by Michael Leppert | Jun 10, 2022 | Politics/Government
I am not a fan of zombie flicks. It has always been a genre featuring human-like beings that just weren’t complex enough to be interesting. A zombie can’t be reasoned with. A zombie can’t understand things. All a zombie wants, its singular purpose,...
by Michael Leppert | Oct 22, 2021 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
The news broke by Politico in its West Wing Playbook, one of the many newsletters the DC publication puts out Monday through Friday. The Playbook is a gossipy publication that entertains political junkies with stories that are generally not worthy for front pages or...
by Michael Leppert | May 7, 2021 | Politics/Government
Have you ever heard of Margaret Chase Smith? She was a four-term, U.S. Representative (1940-1949) and then a four-term U.S. Senator (1949-1973) from Maine. She is famous for a fifteen-minute speech she gave on the Senate floor in 1950 that came to be known as the...
by Michael Leppert | Sep 25, 2020 | Politics/Government
“Prebuttal” is a word I first learned from former Speaker of the House John Boehner. He loved to issue his objections to Barack Obama’s speeches before the former president even game them. And that is a top-notch way to object. I passed Boehner...
by Michael Leppert | May 17, 2019 | Politics/Government
Freshmen in the U.S. House of Representatives are supposed to be treated like the children of my youth. “Children should be seen and not heard,” according to the English proverb. Americans don’t seem to parent this way anymore. Politicians have...
