Thoughts for the New Year, what we did for the holidays, how to join the resistance in the Bluegrass and how war, abortion and healthcare affect Kentuckians.

A month-by-month look at the year in review (and it was a bad one for Kentucky).

Our Thanksgiving holiday tempered by ICE appeasement (the reason we can't trust our elected officials), political candidates don't understand what offices they should seek, dealing with wealth and affordability, a pitch for college sports and how to show support for mutual aid.

Traveling abroad and domestically, the effect of the UPS plane crash on the Derby City, the political impact of Mamdani and MTG, shortcomings of the Louisville education system and making a difference in the Bluegrass State.

No Kings rallies across America, media shortcomings, government shutdown continues, while food prices rise. White House demolition meets Argentine payoff. And finding good cheesecake.

Dealing with the government shutdown: Is it safe to fly and what's happening at national parks? Kentucky Democrats on the campaign trail. Reflections on the art fair (show) and a slowdown at the Speed.

Rapture aftermath and shortcomings (instead of second comings); why our congressman fails us; entertaining past times, and artistic expectations for the future.

Remembering Sept. 11, 2001 and its aftermath; political violence; the Epstein Files; a retreat to the forest and musing on a music festival.