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...
My curious habit of conversing with other people over beers, and why I won’t...
Today's dual cover photos depict beers in the act of being consumed, three years apart, illustrating my fundamental position affirming the value of conversation,...
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...
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....
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....
Diary 11 December 2021: That ol’ bait and switch, forever
https://www.rogerbaylor.com/2021/12/09/diary-9-dec-2021-political-patronage-police-empowerment-and-sheer-paranoia/
This is America, after all, and given the probability that each one of us has been duped by the unscrupulous from time to time,...
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...
Diary for 21 November: A deeper understanding, or not
Dear reader,
Gazing at the empty sheets of (cyber) paper, you might think to yourself that I've reverted to sloth, but it isn't true.
As Diana...
Roger’s F&D Archive: “Mezcal: Tasting Mexico by the Kiss” (2017)
A mezcal musing, originally published by Food & Dining Magazine (Spring 2017; Vol. 55).
Mezcal: Tasting Mexico By the Kiss
Mezcal won't tell you everything about...
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...
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40 Years in Beer (Book II, Part 44): Life becoming a landslide (1992-93)
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II, Part 43): Facing the music at Rich O’s in 1992.
By the late summer of 1992, a routine had...
Diary: When you personally experience ageism, that’s when you know it’s real
I’ll remember the winter of ’23-’24 as a difficult time for me – professionally, not personally.
This turbulence, which seems to be gradually receding as...
Beers with a Stoic: Wouldn’t it be less expensive NOT to brew house beer?
Let's say that you're a small brewery with a relentless social media presence of three, four or more Fb posts per day, probably 90%...
