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...
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 | Oct 13, 2022 | Politics/Government
The Judicial Branch of government is certainly on a roll. It started with “The Leak” in May of what turned out to be the official landmark ruling in July of Dobbs v. Mississippi. You know the one. It is the one that turned back the clock on women’s healthcare rights...
by Michael Leppert | Mar 26, 2021 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
For what seems like a lifetime, most of us have been anxiously waiting for life to return to normal. Two mass shootings in consecutive weeks remind us that regardless of how much we have grown to miss in the last year, not everything that is “normal,” is...
by Michael Leppert | Oct 25, 2019 | Politics/Government
Arlington National Cemetery is a unique place. I have traveled to our nation’s capital many times and I still get excited every time I go. My wife spent a few months living there during a college internship way back in the 90’s, and her brother was...
