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My dad ate Brussels sprouts before it was cool

My dad ate Brussels sprouts before it was cool

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....
Aspirational ideas are often the beginnings of progress

Aspirational ideas are often the beginnings of progress

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...
My fellow Americans, I have a bedtime spook story to tell you

My fellow Americans, I have a bedtime spook story to tell you

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...
The TV president who could never make it in the movies

The TV president who could never make it in the movies

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...
I read the news today, oh boy: A week in the life

I read the news today, oh boy: A week in the life

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...
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