by Michael Leppert | Feb 13, 2025 | Politics/Government
I have been thinking about Winston Churchill since Donald Trump announced his planned seizure of the board of trustees of the Kennedy Center last Friday. In 1938, Churchill said, “The Prime Minister (Neville Chamberlain) …has reminded us of the old saying that it is...
by Michael Leppert | Feb 1, 2024 | Politics/Government
“Never let a good crisis go to waste,” is an adage that is widely attributed to Winston Churchill as the one who said it first. Crediting him with quotes like this is easy to do and difficult to disprove. It sounds like something he would say, right? We know Rahm...
by Michael Leppert | Feb 28, 2020 | Pop/Life
The poetry of my life can be found in song lyrics that have stricken me over the years. Modern music supplies the verse for most of our lives. I never thought it mattered all that much until last week when I went to see the Lumineers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in...
by Michael Leppert | Mar 18, 2017 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
During WWII, Winston Churchill was asked to cut funding for the arts. He replied, “then what are we fighting for?” Our president has proposed his first budget that features many things worthy of attack. In fact, his first proposed budget almost seems like a wartime...
