Vote Ed Clere for Mayor of New Albany

Ed Clere's website As I’ve explained at intervals in the past, my political orientation is not represented by the two party system in America. My...

Learn more about Käthe Kollwitz and her powerful visual legacy

 Käthe Kollwitz is an artist we should know and celebrate. Controversy is the least of the reasons why, although it's something I appreciate. Why Käthe...

In memoriam: Stanley E. Robison (1954-2021)

Stanley E. Robison died earlier this week. Stan possessed a wickedly sharp intellect, but wasn't by any stretch a "know it all." Fellow attorney...

Remembering Max Allen, bartender extraordinaire, gone too long but never forgotten

Remembering Max Allen, bartender  extraordinaire.  We're drinking my friend to the end of a brief episode So make it one for my baby And one more for...

It’s hard to converse when your party’s official policy is censorship

 As a prelude to all these preludes, from 2014 straight through to the present day, recently I was approached separately by two local Democratic...

The River Heritage Conservancy offers the case for Silver Creek low head dam removal

In a moment, the case for removing the Providence Mill low head dam on Silver Creek, courtesy of the River Heritage Conservancy. But first, a...

Take this cult (of personality) and shove it

This column orignially appeared at NA Confidential on May 14, 2015, and was revised on February 22, 2019. It has been lightly edited to...

Roger Baylor’s Career in Beer — The Résumé / CV 

ROGER A. BAYLOR 1117 E. Spring St., New Albany, IN mayorbaylor@gmail.com (502) 468-9710 Any licensed establishment can list its beers, but not every establishment organizes its beer offerings...

Gahan’s beloved low head dam: “A very elegant trap for human beings”

The Green Mouse says that Mayor Jeff Gahan and his Reisz Mahal acolytes intend to file a lawsuit to delay or even terminate the...

C’mon, do you really believe Robert Maxwell accidentally fell off that yacht?

At this point in the nation's haphazard experience, most Americans know far too much about Ghislaine Maxwell owing to her connections with the conveniently...

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The Songs for a (P&u) Departure (1): “These cameras never lie”

We're told that Nov. 15 will be the last day for Pints&union in New Albany prior to the pub decamping for the Highlands: Here’s the...

Speaking of epitaphs, a wonderful song called “Get Out and Stay Out”

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Here’s the epitaph: “In the end, Pints&union didn’t deserve New Albany”

It usually surprises people to learn that I’ve lived in Floyd County, Indiana my entire life, and in New Albany since the early 1990s....