Author: Burt Likko
Culinary History, Not So Obscure After All
Burt Likko thought he’d found an obscure and delightful piece of Americana. Turns out he was only half right.
Kim Davis Freed
The suckiest Labor Day weekend Kim Davis can remember will turn out to have been only fifteen minutes long in the cultural zeitgeist.
Une Vignette Fantastique du Kentucky
An indulgence in what would be an act of political courage and principle, if it were to actually take place, which we all know it will not.
Language Notes From Knoxville
I see that this is a thing now. I can’t articulate a good objection to it.
But that doesn’t mean I can’t still be grumpy about it.
Skipping The Summer Reading
This essay is about reading gay porn before class. And it resurrects an Ideological Outrage Of The Day from 2012. And a graphic novel. And striking out romantically. And Richard Dawkins.
Questions From the Headlines
When headline writers use questions, Burt Likko answers them. Briefly, completely, and unabashedly expressing his own opinion. Ten questions about politics, the business of news, news of business, and grizzly bears.
Take The Left Shark Down If You Can
Year Four of our online game of Dungeons and Dragons for NFL fans.
The Persistence of Myth
In which Presidential peccadilloes, parables of patrimony, and persuasive proof pool to peer into a prosaic psyche.
Cooler Than Lukewarm
Looking for suggestions in the decidedly unlikely event of lunch with a member of Congress.
An Experiment In Minimizing
Ice cream. It’s all that.
But Burt Likko can’t enjoy it because his wallet’s fat.
A Taste Of The Life Of A Practicing Lawyer
Even when they’re really rich and really famous and really attractive, other peoples’ actual lives are typically insipid.
