by Michael Leppert | Apr 25, 2024 | Politics/Government
Gerrymandering is more than math. I have had this conversation many times over the years with a variety of people, and I have been surprised by their surprise almost every time. Whichever party is drawing the maps of legislative districts, of any kind, they draw them...
by Michael Leppert | Dec 20, 2023 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
It’s hard to even recognize good news anymore. No matter what the good news might be, it won’t be long before someone from ‘the other side’ energetically claims it’s cherry picked, not completely accurate, or my favorite, that the news is actually bad. Good news of...
by Michael Leppert | Oct 11, 2023 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
As news of the horrific attacks in Israel by Hamas began reaching us on Saturday morning, I wondered how long it would take for the political machines in America to begin making it all about us. The clarity to my wonder came quickly. It was almost immediate. At 11:03...
by Michael Leppert | Apr 5, 2023 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
“We’re not going to fix it,” was how Rep. Tim Burchett answered when asked about a potential role for congress in addressing the relentless school shootings plaguing America. The Republican, three-term U.S. House member from Tennessee gave the comment only a few hours...
by Michael Leppert | Jun 30, 2022 | Politics/Government
A friend told me to watch it, so I did. Hulu’s seven-episode series, “Under the Banner of Heaven,” is based on the non-fiction, true crime book by Jon Krakauer. It details a murder investigation of a woman and her baby intertwined in storytelling of the founding and...
