Thursday, October 26, 2017

Listen to this: "Five Things: Dawn Howard On Ireland, Grief, And Political Transformation."

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Hey, wait -- I know Dawn Howard. Now, go listen to the program, where she somehow made it through the entire 42 minutes without mentioning ...

Jeff Gahan, too: "Conservatives blame the poor because the alternative is to blame capitalism."

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Forget capitalism and religion. Kool-Aid-ism is the dominant ideology of our age, and it can be consumed by almost anyone -- and is, in ...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

More about Hoosier Action, and a reminder: We Are New Albany.

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Don't forget: there's an on-line petition to sign . Meet WE ARE NEW ALBANY, and tell Jeff Gahan: No demolition of public housi...

SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS: Hapax. Nonce. Googlewhack.

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Back in 2007, a blogger for the Oxford University Press greeted the release of a new edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary , w...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Metro Louisville's pitch to Amazon promises “a quality of life second to none for every Amazonian.”

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Dude. Amazonian Am·a·zo·ni·an 1. of, like, or characteristic of an Amazon 2. [oftena-] of an amazon; tall, strong, aggressive, et...

R.I.P. Eamonn Campbell, Irish musical legend, 1946-2017.

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Photo credit. Long-term readers will recall my love affair with Irish music in general terms, and specifically, The Dubliners. Luke ...

Those drab "luxury" condos and apartments? "Policymakers, pretty much across the board, don't value design."

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I'm just trying to figure out why The Breakwater Lofts at Duggins Flats gets an exemption from the street spam ordinance. Those ...
Monday, October 23, 2017

Jeff Gahan one-ups Mike Moore on a commemorative wall -- and the plural shall become singular.

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Part One: Nocturnal stumblebutt . Part Two: Don't worry -- Bob will guide it through Redevelopment . Part Three: Develop New A...

Chris Moyles interviews Liam and Noel Gallagher.

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Liam's first solo album is out now, and Noel's third arrives in a few weeks. Chris Moyles has spoken with the brothers Gallag...

On this blogging day in 2007: Luddite testimonials and DNA's mayoral forum.

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There were two posts on October 23, 2007. The first refers to the infamous and now entirely forgotten era of the Trog Blog Wars. --- Ok...

Liberalism, radicalism, our ineffectual Democrats, Gahan's public housing Kool-Aid and Hoosier Action -- not necessarily in that order.

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Loudest damn crickets I can recall. It's probably not impossible for liberals to morph into radicals, though it surely can't...
Sunday, October 22, 2017

THE BEER BEAT: "One hundred years ago, Britain nationalized hundreds of its pubs — and invented a better drinking culture."

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Photo credit. Simply stated, speaking as one who is fascinated by World War I and British pub culture and the notion of prohibition, ...

"There’s a long way to go before walking is safe and convenient for all Americans."

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From Copenhagen to New Albany.  We paint streets for automobile tires, not human feet. Mayor Jeff Gahan understands nothing about an ...
Saturday, October 21, 2017

Renewing friendships in Haarlem. Being thankful. Promising to be back soon.

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Marilyn, Inge and Diana. Previously: Out there in the fields, or a visit to De Plukker Hop Farm Brewery outside Poperinge. Most of y...

Gahan's family values sit-com: "That's totally RAD," whispers the interim director amid popping corks. Meanwhile, Irving Joshua reads from his script.

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In terms of comprehensive looks , that was one fast assessment . We can only hope the conclusion isn't premature . Firm to ass...

Dad's always been totally humorless about this sort of thing.

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You see the damnedest sights from the levee on a Friday at lunch.
Friday, October 20, 2017

You see the damnedest sights from the levee on a Friday at lunch.

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I went up on the levee around lunchtime today to take some file photos of downtown. It was a gorgeous day for snapping photos, and you never...

Campaign 101 Workshop at IU Southeast on Saturday, November 18.

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(Update: note the revised e-mail registration address above, meddy@leadershipsi.org) My Leadership Southern Indiana 2017 classmate Ch...

Amazon's bid: More required reading that Wendy Dant Chesser and One Southern Indiana will add to their bonfire of the vacuities.

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Wendy is positively giddy -- and liberal arts degree holders should be scared. Here’s what we know about Louisville’s Amazon bid , by ...
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Sexual assault and harassment: "It’s time for this to get inconvenient for men—for, perhaps, you."

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"I am explicitly requesting that every male friend of mine read this, because it is perfect." Done. I urge my male friends to do...