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 | Jan 18, 2023 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
Legislation creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a national holiday was passed forty years ago and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. It was 1983. The late Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” dominated the music, video and dance world. The Washington Redskins,...
by Michael Leppert | Feb 11, 2022 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
I vividly remember the early summer of 2020, when the enormity of the pandemic really started to sink in. The plentiful restaurants in my neighborhood were trying to hold on by transforming into carryout-only kitchens. Staffing at all of these places plummeted, like...
by Michael Leppert | Jan 28, 2022 | Politics/Government
I’m counting on the U.S. Senate Republicans to do something important. Just be yourselves. President Joe Biden is preparing to make his first nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Stephen Breyer announced his plan to retire from the court on Wednesday...
by Michael Leppert | May 24, 2019 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
Freedoms, or individual liberties that the government cannot abridge are the things American conservatives most often defend. Limiting government in its size and scope, and in particular, its intrusiveness into our daily lives is high on their list. For “The...
