Kentucky.com -- Tom Eblen

Tom Eblen: Fark founder hopes to help other entrepreneurs succeed

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00 EST

When Drew Curtis started Fark.com, he was a 26-year-old smart aleck who thought there was money to be made by collecting the world's funniest and weirdest news stories on one…

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Tom Eblen: Is Lexington the Literary Capital of Mid-America?

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:45 EST

Many states have rich literary traditions. But few can top what writers who were born in or moved to Central and Eastern Kentucky have produced — and are producing.

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Video: Nikky Finney's National Book Award acceptance speech

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:17 EST

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Tom Eblen: New location fitting for black history museum

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00 EST

The Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum's new home seems almost fitting: Black history was once something of an orphan when it came to the study of Kentucky history. The museum moved…

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Tom Eblen: Lexington could be a petri dish for growing new companies

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00 EST

The Lexington Venture Club's annual celebration of local entrepreneurs last week had a '70s disco theme, but it was all about the future of economic growth in Central Kentucky. The…

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Tom Eblen: Meet my moving buddies — caulk, paint, Advil

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00 EST

By the time you read this, Becky and I have either moved to our renovated, century-old house near downtown or died trying.

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Tom Eblen: Without the Civil War, who knows when Lexington's slave trade might have ended?

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00 EST

A century and a half ago, the Civil War began to reach Kentucky and bring an end to one of Lexington's most thriving businesses: the sale of people.

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Tom Eblen: Unique development project opens in Gardenside neighborhood

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00 EST

In the early 1960s, this place was the Cabana Club, and 5-year-old Holly Wiedemann came here to learn how to skate on Lexington's only ice rink.

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Tom Eblen: Politics looms over 2012 for area business people

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00 EST

Economists and politicians say the economy is recovering. But what are conditions and expectations like on the ground in Lexington?

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Tom Eblen: Here's my answer to a long-distance reader's question about moving to Lexington

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00 EST

A scientist — originally from Mexico City, now living in Ottawa, Canada — sent me an email last Monday. She had been reading my columns online because her husband was…

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Tom Eblen: Unity Award winner not letting grass grow under his feet

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00 EST

When Jim Embry's name was called as one of two Unity Award winners — along with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Bluegrass — he was gone. He had a plane…

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Tom Eblen: MLK's spirit lives in the Occupy protests

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00 EST

If Martin Luther King Jr. were somehow able to attend Lexington's annual celebration of his birth Monday, where would he spend his time?

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Tom Eblen: Proposal on University of Pikeville opens door to wider discussion

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00 EST

The political wild card in this year's General Assembly is a high-powered proposal to make private University of Pikeville a state-supported school.

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Tom Eblen: UK lecturer observed Egyptian election

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00 EST

As University of Kentucky diplomacy students follow Egypt's attempt to transition from dictatorship to democracy, they can get some behind-the-scenes perspective from lecturer Stacy Closson.

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Tom Eblen: Beshear's speech needed a bit of Galbraith

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00 EST

Gatewood Galbraith, one of Kentucky's most colorful politicians, died Wednesday, just hours before Gov. Steve Beshear delivered his fifth State of the Commonwealth Address.

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Tom Eblen: Come election time, we'll all miss Gatewood Galbraith

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00 EST

You could say a lot of things about Gatewood Galbraith, except that he was "just another politician." Galbraith, who died Wednesday at age 64, was a Kentucky original.

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Tom Eblen: We can force Congress to change

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00 EST

New Year's is a day for hope and optimism — two words rarely associated with the U.S. Congress.

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Tom Eblen: Short Street long on Lexington history

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:00 EST

The street is named Short, but it is long on Lexington history. Maybe you will have a spare hour during the holidays, some nice weather and an urge to get…

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Tom Eblen: Boone Gorge proposal a test for Fayette's future

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00 EST

Lexington's Board of Adjustment hears about a plan to create Boone Creek Outdoors, a 167-acre recreation facility that would offer kayaking, limited camping and trails, and "canopy tours" in a…

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Tom Eblen: Rural non-profits can have a big impact

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00 EST

Danny Maggard was 6 or 7 years old when his father took him up a mountain ridge to help him dig a dozen dogwood seedlings. They replanted those small sticks…

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