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Beercycling by numbers, in Belgium
My band of beercyclists rode their bikes in and around the Westhoek region in Flanders five times in nine years (2000-2008), and I still...
Archipelago Travels
Technically Challenged
Secular humanism would be a good antidote to religion — right,...
Apart from Friday afternoons each week when the News and Tribune treats us yet again to not one but two evangelical Christian guest columnists,...
Miscellany
Sara Havens: ‘Changing last-call hours is a knee-jerk reaction that’ll stifle...
It’s not right that an industry built into the fabric of our city must suffer because of several recent incidents. Unfortunately crime will continue...
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Secular humanism would be a good antidote to religion — right, News and Tribune?
Apart from Friday afternoons each week when the News and Tribune treats us yet again to not one but two evangelical Christian guest columnists,...
Van Morrison, “the only gazillionaire rock star to be a pandemic-denier besides Eric Clapton”
The pandemic seems to have deprived Van Morrison of his karma. Or maybe he already was running low.
Musically, the new album isn't unpleasant at...
GREEN MOUSE SAYS: Jason Applegate should run for State Senate
When this popped up on retiring State Senator Ron Grooms' feed, I couldn't help myself.
Of course the dedication went out to Kevin Boehnlein because...
Books and politics, with Roberto Bolaño and “The Savage Detectives”
In the year 2015 I ran for mayor of New Albany. During a candidate Q & A, I became the first mayoral candidate in...
Diary
Diary for 19 September 2021: Your shrinking attention spans annoy me
If there is any one common denominator to help explain the ever bottoming nadir of daily life in the industrialized (and desperately sick) world,...
Them ominous vultures
Last week we went for a walk to the pharmacy on a day with clear skies and warmth in the air, too early for...
What I do that occasionally equates to a monthly house payment
For those who've just tuned in to my periodic "Notes from the Underground," kindly note that I hold two minor positions inside the New...
Diary for 15 July 2021: Once there was a bridge
Roger, describe your relationship with City Hall in one photo or less. pic.twitter.com/7OZNAjBVAw
— Roger A. Baylor (@newalbanian) March 11, 2021
Twitter games amuse me at...
The wild, wild Right Bank of the Ohio
Not so long ago, one of the downtown bars within extended staggering distance of our place of residence posted a social media notice in...
Recipes for Chaos
“Almost half of all car trips in U.S. cities are three...
Just following up on that point I was making about the way an actual New Albany bicycling network inside the beltway, the rudiments of...
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Nawbany’s peculiar and unofficial “Beer Walk”: 2007, 2014 and 2021
The essay below was written and published at NAC in 2007, a full year before NABC staged its first Fringe Fest "alternative" at the Day Old Bread...
OTA Archive from June, 2020: “There, there. People are dying, so you may have...
In New Albany, Harvest Homecoming is once again under way after a year's layoff owing to COVID safety protocols. This column originally appeared at...
Diary: It’s very disappointing when independent small business owners become science deniers
Recently at Pints&union we received a cyber complaint from a disgruntled customer.
To his credit, the patron made no effort to conceal his identity, which...
