Well, wouldn't you know it. All that talk from Ellis Park owner Ron Geary about how his race track was going to close if the slots bill...

Given the number of comments on this post, I have moved it back up to the top of the blog, where it is scheduled to remain until the end of ...

From the Wall Street Journal : France claims it long ago achieved much of what today's U.S. health-care overhaul is seeking: It covers e...

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On the decline of Western Civilization at The University of Texas: The perfecting of the intellect and the formation of character through th...

More on the financial woes of the lucrative horse industry: The Shares of Louisville-based Churchill Downs Inc. were higher Thursday followi...

I have noticed a few fleeting attempts to begin to give Laura Ingalls Wilder the credit she deserves as a great American author.  Although h...

For Immediate Release August 4, 2009 "Twice as many Kentuckians support school choice as have confidence in public schools," said ...

HT: The Weekly Standard

The Jefferson County School District is continuing its efforts to get around the U. S. Supreme Court decision striking down their forced bus...

Mary Katherine Ham at the Worldwide Standard: I wanted a Chevy Camaro. I'd never really liked American sports cars before. But the 201...

There is a knock down, drag out debate on the worst children's books ever over at the Guardian , and the author of the post gives the aw...