Beware, yuletide oupistidophobes, ‘cuz I’m watching you
(This guest column first appeared in December of 2009 at the former New Albany Tribune. It has been updated and lightly tweaked.)
Phobias are among...
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...
“Almost half of all car trips in U.S. cities are three miles long or...
Just following up on that point I was making about the way an actual New Albany bicycling network inside the beltway, the rudiments of...
As the mademoiselle from Armentieres reminds us, it’s Armistice Day
https://youtu.be/fhuS14yFk08?si=0QpOyFQbZAi82qwB
"Forgotten fields in Flanders" was written in 2009 for publication in the New Albany Tribune prior to its merger with The Evening News. I've...
Hill Street Blues, from a time when I cared about such matters
Thanks to my friend Bluegill, this Hill Street Blues video retrospective was an hour well spent, and mind you, I don't often have warm...
The cars hiss by my window (and rev, snort, shift, fart and scream)
Every day on Spring Street in Nawbany, drivers race from one end of my city to the other, concerned only with their own pass-through convenience,...
Our weekly editorial meme: “To the dimmer go the spoils”
Well, you KNOW the way they've always been. Vultures hunt by instinct, not college degrees.
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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...
ON THE AVENUES: Mourning in America
There are no hard and fast rules about mourning in America. In the beginning, we inherited primarily English customs, as embraced, modified and eventually...