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The Kentucky city has seen a wave of newcomers looking to buy more affordable luxury properties. on.wsj.com/4cV3m1P

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He won the Civil War, broke the Klan, went bankrupt at 62, got terminal throat cancer, and wrote one of the greatest books in American literature in the final year of his life. He finished it 5 days before he died. Ulysses S. Grant was born 204 years ago today. His name wasn't even Ulysses S. Grant. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27, 1822. The congressman who nominated him to West Point wrote down the wrong name. Grant kept it. The "S." stands for nothing. He hated his father's tannery and loved horses. Graduated 21st of 39 at West Point. Fought in the Mexican-American War, then came home convinced it was an unjust war designed to expand slavery. He later said he believed the Civil War was divine punishment for it. He married Julia Dent in 1848, into a slave-owning Missouri family. His abolitionist father refused to attend the wedding. In 1859, broke and desperate, Grant freed the one enslaved man he'd briefly owned instead of selling him. He could have gotten a year's wages. In the Civil War he became what no other Union general was: relentless. Vicksburg (July 4, 1863) split the Confederacy in half. Lincoln then gave him every Union army. His Appomattox surrender terms: officers kept sidearms, men kept horses for spring planting, no one prosecuted. As president (1869 to 1877) he did something no president would do again until LBJ: used federal troops to crush the Ku Klux Klan. He suspended habeas corpus in 9 South Carolina counties, prosecuted Klansmen before predominantly Black juries, and broke the first Klan. His presidency was also rocked by scandal: Black Friday 1869. Crédit Mobilier. The Whiskey Ring. Belknap. Grant himself never took a dime. He was just disastrously loyal to corrupt friends. The pattern damaged his reputation for a century. After the White House, he toured the world for 2 years. Dined with Queen Victoria. Met the emperor of Japan. Then in 1884, a Wall Street partner named Ferdinand Ward ran what we'd now call a Ponzi scheme. Grant was wiped out. 62 years old. Penniless. Weeks later he was diagnosed with terminal throat cancer. Mark Twain offered to publish his memoirs. Grant wrote in agony, sometimes 50 pages a day, racing the disease to leave Julia an inheritance. He finished the manuscript July 18, 1885. He died July 23. The book made Julia $450,000, about $14M today. It's now considered one of the finest memoirs in the English language. For decades historians ranked Grant a failure. Since 2000 he's jumped 13 spots in the C-SPAN survey, the biggest rise of any president. Happy birthday, General 🇺🇸

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This is absolute nonsense (by this reasoning any time you fight against a president you're fighting against the plan of God), but it's also dangerous nonsense. Trump is plainly absorbing the idea that God's on his side -- and he already had a grandiose sense of self.

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Honored to support those who served 🇺🇸 Our Salute to Veterans Dinner in Knoxville brought the community together to help provide housing, healthcare, and critical resources for veterans across East Tennessee. ❤️ #VOAHonor #VeteransResources #EastTennessee

Can we truly start our lives over again? Yes! The Lord’s response, so full of love, fills our hearts with hope. No matter how weighed down we are by pain or sin: the crucified One carries all these burdens with us and for us. No matter how discouraged we are by our own weaknesses: it is precisely then that God manifests His strength, the God who has raised Christ from the dead in order to give life to the world. Each one of us can experience the freedom of new life that comes from faith in the Redeemer. #ApostolicJourney #Algeria vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

God’s heart is torn apart by wars, violence, injustice and lies. But our Father’s heart is not with the wicked, the arrogant, or the proud. God’s heart is with the little ones and the humble, and with them He builds up His Kingdom of love and peace day by day. Wherever there is love and service, God is there. #ApostolicJourney #Algeria

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There is behavior that's so self-evidently deranged that merely seeing it should lead to fury and disgust. I'm concerned, however, that some evangelicals are so influenced by Trump that they won't unite with their Catholic brothers and sisters in response to Trump's blasphemy and intolerable attacks on the pope, but will instead turn against them.

The new Jefferson Memorial Forest Master Plan will make the forest a one-of-a-kind experience that you can't find anywhere else in the country and better connect, protect, and expand access to one of our city’s greatest treasures. @loukyparks

We loved welcoming guests to our VOA Honor Veteran Services office in Owensboro for a Journey Tour! Guests got a behind-the-scenes look at our work, toured the space, & learned more about how we support veterans in our community. #VOAHonor #CommunitySupport #VeteranResources

Worth the long read. All the way to the end. // How Ben Sasse Is Living Now That He Is Dying nytimes.com/2026/04/09/opi… via @NYTOpinion

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Today marks #WearBlueDay & the start of our annual leadership retreat. Our VOA leaders remain focused on strengthening services that help families find stability & create safe homes where kids can thrive. We’re proud to stand with @faceitabuse & @PCAKY in protecting KY's kids.

On Maundy Thursday, Christians remember Jesus’ last meal with his disciples and his commandment to love one another. On this night, Jesus kneels to wash his disciples’ feet and shares bread and wine, showing that love is not expressed through power or control but through service, humility and self giving. Maundy Thursday invites us to reflect on how we love and serve others in our daily lives and practices. Bible reading: John 13:34 ‘I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.’ Prayer Loving God, on this holy night you show us the depth of your love. Teach us to serve one another with humility and care, to love not in words alone but in action and truth. As we remember Christ’s commandment, shape our lives by his example and strengthen us to follow him in love. Amen. Artwork: The painting The Last supper by artist Andranik (2001) on the wood in orthodox church Tomb of Virgin Mary, Jerusalem.

Good food and meaningful moments at our Somerset Recovery Community Center! Earlier this month, participants enjoyed a taco bar and planted seeds that are already beginning to sprout. We’re grateful to create spaces where growth—both personal and literal—can flourish. 🌱

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