AltWeeklies Wire
Keeping Gays from Adopting Would Hurt Kentuckynew
Kentucky Senate Bill 68 would prohibit unmarried, cohabiting couples from adopting or fostering children in Kentucky. It passed the Senate judiciary committee last week and will likely pass the full Senate and reach the House soon.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
03-11-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Does Anyone Know Why Our Gas Prices are So High?new
Greg Brenzel finally left the gas business in October, 35 years after his family opened its first Chevron station in Louisville. It wasn't so much his choice, he says, as Chevron's: The supplier priced Brenzel out of business.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
07-14-2008 |
Economy
Boys, Express Yourselvesnew
AltWeeklies Award - Music Criticism
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Sojourn Church: Conservative Christianity Paraded as Hip Youth Culturenew
In its purest form, Sojourn is a Southern Baptist church. Pastors counsel a strict adherence to scripture, which means abortion is murder, men are the natural-order leaders and homosexuality is a sin from which gays need to be converted and redeemed. That doesn't usually go with pearloid buttons and horn-rimmed glasses.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
04-11-2008 |
Religion
Is Doug Hawkins Afraid of Mexicans?new
The Louisville councilman's crusade against illegal immigration quietly continues.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
04-08-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration, Louisville
Fired Movie Director Runs for Congressnew
A movie theater director in Paducah was fired after confronting Sen. Mitch McConnell about the Iraq war, and blames him for her demise. Now she’s running for Congress.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
02-02-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Let's Talk Pauliticsnew
The Ron Paul Revolution is alive and well in Kentucky.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
01-15-2008 |
Politics
Kentucky Still Lags Behind, But the Bluegrass Could Changenew
Tom Fitzgerald, director of the Kentucky Resources Council, talks about Kyoto, Kentucky, carbon, optimism in a time of crisis, and how we might extract ourselves from the mess we’ve made of our ecosystem.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
The Senate Snow Job on Iraqnew
Senators hide behind MoveOn.org in an outrageous attempt to deflect the debate.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
10-01-2007 |
Commentary
Inside the Growing Movement to Oust Mitch McConnellnew
The Iraq Summer coalition's growing strength has led to some deep, ugly chatter in political circles about the future of Senator McConnell and the Republican Party, both in Kentucky and nationwide.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
09-06-2007 |
Politics
Blogging Across the States From a Scooternew
From Louisville to Portland and back, Scott Garner learned to travel light and love the broad thwack of being alive.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
08-03-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
What Does it Take to Live Car-free?new
A writer gave up his car for one month in an attempt to assess the changes involved in shaking loose from automotive dependence while still being able to get around Louisville -- it was an unscientific study, but here are the results.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
05-21-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
A Military Mother's Lovenew
When her son, Darrell Anderson, showed doubt about returning to Baghdad, Anita Dennis helped him flee to Canada.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
03-20-2007 |
War
Bill McKibben's Americanew
Unless you sought out something specifically to avoid it, whatever you're consuming right now probably came from somewhere pretty far away -- McKibben says this is what's wrong with America.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
02-27-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bill McKibben, Deep Economy
How Green is Louisville's Fleet?new
The trend toward green fleets is strong in American cities big and small. -- how does Louisville measure up?
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
02-27-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
