Whenever somebody from the national media goes up into Eastern Kentucky and does a documentary about coal and poverty, which are inextricably linked, you can bet that the elected representatives of the folks who live there will howl like scalded cats about the perpetuation of hillbilly stereotypes.
Of course, perceptions don’t get to be stereotypes unless […]

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Nobody asked me, but…
I hope a plea bargain is worked out for U of L’s two knuckleheads, Terrence Jennings and Jerry Smith. In exchange for a guilty plea, they should be put on probation and assigned 1,000 hours each of community service, which would include going on patrol with the police a couple of nights.
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The negativity surrounding University of Louisville football has reached the point where it’s impossible to see what Coach Steve Kragthorpe can do to turn it around. Oh, he could go 8-0 the rest of the way for a final 9-3 record, but the likelihood of that happening is roughly the same as the Ohio River […]

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When a demagogue overplays his hand and exposes himself as the cheap bully he really is, his supporters begin quietly distancing themselves from him, leaving him to twist slowly in the wind. The more he raves, the more of an embarrassment he becomes until, finally, he leaves the public arena in disgrace.
So it was with […]

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