by Michael Leppert | Dec 14, 2023 | Politics/Government
Last week, former House speaker Kevin McCarthy attended the New York Times’s DealBook event where he was interviewed by Andrew Ross Sorkin. During their discussion, McCarthy reminisced about a striking observation he made during the 2019 State of the Union. “…I look...
by Michael Leppert | Sep 24, 2021 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
I am now in the step count demographic. I monitor my daily activity so regularly, I can make a pretty good guess of how many steps I’ve taken during the day without even looking at the app on my phone. Being able to count calories would be the real trick for me....
by Michael Leppert | Jul 30, 2021 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
I went off to kindergarten in 1972. I was not yet five years-old, but I was the sixth of seven kids in my family, and so as soon as the school would take me, my parents happily delivered me. I have one of those September birthdays, which didn’t matter again...
by Michael Leppert | Mar 19, 2021 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
On Tuesday, a 21-year-old Georgia man walked into Big Woods Goods gun shop and purchased a 9mm handgun. Within a few hours, he had used it to kill eight people at three different locations in the Atlanta area and was apprehended on his way to Florida to continue his...
by Michael Leppert | Aug 28, 2020 | Politics/Government
What I think of when I hear the word “hatch” has nothing to do with politics. I think of baby birds breaking free in the springtime, like robins in a nest built on your home’s downspout. Or maybe it’s chicks on a farm. Or to a fly fisherman,...
