by Michael Leppert | Jan 23, 2025 | Politics/Government
Hear ye! Hear ye, America! It’s Inauguration Week! But please don’t confuse it with infrastructure week. The swearing in of a convicted felon actually did happen on Monday. The striking components of Donald Trump’s second inauguration speech weren’t filled with...
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 5, 2024 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
Who is credited with founding the holiday we celebrated Monday? According to History.com, some say it was a man named Peter McGuire, of the American Federation of Labor. Others say it was a man named Matthew Maguire, of the Central Labor Union who proposed it first....
by Michael Leppert | Jul 31, 2024 | Politics/Government
I was in the airport two Sunday afternoons ago when I first saw the news that Joe Biden was ending his presidential campaign. I was still there when he followed up a few minutes later with his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. By the time I happily put my...
by Michael Leppert | Jul 18, 2024 | Politics/Government
Thomas Matthew Crooks took his father’s AR-15, climbed a building near former President Donald Trump’s Saturday rally and got several shots off in Trump’s direction before being killed by the U.S. Secret Service. The gun was purchased legally in Pennsylvania by...
