Count me as someone not particularly troubled by the ad, for reasons well covered by Yglesias, Zagloff, and Theda Skocpol (!). Should I dare to turn on my teevee here in Ohio, I’m treated to about 72 political ads per hour, many of which traffic in xenophobia in various ways I find far more offensive. […]
Category: kentucky
Matt Gunterman at Ditch Mitch brings us this Courier-Journal article by James Carroll: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s spokesman acknowledged yesterday that he alerted reporters last week t
Kentucky; land of bourbon, horses, and grass. Not bluegrass, mind you: Deep in the Appalachian woods near the Knox-Bell County line, Kentucky State Police Trooper Dewayne Holden’s Humvee belched
NYT: When top Democratic leaders visited him at the White House this week, President Bush told them he wanted to “find common ground” on Iraq. But when the president said he planned to “start doing some redeployment,” the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, cut him off. “No you’re not, Mr. President,” Ms. Pelosi interjected. “You’re just […]
Although Mitch McConnell hasn’t yet been included on lists of vulnerable Republican senators, his approval ratings are low, especially given the fact that he’s the Senate Minority Leader.
Today is the first anniversary of the crash of Comair 5191, bound for Atlanta out of Lexington. The aircraft, a CJR-100ER, took off from the wrong runway at Bluegrass Airport and crashed briefly after
Today all eyes turn toward Kentucky. Her Majesty is in attendance. Rumour has it that George Clooney is supposed to be around, as well, but I’m not sure about that. Still working on getting a reserve box for Patterson School faculty and guests. For you compulsive types that just have to bet, here are Crazy […]
The Board of Trustees of my fine employer has voted 14-2 to extend domestic partner benefits. UK joins the University of Louisville as the only state institutions in Kentucky to extend such benefits.
Billy Harper, a 2007 (!?) Kentucky gubernatorial candidate, has a big ad campaign that’s notable chiefly for the fact that it fails to mention that he’s a Republican. He’s willing to
Goldy: I suppose the crusty, cynical response would be to berate the American people for lavishing so much love and affection on a freakishly talented $30 million race horse, at the same time our nation is busy spending its blood and treasure on a brutal, dehumanizing war in Iraq. During the months of Barbaro’s failed […]
Barbaro euthanized.