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A Black woman looks at the political scene in the Ville
Attica Scott, a former member of the Louisville Metro Council and former Kentucky state rep for the city, has a spot on view of the New York mayoral election (From Facebook): Mamdani’s win and what it means to me as a Black woman in the South As a Black woman living in Louisville, Kentucky, I’m…
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Ky.’s only woman governor, Martha Layne Collins, dies at 88
This happened over the weekend (from Kentucky Lantern): Martha Layne Collins, who as the only woman to serve as governor of Kentucky revolutionized the state’s economy by landing Toyota Motor Manufacturing, died at 3 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, in Lexington. She was 88. Her husband, Dr. Bill Collins, said his wife died in her sleep…
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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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Can our media please deal with reality instead of hype?
This from the CJ: Members of the College Republicans at University of Louisville invited students, alumni and members of the Louisville community to participate in a candlelight vigil Sept. 15 honoring Charlie Kirk. A large crowd responded, gathering in the grass in front of Grawemeyer Hall by the university’s statue of “The Thinker,” with many…
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Foghorn’s Epstein inquiry doesn’t include TACO
Kentucky’s own Foghorn Comer is at it again: The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday issued subpoenas for Department of Justice records on the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, as well as for interviews with a slate of former government officials in connection to the case. Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) announced that he was summoning nearly a dozen former…
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Remembering a mentor
The person who recruited me for a job at the Wall Street Journal (back in the 20th century) recently died. Here’s a look at his life:
