Sunday, June 21, 2015

Mutchler's letter ... or, the thoroughly depressing week that was, Part 2.

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In these numbingly stupid times, it's no longer possible to differentiate between fact and The Onion . In fact, The Onion is probably m...

Charleston and the Confederacy ... or, the thoroughly depressing week that was, Part 1.

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Once again, in the absence of any shared commitment to historical truth, we turn to a comedian to provide critical insight. I honestly h...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

Gone fishing.

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Not really. Fishing holds no great appeal to me, although eating fish can be pleasant enough, so you catch 'em, and I'll bring ...
Friday, June 19, 2015

A feather knocks us over as Democrats belatedly shuffle, mumble and pander about oppression.

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Given that the Floyd County Democratic Party has been censoring me on social media since December, 2014, it's true that I only rarely vi...

And the uncontested winner is: Dan Coffey's vile, bigoted New Albany.

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8:15 a.m. update: I missed last night's belated Democratic social media agitprop on the topic. Following last evening's predi...

Another might-fit: Bread and circuses.

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It was only after publishing yesterday's ON THE AVENUES column ... ON THE AVENUES: These 10 definitions will help you speak local p...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

ON THE AVENUES: These 10 definitions will help you speak local politics like a native.

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ON THE AVENUES: These 10 definitions will help you speak local politics like a native. A weekly web column by Roger A. Baylor. It is a m...
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I'm a guest on the Rusty Satellite Show today, so go and listen.

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Multi-modal Louisville journalist Rick Redding and I have many mutual friends, and we've "known" each other through social ...

Deutschland '83: Finally, television I'd like to watch.

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I'm notorious for watching very little television -- an hour a week, sometimes two, and just about all of it on the public channels. The...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Walkability might as well begin with the intersection of Main and West 1st, so can it begin now?

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At yesterday's downtown merchant meeting, a representative of the YMCA observed that it can be very difficult for cars coming from Y...

Observe free throw technique with Rick Barry of the 1975 Golden State Warriors.

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The Golden State Warriors captured the NBA championship last night in Cleveland. It is the Oakland-based franchise's first crown si...

Read this now: "How Thor's Hammer Made Its Way Onto Soldiers' Headstones."

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As we learned yesterday, the Hammer of Thor is included among the VA-approved emblems for federal military cemeteries cited yesterday. ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

The VA's list of available emblems for headstones and markers might help Dan Coffey choose invocation contestants.

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Yesterday, reader W took issue with 1st district councilman Dan "Wizard of Westside & Dispenser of Soulful Balm" Coffey's ...
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New Albany's new slogan: "Truck Through City" ... Part 92: "It's not an option" for the Bored of Works -- unless you're a dump truck.

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Recently we considered the urgent need for a freshening of the bureaucratic gene pool. Seattle alleys, New Albany street pianos and the o...

Demokrasi in Turkey, though a word less seldom encountered in New Albany.

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Words tend to be taken so lightly in New Albanian political circles that they might as well not even exist. Rather, we might communicat...

Yet another gigantic cash flushing sound heard as ORBP axes tolling consultant.

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I really enjoyed doing these memes ("Kerry Stemler's statement on the occasion of the Clark Memorial Bridge closing,"...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Downtown merchant meeting Tuesday morning, 8:30 a.m., at the Pepin Mansion.

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It's late notice, but hear ye: The informal downtown "merchant mixer" group meets Tuesday morning (tomorrow) at 8:30 a.m. a...

NAC Reader Comments 3: On Chattanooga's fiber optic internet system.

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NAC  reader W read our post,  On Helsinki and the importance of internet infrastructure , and offered a wonderful counter-example much cl...

NAC Reader Comments 2: "Why does the city turn a blind eye to the negligence on Spring Street?"

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Regular blog reader BM recently shared a past Facebook review, posted to the city's Fb site but as yet unacknowledged, and noted that...

NAC Reader Comments 1: "The US Government has no list of 'legitimate' religions."

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Referring to our post on June 2,  Prayer duly restored, the Ayatollah Coffey will now decide whether your religion deserves his stamp of ...