Bluegrass Rural and Rand Paul
By BERRY CRAIG Bluegrass Rural says ratings from a variety of organizations, including business associations, don’t bode well for Rand Paul, Kentucky’s junior senator who is expected to toss his hat in...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: Independent Drew Curtis responds to Kentucky Farm Bureau debate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2015 – Earlier today, gubernatorial candidates Matt Bevin and Jack Conway debated agriculture issues at the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s Measure the Candidates forum. As an...
View ArticleWestern Kentucky Bernie Sanders Grassroots Digital Meetup Party
By BERRY CRAIG “I’ve been looking for a ‘Bernie-ite’ for 30 years,” said a grinning Charles Tubbs, who packs an IBEW card. “Now I’ve found one.” Tubbs, who belongs to Paducah-based IBEW Local 816, was...
View ArticleMatt Bevin’s MO: declare, deny, declaim the media
By BERRY CRAIG I don’t know if Matt Bevin, the GOP candidate for governor, ever took a history course on ancient Greece. If he did, he ought to know about hubris, what the Greeks of antiquity called...
View ArticleSunday Train: Five Levels of US Intercity Rail Policy
By BruceMcF In Sunday Train last week, I referred to the Bipartisan Majority to Authorize the funding of Amtrak as “Good News”. One commentator in the discussion in one of the crossposts pointed out...
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Sunday Train: Making An Energy Revolution
Writing for Politico, "Energy Visionary" Vaclav Smil writes in Revolution? More like a crawl: Undoubtedly, the U.S. is experiencing two notable energy transitions, from coal to natural gas and from...
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Sunday Train: The New Gulf Wind, NOLA to Orlando
In this September's Trains magazine{+}, Bob Johnston looks at the history and current state of play of the eastern section of the Sunset Limited route, running from New Orleans through to, most of the...
View ArticleMigration From Soapblox To WordPress
With the invaluable help from Warecorp we have migrated our Soapbox site to WordPress. It’s not perfect and there is still work to do, but the hard part is done and our 5000+ post have been saved and...
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