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Our kids are dumber. Is it that hard to see why?
Some troubling news on the education front, from the Kentucky Lantern: Just days after federal data revealed average reading, math and science scores dropped among certain grades since before the coronavirus pandemic, a U.S. Senate panel on Thursday picked apart the root causes and methods for students’ academic improvement. The hearing in the Senate Committee…
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The most annoying headline of the week
An Al Cross column in the Kentucky Lantern has this headline: We Need Calm Compelling Voices from the Middle. And it contained this pablum: I got a surprise phone call last week from the other side of the world, where an American expatriate was worried about the future of his country in the wake of…
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Andy was on ‘Late Night’ recently
In case you missed it, here’s what he said: Obviously, this was an attempt to get national exposure for a presidential bid, but we still think he should run for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat.
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A pet peeve on grammar, brought to you by Skynet
I’m sure this story is important to a lot of people in the horse industry, but there’s one thing that really annoys me about it. From the CJ (of course): A federal horse racing agency alleged it received falsified test results related to a potential banned substance from a University of Kentucky lab. That was…
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The CJ is moving out of its building
When I worked at the Courier Journal in the 1980s, it had hundreds of reporters, a large advertising and circulation staff and printers who would run off thousands of newspapers every day for both the CJ and the Louisville Times, all from the corner of Sixth and Broadway. That’s all over now. From Louisville Business…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 11
The impact of Sept. 11, 2001; political violence; the Epstein files; political loyalty; a day in the country and four days of music. Some of the things we discuss in this episode: A very Massie Christmas: Click here for some things Charlie Kirk said during his lifetime. From the Guardian. Click here for a brief…
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Our news sources are lacking. Here’s why.
The University of North Carolina has released a study on journalism and philanthropy, examining the how states are doing in distributing news to their citizens and how wealthy donors are assisting in achieving those goals. Suffice it to say, we aren’t doing very well here in the Bluegrass: Here’s a map: And here’s what those…
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Why is Florida such a freak show?
If you want to expose your kids to measles, chickenpox, mumps or any other potentially deadly disease, visit Walt Disney World. It’s in the communicable disease capital of the world, Florida: Kentucky leaders are pushing back against Florida’s push to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates, a decision that has sparked alarm among health officials…
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Tom Massie is a nightmare for Orange TACO and his donors
The representative for Kentucky’s Fourth District is kicking ass and naming names: It is unconscionable that major Democrats aren’t giving us this information. Hell, even Marjorie Taylor Green is taking shots at “the coward” in the White House.
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Bitter bourbon blues; blame MAGAt Bozos
Another reality check on the harm the Orange TACO has done to one of Kentucky’s most lucrative exports, from the Beasley Brief:
