Gardening is always a journey… a journey fraught with chance, discovery, disappointment, revelation, and ultimately, clarity. Nowhere is this more apt than my relationship with Garlic. Quite a few years ago, some fellow gardeners (who had a little more experience under their belts) gave me a few “toes” of Garlic and a very rudimentary […]
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Intrepid Urban Farmer: The Stinking Rose
Gardening is always a journey… a journey fraught with chance, discovery, disappointment, revelation, and ultimately, clarity. Nowhere is this more apt than my relationship with Garlic. Quite a few years ago, some fellow gardeners (who had a little more experience under their belts) gave me a few “toes” of Garlic and a very rudimentary […]
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Rick Robinson’s Second Time Around: Theodore Roosevelt Island
Northern Kentucky author & attorney Rick Robinson is back in Washington, DC where he spent years on the staff of then-Congressman Jim Bunning. As a busy staffer on the Hill, it’s easy to miss the beauty of our nation’s capital. And that’s what happened to Rick. This time, he vows to take it all in […]
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Rick Robinson’s Second Time Around: Theodore Roosevelt Island
Northern Kentucky author & attorney Rick Robinson is back in Washington, DC where he spent years on the staff of then-Congressman Jim Bunning. As a busy staffer on the Hill, it’s easy to miss the beauty of our nation’s capital. And that’s what happened to Rick. This time, he vows to take it all in […]
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Rick Robinson: The Day Jim Bunning Was Perfect
It seems we all strive for perfection in our lives. However, baseball may be the only place where such precision can be judged in an objective fashion – a pitcher facing 27 batters and besting them in succession. On Father’s Day, 1964 – 50 years ago – future Congressman/Senator Jim Bunning achieved perfection. With his […]
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Rick Robinson: The Day Jim Bunning Was Perfect
It seems we all strive for perfection in our lives. However, baseball may be the only place where such precision can be judged in an objective fashion – a pitcher facing 27 batters and besting them in succession. On Father’s Day, 1964 – 50 years ago – future Congressman/Senator Jim Bunning achieved perfection. With his […]
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Weighty Matters: Some Fat Comics Not Funny, Just Hiding Lack of Talent
This column is written by KY Forward‘s Leslie Cissell. I’ve known since seventh grade that if I like something, with the exception of the Wildcats, then chances are very few others will. That’s true about clothing, interior decor, food, travel, movies, music and, now, Melissa McCarthy. There are 64,000 likes on her official fan Facebook page. […]
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Weighty Matters: Some Fat Comics Not Funny, Just Hiding Lack of Talent
This column is written by KY Forward‘s Leslie Cissell. I’ve known since seventh grade that if I like something, with the exception of the Wildcats, then chances are very few others will. That’s true about clothing, interior decor, food, travel, movies, music and, now, Melissa McCarthy. There are 64,000 likes on her official fan Facebook page. […]
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Opinion: California Chrome’s Co-Owner Owes an Apology
Even before the horses were unsaddled after yesterday’s Belmont Stake, the nation’s TV screens were filled with the image of the big hat, big mustache and big mouth of Steve Coburn, who has just seen California Chrome – the colt he co-owns with Perry Martin – lose his bid to become thoroughbred racing’s first Triple […]
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Opinion: California Chrome’s Co-Owner Owes an Apology
Even before the horses were unsaddled after yesterday’s Belmont Stake, the nation’s TV screens were filled with the image of the big hat, big mustache and big mouth of Steve Coburn, who has just seen California Chrome – the colt he co-owns with Perry Martin – lose his bid to become thoroughbred racing’s first Triple […]