Stop Calling Me Surly
Williams’ momentous moment
The State Capitol stage is set for a historic, breathtaking, improvisational suspense: When the curtain rises on the 2012 regular session of the Kentucky General Assembly on Jan.
Fables of the Deconstruction
The longest night
Christmas always makes me think of zombies. I stopped going to shopping malls years ago, but I started going back, once a year, so my son could have his picture taken with Santa Claus.
Keeping Up with the Jones
The 2011 Jones Awards
I was going to call these the first annual “LEO Jones Awards,” but my editor would probably say, “Uh, we have NOTHING to do with this madness! The Jones is insane!
Summary of My Discontent
New Year’s resolutions for the 1 percent
As the Great Recession grinds on, many of our richest citizens might feel there’s nothing they can do to help the economy, other than eventually creating all those jobs while their taxe
Raised Relief
Crime Time
Ours is a culture whose preoccupation with criminality and justice has come to be, in clinical terms, fetishistic.
Stop Calling Me Surly
Bridges and symbolism
“The symbolism behind this project, I think, is huge,” Bridges Authority secretary Sandra Frazier told the Metro Council’s Transportation, Bridges and Public Works Committee on Oc
Summary of My Discontent
The four-way-stop solution
My daily commute takes me through the four-way stop at the intersection of Cannons Lane and Pee Wee Reese Road. I once dreaded this intersection because it tends to back up during rush hour.
Raised Relief
Operation Black Hole
Sure, relaxing and spending quality time with my family and friends on Thanksgiving was pretty good.
Stop Calling Me Surly
Toxic tales eclipse kind cops
Everybody’s got a first-hand police story. The ones that resonate — those most often repeated — are none too flattering.
