by Michael Leppert | Jun 13, 2024 | Politics/Government
Maya Angelou gave the best advice with absolutely the best words when she said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” I have found that people are really good at showing who they are, even when that’s exactly what they are trying to...
by Michael Leppert | Jan 24, 2024 | Politics/Government
Representative government in Indiana will look drastically different next year. Or will it? Four of the state’s nine U.S. House members from Indiana will not seek reelection this year. Districts currently represented by Reps. Larry Bucshon, Jim Banks, Greg Pence, and...
by Michael Leppert | Oct 25, 2023 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
“A Fever in the Heartland” vividly explains many things about our past. It makes our present feel like a predictable continuum of the same awfulness. The book’s subtitle, “The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and The Woman Who Stopped Them,” gives context to...
by Michael Leppert | Jan 4, 2023 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
Every new year brings with it new hope, new goals and new fears. Resolutions and predictions fly like birds and then fall like snow, and by the time February arrives, the new year isn’t new anymore. As a result, all of that nonsense from the month prior is treated...
by Michael Leppert | Nov 24, 2022 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
We all know people who always see a glass as half empty. It is tough to be around them and their unrelenting pessimism. Then there is the other bunch, those bright, sunshiny, “half full” types, who always see the best in everything. They can be equally exhausting with...
