Thursday, June 18, 2020

A new relocation destination for 8th Street Pizza: Breakwater.

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Get the lowdown on 8th Street Pizza at Facebook , and observe the above post earlier today. As of last year, 8th Street Pizza was to have...

"Scathing" doesn't do the account justice as Florida governor leads his state to the morgue.

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I'm enchanted. "The not-honest operators are making sick people come to work, refusing to offer paid time off or pay for ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020

"The not-honest operators are making sick people come to work, refusing to offer paid time off or pay for testing, and that's gonna get people killed."

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Journalist Amy McCarthy (@aemccarthy on Twitter) is the editor of Eater Dallas and Eater Houston . I've joined together a recent Twi...

SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS: Is a blog the same as a newspaper?

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The NA Confidential blog (that's short for "weblog") turned 15 years of age on October 22, 2019 . Did you know that  NAC...

Hanson's Folly: There remains a complete absence of diversity among regular News and Tribune columnists.

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Different mix from May 23 - June 16 but no substantive change. Bill Hanson is the publisher of the Jeffersonville News and Tribune . Re...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Idle curiosity about a "no" vote.

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510 Main Street; referendum's over and the sign's still up. I thought to myself, hmm, I wonder which of the FIVE apartment dwelle...

A wee rant: Why must we have statues of "famous" people? Can't we just have art instead?

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Rather than argue about which statues to remove and which to keep, I'd rather have a discussion about why humans deploy statuary as p...
Monday, June 15, 2020

CounterPunch on "the difference between people who think others should die so they can get a haircut and those with a strong social conscience."

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True, a great deal of reopening fervor owes to personal narcissism and a pervasive ignorance; science always will be attacked because it ...

Dan Canon discusses the marriage equality case, 5 years on. Now is it the turn for racial justice?

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Dan Canon's column in LEO Weekly last week. Click the link, read it all. We're very fortunate to have Dan, Valerie and their kid...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

Let's pack them in like sardines, shall we?

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That's why it's so very hard to decide the whats, whens and whys.

An amazing NA moment in time -- as the GREEN MOUSE presents NAWBANY WEEK IN REVIEW.

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This happened on Saturday in New Albany. Actually this and two other events dedicated to Black Lives Matter happened on Saturday. The t...

It's one of the greatest weeks in New Albany's twisted, scattershot history.

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Yes, and I do mean greatest . Nine dreary and ever-decaying years later, at long last the Preston Arts facade is GONE. I'm giddy. ...

Nick Vaughn: "A Historian’s Perspective on Confederate Statues."

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I first met Nick Vaughn in 2015 when he was younger than he is now (oddly, I haven't aged) and was running for city council in the Re...
Saturday, June 13, 2020

The Calumet Club celebrates a century, so hats off to the Bliss family for their stewardship of an institution.

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Under renovation, 2006. We begin with the newspaper's account on Friday (June 12), then turn to our legal bagel Shane for a new/old...
Friday, June 12, 2020

ON THE AVENUES: Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger.

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Dearest readers, At the beginning of 2020, I resolved to play it completely straight and rededicate this weekly column to the propositi...

All this AND the Farmers Market, too? Gads, it really IS New Albany's turn Saturday to contribute to change.

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Yesterday, this: Wait -- I'm getting a pulse ... The Movement and Say Their Names, coming Saturday to NA. Then, later in the day...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

Wait -- I'm getting a pulse ... The Movement and Say Their Names, coming Saturday to NA.

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These two events are occurring almost simultaneously in New Albany on Saturday morning. The Movement peaceful protest (above) Say The...

English football: My Plymouth Argyle moves back to League One.

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In 2009 we made our first journey to the city of Plymouth. In 2013, we went again. At some point in between these two visits, I decided t...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Hoosiers for Dan Borsch for Louisville Metro Council.

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I suppose my first awareness of Dan Borsch was during the run-up to the pre-ordained Ohio River Bridges boondoggle. We've actually ...