David's Blog

John Sherman Cooper was born in Somerset, Kentucky in 1901. A lifelong Republican, he studied at Centre College and Yale and received his...

Because of my work on the Chicago Heights true crime book, I get approached about researching other cold cases. Most don't go anywhere,...

Gregory Bateson was one of the most influential people of his era (1904-1980), though most people have never heard of him. Born in...

Two guys agree to rob a bank and promise that if they're caught they'll not rat out the other. The rob the bank but are nabbed before...

I'm pleased to be named to the Kentucky Humanities Council Speakers Bureau for 2023-24. I'll be talking to schools, civic groups,...

The late 1980s saw a frenzy of financial deregulation and the loosening of bank and insurance company investment rules; for the first...

I've always loved computers, ever since I was a sci-fi kid in the 60s reading about the literally fantastic World of Tomorrow as it was...

The Lives of Kentucky's United States Senators (Bench and Bar Vol. 85, No. 5, September/October 2021, at 24) Profiles of Kentucky's...