Fables of the Deconstruction
Don’t dream it’s over
You may remember I used to love that television show “Lost.” I was amused and delighted by the ways the writers convoluted the story in supposedly meaningful ways, reconfiguring archety
Raised Relief
Let the Bluegrass Shake
When I see him, I’m going to walk up to Russ Smith and squeeze him.
Fables of the Deconstruction
Dream on
My dreams, when I remember them, are usually pretty bizarre. I’m fighting giant hermit crabs or scorpions.
Keeping Up with the Jones
Marriage must really suck!
For some reason, there has been a bevy of reports about the decline of marriage in America lately.
Stop Calling Me Surly
Bridge to political cover
Days after the adoption of a controversial plan to finance the Ohio River Bridges Project, Kentucky lawmakers were running for cover.
Summary of My Discontent
What we are fearing today
Family planning. Gluten. Credit card fees. Being scanned in an airport and having pictures of our naughty bits turn up on the Internet.
Raised Relief
Notes from underground
You remember the durndest things when you’re hunkered down in the storm cellar.
Stop Calling Me Surly
Inhumanity of mismanaged care
Even Gov. Steve Beshear’s critics concede that he’s good at managing natural disasters — such as last Friday’s twisters. He’s had more than his fair share.
Fables of the Deconstruction
As time goes by
Late last year, I saw an article in The Courier-Journal, written by Jeffrey Lee Puckett, lamenting the closing of the Southgate House in Newport, Ky.
Summary of My Discontent
Election year survival tips
Now that another presidential election campaign is under way (or as C-SPAN calls it, Week 160 on the Road to the White House), it’s going to be harder than ever to avoid the intrusive chatter
