by Michael Leppert | Nov 1, 2023 | Politics/Government
Las Vegas specializes in making money off of people who just can’t walk away. But on Saturday in Sin City, that’s exactly what former Vice President Mike Pence did. An ironic place for the most pious politician I’ve covered to announce what will likely be the end of...
by Michael Leppert | Jun 19, 2016 | Politics/Government
I saw a quote on Twitter yesterday in reference to Indiana’s 5 percent jobless rate by Governor Mike Pence that caught my eye. He said: “There is no denying the momentum of our strong Hoosier economy.” I know that is not very eye-catching for most people. Luckily, I...
by Michael Leppert | Mar 27, 2016 | Politics/Government
Two weeks ago I wrote my first column ever on the topic of abortion. I don’t plan to write about the topic often, since I fundamentally believe men should follow the lead of women on this one. I probably have already written enough. After I publish this edition,...
by Michael Leppert | Mar 6, 2016 | Politics/Government
Last March, storm clouds moved into the area and dumped a strange and frightening thing on us. It was so unfamiliar, and so scary that it paralyzed our common senses and separated us from our normal and trademark pragmatism. Those clouds ruined an otherwise lovely...
by Michael Leppert | Feb 4, 2016 | Politics/Government
Henry Chadwick, an English born historian and creator of baseball’s box score, used the letter “K” to denote a strikeout in the scorebook because it was the last letter in “struck” as in “struck out.” He often used the last...
