by Michael Leppert | Nov 29, 2023 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
The Portland Public Schools (PPS) and the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) reached a tentative agreement to their labor dispute on Sunday. The impasse had led to a three-week strike, cancelling eleven instructional days in Oregon’s largest school district....
by Michael Leppert | Oct 21, 2017 | Politics/Government
“A Day in the Life” is my favorite Beatles song. John Lennon used a couple of stories that ran in the Daily Newspaper and the UK Daily Express as the sources for the song, though he took a little artistic license in the process. The car wreck described in...
by Michael Leppert | Jul 23, 2017 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
You may already know that I am no fan of President Trump. However, I have to admit his hotel in Washington, D.C. is awfully nice. Nice? That’s not fair. It’s lavish. It is framed in gold. It is probably wildly expensive. I am thankful I wasn’t...
