Jake and Hillary: If you’re here, you have to go over there,to Page One, for Jake’s take on the Hillary event last night. I’m pretty sure it’s different than the garbage the mainstream media will give you, and it’ll make you laugh.
Carl Who?: Just a personal rant, but as I was listening to the “Afternoon […]

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Yes, we got some good entries in our little contest to win a copy of Shane Sellers‘ book, “Freedom’s Rein.” The winner is Jeff Ashley, who wrote the winning entry, which we’ve included below.

I just finished reading the book last night, and recommend it as a telling story about the struggles jockeys go through, and […]

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OK, Ville Voice readers, here’s your chance to actually win a prize right here on the site.
We think the book we reviewed here yesterday and in this week’s LEO, brings an important message for the horse industry. So we want a limited number of you to have a copy of the Shane Sellers autobiography, […]

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Nothing like a chilly Friday in November in the world of sports. And an excellent distraction for the end of the work week.
Billy Reed has a series of Top 5 lists on college football that could get some arguments going.  Billy’s been to a lot of press boxes in his day, so I’m not going […]

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And what were they doing in there?  Talk about a frivolous lawsuit. Workers at the Kroger Distribution Center in the East End have sued, claiming they deserve some money because the company placed a surveillance camera in the men’s restroom.  The suit claims workers have suffered because “their most private activities in the restroom have […]

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“How’s that novel coming along?’
When Michael L. Jones was working in a newsroom not long ago, that was how editors frequently greeted him. It’s not that Jones hasn’t done well in the newspaper business, but he admits that the longer form work is where his passion lies.
“Most people think it’s a big thing,” he says, […]

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Remember Emazing? Back in the early days of the Internet (the late ’90s) c d kaplan got a great gig — writing pithy 100-word daily tips that could be delivered to your e-mail box. Remember, this was the pre-blog Internet, so it was one of those pre-9/11 business ideas that seemed to have a future, […]

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If there’s one person who knows something about handicapping a political race, it’s Billy Reed. Here is Billy’s take on the Governor’s race, with a special emphasis on the importance of the running mate for each of the 10 entries.  Billy’s  exacta on the Dem. side is  Lunsford-Stumbo at 5-1 followed by Richards-Brown at 8-1. […]

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The first sports book on the current New York Times Best-Seller list (hardcover non-fiction) is, The Blind Side, Michael Lewis’ fascinating story of a destitute child (Michael Oher) in Memphis who is taken in by a wealthy family and becomes a college football player at Ole Miss, destined to play in the NFL. But […]

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I just read the new novel, “Nature Girl” by Florida novelist Carl Hiaasen. I had to borrow it from my 15-year-old son, who insisted on going out and buying it as soon as I told him about the release.
Josh and I have one of those great father-son connections thanks to Hiaasen. The characters in his […]

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