Stop Calling Me Surly
Clarity on soulful public educators
There is no more spectacular a tutorial on great teaching than Ella Fitzgerald in her element. Behold her 1979 performance of “Make Me Rainbows” on YouTube.
Stop Calling Me Surly
A beloved chef’s last supper
Beyond the womb, no place on Earth was safer than inside Joe Gadansky’s embrace. His famous hugs surrounded and enveloped — and held us close enough to feel his heartbeart.
Stop Calling Me Surly
Downtown, we’ve got a problem
I don’t get downtown much anymore. I may go to pay a parking ticket — or get yet another. But I’m learning.
Stop Calling Me Surly
Smackdown, interrupted
Let’s suppose you’re a young, bright constitutional officer who is ripe for higher office and who thinks there ought to be a law. The stakes are stellar, so you mustn’t stumble.
Stop Calling Me Surly
Wicked statecraft kills bills
The train was so freighted with baggage and on such a fast track — greased by lobbyists — that it barreled through a committee before the AARP’s alarms were heard.
Stop Calling Me Surly
The lives and death of Jon Cook
Musician, visual artist and writer Jon Cook, an iconic child of the Highlands, was blessed with a strong heart and titanic talents.
Stop Calling Me Surly
The angina monologue
Seven years ago this week, I got my life back after quadruple bypass surgery.
Stop Calling Me Surly
The dark side of paradise
Lynn’s Paradise Cafe, a whimsical, retro restaurant that propelled Louisville’s weirdness to international celebrity, is dead.
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The silver tsunami
A month ago, Dr. Zettie Parker-Turner resigned as administrator of the Rivers Edge nursing home in Prospect.
