Party Lines
Kentucky's first day of early voting flipped from a Republican edge in 2022 to a Democratic one this week. Every group grew; the difference is pace. And why a party label isn't a vote.
KP Williams
Independent Professor of Possibility. Ph.D., post-institutional, and back home in Pendleton County. Writing on play, tempo, and civic life, one recess at a time.
The Good Seats
A tour bus in Cambodia, a country that left, a vice president's favorite saint, and children who chose their seats. The good seat isn't the one with the best view. It's the one closest to the gate.
The Press Box
The movie’s crowd sings “Edelweiss.” The real one cheered. From Salzburg to a Falmouth lynching retold five ways, the onlooker who doesn’t throw a punch but supplies the reason.
The Cheap Seats
In 1887, a Kentucky newspaper explained a lynching in one calm sentence. From Rome's arena to Cheapside to the rally floor, the crowd that affirms, and the seats we're sold.
Use AI Without Outsourcing Your Judgment
AI chat tools can be good research partners. They can also say false things in a confident voice. Here’s how to keep your judgment in charge.
Keep Track and Give Credit
A citation is a trail you leave so someone else can follow you, including the future you who forgot where that perfect quote came from.
Find the Numbers
How many people live here, what they earn, where they work: the answers are public, free, and usually more surprising than the guesses people trade.
Read the Past
The best history of a county isn’t always in a book. It’s in its newspapers, census rolls, and school reports, written by people who didn’t know they were writing history.
Check It
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Read It Without Reading All of It
Professors don’t read articles from the first word to the last. Most articles will tell you in five minutes whether they answer your question.