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...
Secular humanism would be a good antidote to religion — right, News and Tribune?
Apart from Friday afternoons each week, when the Jeffersonville News and Tribune treats us to not one but two evangelical Christian guest columnists, one...
Texas is the new Taliban, which of course is so very Christian theocratic America,...
I support safe, legal abortion access. Women should retain control over their own bodies and be trusted to make the right choice for themselves.
Allow...
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...
Hunter S. Thompson eulogizes Richard M. Nixon (1994): “He Was a Crook.”
Arguably, the finest political obituary in American history. A Twitter friend linked to it recently, remarking that he rereads the piece every few months....
The Mysterious Case of the Departing Policemen
There was an opinion piece in the Jeffersonville News and Tribune.
OUR VIEW: New Albany Police Department, city must be transparent about resignations
Over the span...
How I learned to stop worrying and love El Jefe — or, Nawbany’s “Person...
NA Confidential’s Person of the Year awards began in 2011, when the blog was going strong and approaching the apex of its readership locally....
Shane’s Excellent New Words: Hagiography — or haggis?
Welcome to another installment of SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS, which was a regular feature of the now defunct NA Confidential blog.
But why new words? Why not the...
Diary 9 Dec 2021: Political patronage, police promotion and pervasive paranoia
The reporter John Boyle (WFPK) does a great job of sifting through complicated material and explaining the situation clearly.
Late rent and unsigned leases: Building...
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...
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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”
"Get Out and Stay Out" was recorded for the 1979 Quadrophenia film soundtrack and wasn't part of the original album in 1973. That's Kenney...
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....
