Er, a key factor in the course and outcome of the US Civil War, was fact that Kentucky did NOT secede from the Union. Though plenty of individual Kentuckians did support the Confederacy and joined th… (View Post)

Was one of my travel tips! I've been there. It's a massive, old-school resort in beautiful mountain valley setting. Was one of the traditional spas of the Southern gentry, esp. in first hal… (View Post)

Re: Harry Truman, no doubt part of his secret of success, was knowing not just when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em - but also when it was better to lose than to win. Guessing he'd ha… (View Post)

Personally think that current Trump boomlet is more transitory than eternal. And that DeSantis has only begun to fight. At least he's stopped poking himself (at least recently) re; Disney. Howev… (View Post)

Leon is now getting tantalizingly close to . . . wait for it . . . Big Bone Lick! AND he's just a few short miles from Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park. He was just at Point Pleasant,the… (View Post)