by Michael Leppert | Feb 2, 2023 | Politics/Government
I remember a meeting with my first financial adviser several years ago who told me that the money I had in the Indiana Public Retirement System, or INPRS, needed to be moved out of there. His perspective then was that INPRS did not give me enough control over my own...
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 | Dec 8, 2022 | Politics/Government
The battle initiated by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita against Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indiana reproductive healthcare provider, disgracefully marches onward. Our embattled AG is wrong about this endeavor, in every possible way, but it is important not to lose...
by Michael Leppert | Dec 31, 2021 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
It was December 31, 1999, and the 32-year-old version of me found himself working the night shift. How did I let this happen to me on New Year’s Eve? I had largely been a 9 to 5 guy since going to work for the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission almost five...
by Michael Leppert | Aug 13, 2021 | Politics/Government
Tuesday was a big day at Valparaiso University. Most importantly on that day, the northwest Indiana school announced that it now has a new mascot. After dropping “Crusader” earlier in the year, a name they had been using for decades, they unveiled their...
