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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 16
Our Thanksgiving holiday tempered by ICE appeasement (the reason we can’t trust our elected officials), political candidates don’t understand what offices they should seek, dealing with wealth and affordability, a pitch for college sports and how to show support for mutual aid. Information sources for this week’s podcast include: Paul Krugman explains the affordability crisis…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 15
Traveling abroad and domestically, the effect of the UPS plane crash on the Derby City, the political impact of Mamdani and MTG, shortcomings of the Louisville education system and making a difference in the Bluegrass State. Full List of Democrats Voting to Condemn Socialism as Mamdani Comes to Town Roll Call 305 | Bill Number: H.…
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Let’s put billionaire donations in perspective: Part 3
Honestly, this doesn’t appear to be a billionaire donation. But this is how huge financial gifts should be revealed in the news media: For the past few months, a petition has garnered hundreds of signatures in favor of updating the aging sprayground at Chickasaw Park. But thanks to an anonymous $5 million donation, the beloved park is getting so much more than that. The Olmsted Parks Conservancy announced on Nov. 15 to…
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The rivalry continues: Cards vs. Cats in women’s soccer
The NCAA Division I women’s soccer tournament began this past weekend, and the opening round of Bluegrass interest was held here Saturday in Louisville. The opponents were what you would want in a match in the commonwealth: No. 6-seed Louisville vs. Kentucky. At the end of regulation, the score was 1-1. (If you were watching…
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A politician should focus on politics
This development appeared on Kentucky Lantern this week: Louisville Democratic Rep. Al Gentry is stepping down as chair of the Kentucky House minority caucus. The Democratic Caucus elected Lexington Democratic Rep. Lindsey Burke as the new chair. She was previously the House Democratic whip, according to a press release. Her successor will be selected Friday. …
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Time for an awards ceremony
We’ve had some good news on the family front. My niece is a documentary film producer who worked on the 2022 Academy Award winning documentary “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, an event that rivaled Woodstock but was completely ignored by the mainstream media.…
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Change in UofL women’s hoops
Today’s the home opener for the University of Louisville women’s basketball team, and one key person will be missing from the sidelines: Stephanie Norman made that announcement in April, but she isn’t leaving the sport. She’s returning home to Arizona State: Sun Devil Women’s Basketball alumna and a member of the A STEP UP Assistant…
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There’s a sports tournament in the Ville this week
You ever go to a sporting event and see a team jump for joy at the end because they won? (Well, yeah. That happened at the World Series this weekend). But this was a different sport and, obviously, something big just happened, but you don’t know what? On Saturday, I was at Trager Stadium, the…
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Former Cardinals are winners in the World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers have won back-to-back World Series, and this time it was because of a former Louisville Cardinal: The photo at the top of the page is from Will Smith’s bio on the University of Louisville Baseball page. He had a great year in 2016, with career honors listed as: • 2016 MLB…
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In praise of Jeff Walz
As a season ticket holder, I already knew this about Louisville women’s basketball coach Jeff Walz. Nice of the CJ to catch up: Louisville’s Jeff Walz is the best active women’s basketball coach to have not won a national championship. It’s time he’s recognized as such. That may sound like a dubious honor, to be the best…
