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Derek Pillie

#RememberingCharly: His Example Lives on Every Day

I spent most of the day working on our office’s job fair, the culmination of several months of work, but I knew in the back of my mind…

Aug 16, 2019

#RememberingCharly: His Example Lives on Every Day

Aug 16, 2019

Derek Pillie

Saluting my first mentor on International Women’s Day

I’d like to pay tribute to Elise Carey, the first person who really saw something in me that I did not see myself. In July 1990 she asked…

Mar 8, 2018

Mar 8, 2018

Derek Pillie

Jack Kemp: A Man Out of Time?

I recently finished Jack Kemp: The Bleeding -Heart Conservative Who Changed America. The story of a young man full of big ideas and strong…

Jan 31, 2017

Jack Kemp: A Man Out of Time?

Jan 31, 2017

Derek Pillie

Success in Spite of Strife, Swearing and Sadness — A review of Hillbilly Elegy

I saw J.D. Vance on television on election night. I can’t even remember which network had him on, but the conventional wisdom was that a…

Jan 7, 2017

Success in Spite of Strife, Swearing and Sadness — A review of Hillbilly Elegy

Jan 7, 2017

Derek Pillie

Twenty Christmases Ago

I had an interesting thought this morning. Had you told me any of the following now twenty years ago I would have laughed in your face:

Dec 20, 2016

Dec 20, 2016

Derek Pillie

How Much Worse Can It Get for Mark It Red?

Mark It Red, a political consulting firm that has been noted for its ties to Indiana’s House Republican Campaign Committee, has…

May 7, 2016

How Much Worse Can It Get for Mark It Red?

May 7, 2016

Derek Pillie

Why I Tweet…

This is an open letter of sorts to those who follow me on Twitter or who are considering following me. If you read my bio you know that I…

Feb 27, 2016

Why I Tweet…

Feb 27, 2016

Derek Pillie

How I’ll be following the “big game”

In a few hours the Super Bowl will kick off and I’ll be watching it with my family and literally millions of other people around the world…

Feb 7, 2016

Feb 7, 2016

Derek Pillie

Relating to President George H. W. Bush More Challenging after Reading his Biography

I recently finished Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush as part of my goal to read 26 books by the end of…

Jan 27, 2016

Jan 27, 2016

Derek Pillie

Debbie Howell’s Killer White Chili Recipe

Great chili recipe that you can serve as a meal or just have handy for folks to snack on.

Dec 25, 2015

Debbie Howell’s Killer White Chili Recipe

Dec 25, 2015

Derek Pillie

Derek Pillie

Customer experience professional working in a government office by day; father, Catholic and activist in my free time.

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