We are a group of bloggers with Kentucky ties. Our opinions are our own.
Aaron
Aaron is a reformed bartender turned armchair economist and insurance salesman. The tips are better for insurance salesmen and women generally tell economists to go jump in a lake when an “efficient outcome” is proposed. Aaron can’t quite get his butter cream cake frosting “just right.” It vexes him and makes him feel like less of a man.
Caleb
Caleb works for a think tank in Washington, D.C. and will soon attend school secretly at night to learn the subtle art of cheesemaking. Caleb hopes to be tall someday, like he is on the radio. He is writing a rock opera about C-SPAN.
Chris
Chris lives in the heart of the bourbon triangle of Kentucky.
Kentucky Pundit
Kentucky Pundit is an elderly harmonica player whose diet primarily consists of cans of beans heated over steam grates. The soles of his shoes are worn. His clothes - washed in the creek near his shanty - are rugged but unfashionable. When he wins at dice, he buys bologna and mayo. You’ll see him occasionally dancing for a few extra coins in the town square or reading books about history. His primary hobby is issuing sharply worded missives spearing the opponents of liberty.
Morgan
Morgan is a self-described conservative activist majoring in Literature at Indiana University Southeast. Morgan was once fired by the College Republican National Committee for being - what else - too conservative. Her proudest moment thus far is being named “Worst Person in the World” by broadcaster Keith Olbermann. Her writings have appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal. Morgan lives in Louisville with son, Jonathan. She recently signed away six years of her life to the United States Army.
Richard Innes
Richard Innes brings a uniquely independent viewpoint to public education research. Approaching education studies from a parent’s point of view, Innes deploys background and experience that few non-educator parents can match. A former Air Force instructor pilot, Innes was a member of the initial cadre of program developers that introduced automated teaching technology into the Air Force’s pilot training program in 1971. Innes developed courseware for this new technology using some of the same standards-based education theories now being applied to public education. More recently, Innes’ research highlighted problems with exclusion and accommodation on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Cautions about those problems now are found in all recent NAEP reports. Innes’ testimony in 2003 led to an official audit of Kentucky’s dropout rate statistics in 2006 that confirmed Innes’ contention that the data was untrustworthy. A graduate electrical engineer with both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, Innes also understands analytical research and technical reporting. Today he is the education analyst for the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, a free-market think tank headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
