By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette There’s an old chestnut of a poem that any Kentucky politics-watcher should be familiar with — “In Kentucky,” written by Judge James Hillary Mulligan (1844 – 1915) which he read at a dinner given at a Lexington hotel for state legislators in 1902. The final stanza is my favorite: [...]
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A new take on the topic of how to save the newspaper industry …
Thursday, July 22, 2010
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Thursday, July 22, 2010, 3 p.m. — While I will always consider myself a print journalist, I have watched newspapers try to find their place in the online world for more than 15 years. Newspapers overall have been hit hard by the loss of ad revenue, including classified advertising. [...]
The ‘Carterization’ of Barack Obama
Friday, June 18, 2010
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Friday, June 18, 2010, 6 p.m. – Like most conservatives, I knew this day would come: The day when even the most liberal of President Barack Obama’s supporters would reach the same conclusion I did two years ago – the man who awed audiences with his rhetoric is little [...]
WBRT event brings political speeches, barbecue to state park amphitheater
Monday, May 10, 2010
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette To political junkies, there’s nothing quite as exciting as an active May primary election cycle. Toss in a few competitive races, mix well with dedicated and passionate candidates, and you have the makings of a first-rate political picnic. Each candidate was given an opportunity to speak during four hours [...]
County clerk race deserves closer scrutiny …
Friday, May 7, 2010
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette The eligibility of Phillip Mouser, a Democratic candidate for Nelson County Clerk, to run as a candidate in the May primary is undoubtedly one of the hottest issues of this election cycle. It’s an issue that’s been quietly stewing since he filed as a candidate in January. Having talked [...]
Televised candidate debates are a well-kept secret …
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
By JIM BROOKS The Nelson County Gazette With the May primary election just two weeks away, I knew Monday that the locally televised debates would be coming this week. Unfortunately, unless you are a newspaper subscriber or a cable viewer, you would never know it. In what can probably be termed a case of “media [...]
News or snooze? Everyone has their opinion ….
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
By JIM BROOKS The Nelson County Gazette The value of what exactly constitutes “news” for any media outlet is always something of a conundrum, a moving target on the best of days. With that said — and having attended my fair share of budget meetings (where what’s “news” is typically decided), I know how diverse [...]
Election notes: Absentee ballots, youth voting and registration
Thursday, April 1, 2010
By JIM BROOKS The Nelson County Gazette According to the Nelson County Clerk’s office, there have been quite a few registered voters who have decided now is the time to switch their party affiliation. While it is perfectly fine for voters to make this change at any time, doing so at this time will pose [...]
Will Bardstown’s smoking ban light a fire under voters in November?
Monday, March 8, 2010
By JIM BROOKS The Nelson County Gazette Tomorrow evening, the Bardstown City Council will have the second reading of an ordinance that will ban smoking in public places. The ban has ignited considerable controversy on both sides of the issue, though from my perspective, there’s quite a significant silent majority who no one has heard [...]
Stop the insanity: No more urban legend e-mails, please!
Friday, March 5, 2010
By JIM BROOKS The Nelson County Gazette Since my first travels on this thing called the World Wide Web, one of my biggest pet peeves has long been what today is known as the urban legend. I first heard the term not as a reference to the Internet, but from the Folk Studies program while [...]