Voicelessness is over at USA Today, according to its new boss. Larry Kramer was recently put in charge of USA Today. He turned down the top editor’s job because he didn’t say that as a way to make change. That’s when Gannett called back to offer him President and Publisher instead. He took it. Kramer is a smart and extremely capable executive, both an entrepreneur and a journalist, a newspaper editor and a digital guy. In his initial round of press interviews after accepting the job, Kramer has said that one of the first changes he will make is to introduce more voice and more voices—singular and plural—into USA Today. Certainly makes sense to me. But it’s a big shift for mainstream journalism, and especially ... Continue reading →

The man who made his fortune battling Klingons and Romulans landed at the Frazier History Museum Tuesday morning to donate a bronze sculpture of a samurai warrior riding a horse.Nearly 100 adoring fans, kept behind a rope, crowded into the lobby of the Frazier on West Main Street to catch a glimpse of William Shatner, Star Trek�s legendary Capt. James T. Kirk. Shatner, an accomplished horseman and American saddlebred devotee, and his wife, Elizabeth, donated a bronze sculpture created by Kentucky artist Douwe Blumberg, a copy of one of the three Blumberg sculptures that the Shatners own.The sculpture will be on display just inside the Frazier�s front door. At the news conference, Shatner called Blumberg �one of America�s great sculptors� and said that he was ... Continue reading →

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Sorry, Everyone—My Personal Website Is Now Behind A Paywall. For years, you’ve been enjoying my blog posts, pictures of what I’m eating, voice-of-a-generation observations about the world, and the occasional link to a really funny video—all at no cost. However, economic pressures have forced me to make the decision that I must begin charging for the valuable content I provide. Effective immediately, you will be required to upgrade to a paid subscription to view pages from JeremysWebSite.com. I expect the majority of my readers will be unaffected by this change. At last count, in a typical month, almost 100% of my potential readership visited zero or fewer pages on the site. For the rest of you (Mom, Dad, Grandma)—if you’ve figured out how to turn ... Continue reading →

Five women are suing Maker�s Mark Distillery Inc. in federal court, alleging sexual discrimination and harassment on the bottling line where they worked dipping the company�s signature bottles of bourbon whiskey in red wax.The women � including four who still work for Maker�s Mark � allege there was a hostile and intimidating atmosphere around the bottling line at the company�s Loretto distillery, according to a complaint filed early last month in U.S. District Court in Louisville.The Bottling House, where workers hand-dip the Maker�s Mark bottles, is a featured attraction at the quaint distillery, which offers free, hourly tours. But the lawsuit claims that the company kept females on the bottling line, while a sought-after forklift-driving job went to less qualified male workers.The lawsuit says that ... Continue reading →

The Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, is taking credit for the success of the American auto industry, yet he opposed federal loans for U.S. automakers - loans that ultimately saved more than a million American jobs - in a 2009 New York Times editorial, "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt." Romney has been vocally opposed to the auto loans for the past three years. He criticized President Obama as recently as February, 2012 in his opinion article in the Detroit News saying, "The president tells us that without his intervention things in Detroit would be worse. I believe that without his intervention things there would be better." But now he's claiming credit for President Obama's intervention to save the industry. President Obama and Democrats in Congress provided ... Continue reading →

Tom Bulleit and his wife Betsy, founder of Bulleit Bourbon at Ferdinand Ball #kyderbyfun at Frazier Museum http://t.co/xvdZowGZ Continue reading →

Gennifer Goodwin aboard Belle of Louisville #kyderbyfun. http://t.co/j3IMZCGn Continue reading →