Here’s a pleasant, satanic way to kill 13 minutes: Drop some Michael Shermer onto your video iPod, grill yourself a blessed-virgin cheese sandwich and check out some Led Zeppelin backwards. This video comes from the ’06 TED conference, which is sort of like the Idea Festival’s less self-conscious big brother without the giant chip on [...]

Here’s a pleasant, satanic way to kill 13 minutes: Drop some Michael Shermer onto your video iPod, grill yourself a blessed-virgin cheese sandwich and check out some Led Zeppelin backwards. This video comes from the ’06 TED conference, which is sort of like the Idea Festival’s less self-conscious big brother without the giant chip on [...]

There wasn’t much to be surprised about today, as the filing deadline to run for Metro Council came and went. Here’s what we’re looking at for November’s election, in which every even-numbered seat is up. I’m leaving out the districts where there is no challenger. The * represents an incumbent. 2nd DistrictBarbara Shanklin* (D) Yvonne [...]

Today is the deadline for candidates to file to run for political office in 2008. And wow, shall we say, is this going to get weird. First, in Louisville, the race for U.S. House, 3rd District, should be fascinating: • John Yarmuth (D)• Chris Thieneman (R)• Anne Northup (R)• Bob DeVore, Jr. (R) Not sure [...]

Heather Ryan, the Democratic activist who was fired from her post as director of the Maiden Alley Cinema recently for asking Sen. Mitch McConnell about the Iraq war as he finished filming a campaign commercial at the theater, will file this afternoon to run for Congress. The D.C. transplant will run for the 1st District [...]