by Michael Leppert | Mar 22, 2019 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
One of my favorite newish restaurants is MiMi Blue Meatballs. Yea, it’s a meatball restaurant and all of their meatballs are good. But the fried Brussels sprouts are delicious. So, what? I grew up in a crowded house as the sixth child of a seven child flock....
by Michael Leppert | Mar 8, 2019 | Politics/Government
When was the last time anyone in this part of the country cared about a first-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from The Bronx? I don’t know, but the gambler in me might go all-in on “never.” Like her or not, Rep. Alexandria...
by Michael Leppert | Jan 11, 2019 | Politics/Government
It was 9:00 on a dreary, wintery Tuesday night. Something lurked in the living room that was frightening in an almost inhuman way. A ghost or some sort of supernatural being had seized control of America’s television networks to tell a skin-crawling tale of evil...
by Michael Leppert | Jun 22, 2018 | Politics/Government
I’m not a TV guy. I’m a movie guy. I never watched The Apprentice. I assume it was pretty good, for TV people that is. Movie presidents are usually better than TV presidents. Not always, just usually. “We have serious problems to solve and we...
by Michael Leppert | Oct 21, 2017 | Politics/Government
“A Day in the Life” is my favorite Beatles song. John Lennon used a couple of stories that ran in the Daily Newspaper and the UK Daily Express as the sources for the song, though he took a little artistic license in the process. The car wreck described in...