The University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum has announced three great events for the fall.

September 21, 2010 – Barack Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe, who wrote The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama’s Historic Victory will be in town. MSNBC political analyst and author of Renegade: The Making of [...]

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We’re nearing the end of the Second Annual Golden Poo Awards and you should drop your nominations in as soon as possible. Only two more categories remain. [Page One]
Maybe some day Hal Heiner will wake the hell up, recant, apologize and make amends for his SERIOUS STUPIDITY. If he doesn’t, he’ll lose the mayoral [...]

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There are just a couple more days of the Second Annual Golden Poo Awards. Be sure to make your nominations today. [Page One]
Chris Poynter tried to claw Joe Burgan’s eyes out, because of expanded gambling, amen. The Fischer & Heiner campaigns are most certainly going to get into more cat fights like this. [...]

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You should help me provide kids in rural Kentucky with some books. It’ll change their lives and improve their education. And you don’t have to agree with me political in order to help or offer suggestions. You just have to care about the future of Kentucky’s youth. [Page One]
Louisville is nothing but [...]

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This column by David Brooks in the NYWT is all about giving school kids free books to take home during the summer:
Recently, book publishers got some good news. Researchers gave 852 disadvantaged students 12 books (of their own choosing) to take home at the end of the school year. They did this for three successive [...]

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Got a kid in a JCPS middle school who wants to play on a high school team? Not gonna happen after this year. [C-J]
The Louisville Metropolitan Women’s Political Caucus, controlled by Mongiardo-supporter Virginia Woodward, endorsed Greg Fischer for mayor. Never mind that there are several women running for the same office. [Press Release]
Fairdale [...]

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Yesterday students at the University of Louisville rallied against mandatory meal plans. And if you think there’s no support? You should just read this story to see folks from various political factions coming together. I’m betting Mark Hebert isn’t exactly enjoying having to defend this mess of highway robbery. [Nancy Rodriguez]
Borderline racist [...]

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Take note, religious types (and all gays everywhere), cause Todd Ekloff has released a book that is nothing short of intriguing.
It’s called A Gospel for Liberals: Considering the historical Jesus in light of today’s most controversial social issues.

Remember Todd? He’s the heterosexual guy fired by Kentucky Farm Bureau because he didn’t hate the [...]

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So maybe I’m going a little overboard on this A.J. Jacobs thing. He’s basically a regular guy who has a way with words, who has a hilarious way of writing about the things that happen in his life. He landed one great job at Entertainment Weekly, then another at Esquire, then came up with a [...]

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There’s a great story in the new book about the Dicky Lyons legend that’s bound to seem ironic to those following the local trial of a high school football coach. Seems that back when Dicky Lyons Sr. was playing for St. X in the 1960s, coach John Miehaus suspected two players had been drinking.
When the [...]

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