The grapevine moves at the speed of data, and news spreads in seconds. Louisville got a taste of what can happen when the internet meets accusations of sex crimes. This time the allegations did not involve a member of Metro... Read More ›

Jefferson County Public Schools are out of control, and it isn’t the kids. Allegations of child abuse by preschool teachers. A principal with poor boundaries and loose lips. Police abusing and aiming weapons at students. With so many adults in... Read More ›

Councilman Dan Johnson has made fools of the entire Metro Council. And yet this debacle over sexual harassment claims made by Councilwoman Jessica Green and an aide of Councilwoman Angela Leet has highlighted a glaring deficiency in the rules that... Read More ›

It isn’t just that Louisville Metro Councilman Dan Johnson is alleged to be a man who can’t keep his pants up or his hands to himself, it is that he’s from a lineage of bad male behavior that includes being... Read More ›

Kentucky, your governor is a fool. The pension crisis — among the nation’s worst — is a defining issue in Kentucky. So... WWBD? What will Gov. Matt Bevin do? What has he done? Not much. One thing is certain: He... Read More ›

I’m sick of thinking about the problems of old, rich, white men. The problems of rich white guys leave the rest of us, regular folks of all colors, underwhelmed, underfunded and underrepresented. I woke up today, happy that it was... Read More ›

[Editor's Note: Read all of LEO's coverage of the UofL basketball scandal, including contributor Ricky L. Jones' "U of Hell: 'Trafficking black bodies'" and contributor Kurt X. Metzmeier's "Notes from the other 'university 6.'"] From the most-recent scandal involving Tom Jurich... Read More ›

In the state capital last week, the House and Senate Health and Wellness Committee met to talk about opioid addiction. One expert told lawmakers that: “When the clock strikes midnight tonight, four Kentuckians will have died of a drug overdose,”... Read More ›

More than anything, as we stand on the cliff of another Asian conflict, another on the Korean peninsula, the lessons of the Vietnam War and the experiences of those who fought must be remembered. With an outrageous potential increase in... Read More ›

Mayor Greg Fischer is disingenuous. He claims to support our immigrant population but refused to declare Louisville a sanctuary city after President Trump was elected and then again following the revocation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.... Read More ›