by Michael Leppert | Oct 17, 2024 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
Election Day is only three weeks away, and as Donald Trump’s third full campaign comes to a close, American voters have a pretty good idea who he is. Imagine having a conversation with a voter anywhere and hearing them say, “I wonder what this Trump fellow is really...
by Michael Leppert | Aug 21, 2024 | Politics/Government
Political conventions are not for me. I went to my first one, at the state level, last month and I thought I was going to break out in a rash from what felt like life-threatening inefficiency. Of course, I oppose the existence of big graduations, weddings and funerals...
by Michael Leppert | Aug 14, 2024 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
Indianapolis has had a bright spotlight on it in 2024. The Olympic swimming time trials in Lucas Oil Stadium, the NBA All-Star game, and the arrival of the biggest name in sports, Caitlin Clark. Now the city is ground zero for something shameful. Mayor Joe Hogsett is...
by Michael Leppert | Feb 11, 2022 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
I vividly remember the early summer of 2020, when the enormity of the pandemic really started to sink in. The plentiful restaurants in my neighborhood were trying to hold on by transforming into carryout-only kitchens. Staffing at all of these places plummeted, like...
by Michael Leppert | Jan 17, 2020 | Politics/Government
“Going through the motions” is an idiom that describes political functions these days about as well as anything. We see it all the time, often not even aware that the town hall meeting or the listening tour is just a show. Truly deliberative processes are...
