Stop Calling Me Surly
A sublime sexual revolution
Two winners emerged from last Thursday’s vice presidential debate in Danville: Centre College and moderator Martha Raddatz.
Fables of the Deconstruction
Everything happens to me
We were gathering in the conference room for one of our regular meetings, but one of my selves was missing. “Any of you know where I am?” I asked, indicating the empty chair.
Summary of My Discontent
History’s Assholes: Fred Koch
Welcome once again to History’s Assholes, the column that travels back in time to flush out the assholes who made the world what it is today.
Guest Commentary
The president’s race problem
Some years ago, a few pals and I took our first excursion to the deepest, darkest Delta.
Raised Relief
Strangers and their dogs
I am a dog owner who moonlights as a bush-league misanthrope.
Stop Calling Me Surly
A wicked sister bridge
When the early 21st-century history of Louisville is written, if the Ohio River Bridges Project proceeds as planned, I can already hear the official refrain: “Mistakes were made.&r
Fables of the Deconstruction
Nice work if you can get it
We usually break in our interns with simple tasks like record and movie reviews. Nobody important reads that stuff, so they can’t do a lot of damage.
Keeping Up with the Jones
Election 2012 is (a little) different
This is the first of two columns on Election 2012. Given my love of politics, you knew I couldn’t do just one.
Summary of My Discontent
The simile and you
As a longtime writer of not only grammatically viable sentences but also the occasional full-length paragraph, I’m often asked about the proper role of similes in today’s challenging wr
Raised Relief
Damn the torpor torpedoes
The last couple of weeks have not been the most flattering in my life.
