Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Fleetwood Mac's Tusk: "The result is a beautiful and terrifically strange album."

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In the old-fashioned parlance (times two), I carry a torch for double albums . In the original vinyl era, they meant greater bang f...
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Monday, July 25, 2016

Another tale of two perspectives -- The school board, Bruce Hibbard and Twitter.

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I was struck by the difference in emphasis between the Courier-Journal's and the  News and Tribune's coverage of last week's ...

Spin the enforcement wheel: Three signs, but how many citations?

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Trump, Cruz and the Fraternal Kiss: "My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love."

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The billboard in Cleveland generated much discussion during last week's Republican National Convention. The Republican Convention ...
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Sunday, July 24, 2016

"If every child on every street, had clothes to wear and food to eat -- that's a miracle."

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You never know where it's coming from, or what might trip it. Bob Youngblood was my high school English teacher. He was a mentor a...

Summit Sprigs, or the best stormwater slides TIF-ication can buy.

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Mother Nature does it all for us. By clear-cutting in March and waiting a few short months, we can see exactly where to put the water s...
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Pretend neutrality: The DNC's bias brings to mind Chef Dickey's own local delicacies.

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"Obviously (Trump) has run a very divisive campaign himself, assaulting and assailing just about anyone who is in a minority group, ...

Here are the revised Taco Steve hours of operation.

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Taco Steve, himself. Contrary to common assumption, not all potential taco eaters are on social media, even if Taco Steve's page at ...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

Council frivolity, slice of the second part: "Gahan Cares More About Concrete Than People."

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Thanks to Mr. B for these photos. John Rosenbarger sat at his desk. Outside his door, the clamor of the peasantry could be heard ...

Zygmunt Bauman on liquid fear.

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We are walking as if on a minefield. We are aware that the field is full of explosives, but we can't tell where there will be an explosi...

R.I.P. Bob Youngblood, 1943 - 2016.

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For those who didn't know Bob, he was a teacher at Floyd Central for more than 30 years. Speaking personally, he had a tremendous impa...
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Council frivolity, slice number one: The council makes mad passionate love to a "referendumn."

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Pretty soon the Jeffersonville paper will be reduced to hiring temps to cover New Albany news. Does Bill "Publisher of the Year for Pr...

Gahan's Odyssey: A flatbed trailer truck driver circles the world just to Break Wind.

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He finally made it.  Friday morning, I was walking west on Elm Street. Just steps away from Pearl Street, my ears registered the roar of...
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Friday, July 22, 2016

WITHIN CITY LIMITS: Episode X, A Look Ahead to 2019.

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WITHIN CITY LIMITS: Episode X, A Look Ahead to 2019. By Nick Vaughn, Guest Columnist My past few articles have been about national pol...
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The perfect news story for Trumping the Donald: "Ancient bottom wipers yield evidence of diseases carried along the Silk Road."

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Make no mistake: Future archaeologists will have no interest whatever in your e-mail account. Your septic tank? That's another story en...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

ON THE AVENUES REWOUND (2014): "We have our own Big Four Bridge. They’re called Main, Market, Spring and Elm."

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ON THE AVENUES: We have our own Big Four Bridge. They’re called Main, Market, Spring and Elm. A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. It...

A simple PDF from Lynchburg VA shows how Jeff Gahan might have chosen to educate NA about two-way streets, but didn't. And won't.

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I'm not sure I've seen a better succinct presentation of the facts. Granted, the likes of Irv Stumler would use this sheet ...

Bicentennial commission financial trail? What's two (yawn) weeks (shrug) after 463 days?

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And those pesky dual city seals.  Tomorrow will mark two weeks elapsed since the anticipated date for learning how Bob Caesar's jigg...

But wait, wasn't Irv just robotically touting the spotless civic-mindedness of trucking companies?

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A reader writes: This tractor trailer turned right from Spring up Silver Street. Squashed all of the traffic cones on the way. I espec...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

An assault on impregnable Summit Sprigs? A Break Wind bocce break-in? The Great Cannon Acres Bear Pit heist?

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When some suits and the Econ Dev director convene at Quills, can full frontal TIF-fing be very far behind? But give 'em credit; by th...