first: “Every country has the government it deserves.” In America, we more often credit the sentiment to Thomas Jefferson, who specifically said, “The government you elect is the government...
by Michael Leppert | Apr 4, 2024 | Politics/Government
In the 1987 film, “Wall Street,” Gordon Gecko famously said, “If you’re not inside, you are outside, okay.” I was impressionable as a young undergraduate when I saw it in the theater that year. Since then, I have firmly believed decisions were only made by the people...
by Michael Leppert | Mar 8, 2024 | Politics/Government
When paying close attention to the things politicians actually say, there are moments when their true character unmistakably shines through. The memorable comments and quips are often material for statues and memorials. Successful politicians fight the urge to be...
by Michael Leppert | Feb 1, 2024 | Politics/Government
“Never let a good crisis go to waste,” is an adage that is widely attributed to Winston Churchill as the one who said it first. Crediting him with quotes like this is easy to do and difficult to disprove. It sounds like something he would say, right? We know Rahm...
by Michael Leppert | Dec 7, 2023 | Politics/Government
I was watching the IU men’s team play its first Big Ten game against Maryland with a friend on Friday night when I saw it. During the game’s first time out, Mike Braun’s newest commercial in his campaign for Governor of Indiana ran. When it was done, we turned and...
