by Michael Leppert | Dec 17, 2021 | Pop/Life
I had heard of bell hooks. I recognized her face in the photos I have seen the last few days but would not have been able to explain how or why. And that was all. The feminist author, poet and professor died of end-stage renal failure on December 15 in her home in...
by Michael Leppert | Jun 25, 2021 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
“I know it when I see it,” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously wrote in 1964 when trying to describe his definition of obscenity in the 1964 decision in Jacobellis v. Ohio. I have thought about that quote plenty over the years. Admittedly, I...
by Michael Leppert | Jun 19, 2020 | Politics/Government
Just when many of us were firmly convinced the United States government has completely lost touch with American culture, it surprises us. Well, part of it does at least. OK, OK, a few people in black robes do. The U.S. Supreme Court got a couple of things right this...
by Michael Leppert | Dec 3, 2017 | Politics/Government
The expression that something is like “shooting fish in a barrel” has been mentioned more regularly in the political world in recent days. It’s an old expression, but a really good one. Mike Flynn, President Donald Trump’s first National...
by Michael Leppert | Mar 27, 2016 | Politics/Government
Two weeks ago I wrote my first column ever on the topic of abortion. I don’t plan to write about the topic often, since I fundamentally believe men should follow the lead of women on this one. I probably have already written enough. After I publish this edition,...
