Editor’s Note
I read the news today, oh boy
When this paper debuted in 1990, then-publisher and editor John Yarmuth wrote in his inaugural column: “LEO will be different.
Editor’s Note
Eyes wide open
“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body.
Editor’s Note
I can do better
I was mindlessly dawdling on Facebook last week, absorbing all sorts of trivial information, when I encountered a horrific image.
Editor’s Note
The Non-Endorsement
I once had a friend* who habitually brushed off homework in freshman Spanish class, consequently resulting in her begging for a glimpse of my workbook minutes before the bell rang.
Editor’s Note
With friends like these ...
I recently unfriended my first Facebook “friend,” and it was truly liberating. In fact, the only shame stems from the fact that it took so long.
Editor’s Note
Courting courage on Capitol Hill
President Obama and fellow Democrats recently received a bit of advice from an unlikely sage: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Editor’s Note
Shop Local. Live Better.
It usually happens once a year. I am drawn — like a suicidal moth to a flame — to the fluorescent glow of Wal-Mart.
Editor’s Note
Abstaining from the truth
I was in the sixth grade when my regularly scheduled Catholic elementary school curriculum was temporarily interrupted for a painfully awkward experience.
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Some kind of happiness
This is my last column for LEO Weekly. As of Jan. 1, News Editor Sarah Kelley will take the reins as I move on to a new job as editor of The City Paper in Nashville.




