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...
by Michael Leppert | Nov 4, 2017 | Politics/Government
“Nothing in this world is certain except death and taxes” is a famous Benjamin Franklin quote. It still holds true more than two centuries later. Chris Rock spoke for me more aptly when he said: “You don’t pay taxes–they take...
by Michael Leppert | Sep 10, 2017 | Politics/Government
There’s a new character on the scene inside the Beltway. It’s name is “Chancy” and it is a Democrat donkey mutation of “Chuck and Nancy” that I invented for President Trump this week. Yes, it’s a merger of Senate Minority...
by Michael Leppert | Mar 25, 2017 | Politics/Government
Legislative strategy is not rocket science. But do me a favor and keep that between us since that’s what I do for a living. Editorial writing doesn’t pay like it used to. For those of you who have never been involved with a legislative initiative,...
by Michael Leppert | Jan 14, 2017 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
I spent a good part of my youth in a small town in southwest Virginia. And in my neighborhood, many families had dogs, and virtually none of us had fences. So all of the kids grew up with each other’s pets. In many ways, the dogs belonged to all of us. It was a...
