Let the word go out, from this day forward, that a lot of Kentuckians are sick and tired of having our hopes and dreams for a better Kentucky hijacked by a bunch of smug, small-thinking, self-centered Republicans who twist the system for their own political purposes.
We are mad as hell and we are going to […]

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On the way to Morehead last weekend, I stopped off to eat in my hometown of Mount Sterling. I bought a copy of the local newspaper, the Advocate, and right there on the front page was the news that a grand jury had been convened to investigate yet another cockfighting ring.
Now fighting roosters isn’t as […]

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The Kentucky horse industry is in a state of emergency, and Governor Steve Beshear should recognize this hard, cold reality by appointing a blue-ribbon task force to seriously and swiftly come up with a plan to stop the bleeding and preserve the commonwealth’s signature industry.
The panel should NOT include the so-called leaders who have proven […]

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I can’t believe I missed the story about the hijacking. Surely it was in The Courier-Journal and the Herald-Leader. Surely Francene on WHAS or Sue on WVLK talked about it. It had to be on the evening news shows, didn’t it? But somehow I missed the story that our commonwealth has been hijacked by “The […]

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Nobody asked me, but…
If the NCAA is serious about cleaning up big-time college athletics – and sometimes I wonder if it is – it should adopt a rule similar to the “trainer insuror” rule in thoroughbred racing. The rule stipulates that if an illegal medication is detected in a horse’s system, the trainer is automatically […]

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I wish I could look forward to the special session of our General Assembly with something more than fear and loathing, but I can’t. I have no confidence whatsoever that our Senators and Representatives have the intellectual prowess and the moral courage to do the right thing when it comes to helping our signature horse […]

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The room in the funeral home was silent and empty yesterday morning, and Tommy Jolly’s silver trumpet sat on a stand near the casket. Around the room, there were easels with pictures of Tommy with Brenda Lee, probably the most famous singer he ever backed, and many of the various Louisville groups with which he […]

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