Category Archives: Guest Bloggers

(Editor’s note: AccuWeather meteorologists predicted five days in advance the climatic conditions that led to the March 2 tornado outbreak in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.) By Alex Sosnowski, expert senior meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather.com reports beginning near or just past the middle of the month, signs are pointing toward waves of frigid air moving southward across North [...]

(Editor’s note: This piece was originally posted on Facebook. It is reposted here with the permission of the author.) By Steve Wiser, AIA What can be done NOW to minimize future tragedies like Sandy Hook? While the debate over gun control, mental health, etc., will take months / years to determine what should actually be [...]

(Editor’s note: Ernie Miller is a Ruby programmer in Louisville. He also blogs at erniemiller.org, usually about Ruby. This blog post first appeared on Saturday, and since then it has gotten lots of traction online. When we saw the post, we immediately contacted Miller to ask if we could repost it. The many comments on this blog post [...]

I love homemade breads, but they can really be a pain. A hard truth I’ve had to swallow is that high-quality bread is very expensive in the United States. Of course, when I’m met with a challenge like that, I jump straight to the recipe vault and try to create my own version. I like [...]

(Editor’s note: Everyone’s favorite local serial entrepreneur, Kent Oyler, has (so far) 18 distinct business ventures under his belt. Kent is the real deal, and he has the honors to prove it: National Treasurer of the Year by CASHFLOW magazine, Ernst &Young Master Entrepreneur of the Year, a Presidential Point of Light, YPO Legacy Award winner, [...]

(Editor’s note: Just because you live in Louisville doesn’t mean you’ll spend Christmas in Louisville. Even if you’re traveling north, it looks unlikely you’ll get snowed in, with the exception of the Rockies and the Great Lakes.) By Meghan Evans, Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com  From Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” to Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas,” Christmas [...]

(Editor’s note: This is reposted from Yahoo! Sports with the permission of the author.) By Pat Forde, Yahoo! Sports LOUISVILLE, Ky. – On a day when media reports identified Charlie Strong as the leading candidate for the vacant Tennessee job, there was a quiet confidence here that the third-year head coach will remain with the [...]

(Editor’s note: Howard Fineman is editorial director at Huffington Post. This opinion piece was first posted November 28 in the Huffington Post’s College section. It’s reposted here with permission.) By Howard Fineman WASHINGTON – Feel free to dismiss what I am about to write as a shameless act of homerism, but so be it. Here we [...]

 By Jason Falls Mitch Barnhart has only one choice in his hire to replace Joker Phillips as University of Kentucky head football coach. And that choice is the program’s messiah. As much as UK is basketball-first, the world of college football rules. Less than two-dozen athletic departments holistically operate in the black and perhaps another [...]