by Richard Nelson | May 23, 2026 | Opinion Pieces
Pres. Trump has Firm Grip on GOP: Last week’s primary election cycle highlighted Pres. Trump’s sway over Republican candidates and the outcome of several elections. Nowhere was this more clear than in Trump’s effort to oust Kentucky 4th District...
by Richard Nelson | May 13, 2026 | Opinion Pieces
Early voting begins Thursday, May 14, where every county office, state House, and Congressional race is on the ballot. Most city offices are on the ballot and half of the state Senate is up for reelection. The race garnering the most attention is the U.S. Senate seat...
by Richard Nelson | May 6, 2026 | Opinion Pieces
Last week, Jefferson Circuit Judge Brian Edwards struck down part of a Kentucky statute defining human life as beginning at fertilization. The case arose after a Jewish woman argued she feared prosecution for IVF procedures, which may lead to discarded embryos. Judge...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 31, 2026 | Opinion Pieces
The Kentucky State House passed a bill restricting social media use for kids 15 and younger on March 9. The bill is now stalled in the State Senate. Perhaps a landmark legal ruling last week against Meta, which found them guilty of persistently violating New...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 13, 2026 | Opinion Pieces
Of the nearly 800 bills introduced in the 2026 General Assembly session, the thread of child protection runs through several. These bills also indicate a new and dangerous technological universe inhabited by kids that has necessitated such protections in the first...
by Richard Nelson | Jan 22, 2026 | Opinion Pieces
The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dropped a bombshell indictment last Thursday involving a gambling scheme to fix college basketball and Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) games. The indictment alleged that 39 NCAA basketball...
by Richard Nelson | Jan 9, 2026 | Opinion Pieces
Sports gambling has gone mainstream, sweeping the country. Today, 39 states have legalized it, including Kentucky. Unlike most states, Kentucky allows 18-year-olds to gamble on sporting events (32 of the 39 states set the minimum age at 21). Perhaps the state...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 31, 2025 | Opinion Pieces
I was on a Zoom call yesterday where I was asked what are the three biggest problems facing us today. My first response was that as a whole those who say they are Christians do not live Christianly. Too many of us live in ignorance of what the Lord requires of us...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 24, 2025 | Opinion Pieces
The brouhaha over books on public library shelves in Daviess County has apparently reached a boiling point. One side in the debate warns of a censorship regime bent on banning books in the young adult (YA) section of the Daviess County Public Library. The other side...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 12, 2025 | Opinion Pieces
Charlie Kirk is dead. The bullet launched from an assassin’s high-powered rifle some 200 yards away pierced his neck, splattering blood and slumping him into an unconsciousness that he’d never recover from. His voice was permanently silenced after a...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 8, 2025 | Opinion Pieces
Taylor Swift has had an outsized influence on popular culture. With over twenty-six billion streams on Spotify in 2024, she is the most streamed artist in the world. Conservatives have long lamented the effect of her music embraced by young girls—which arguably...
by Richard Nelson | Aug 14, 2025 | Opinion Pieces
At the heart of every political debate are three questions: Are people flourishing? Are they safe? And do they have jobs where they’re able to provide for themselves and their loved ones? Also, not at the heart of every political debate is the question: what...
by Richard Nelson | Aug 1, 2025 | Opinion Pieces
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Texas law that required age-verification in order for minors to access online porn sites. The June 27 ruling applies the same age-verification standards to internet websites as those for brick and mortar porn shops and strip clubs....
by Richard Nelson | Jul 4, 2025 | Opinion Pieces
“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of...
by Richard Nelson | Jun 18, 2025 | Opinion Pieces
On the way home from my office the other day I was delighted to see several small American flags affixed atop a lengthy row of fence posts in our Bald Knob neighborhood. They caught me by surprise and a feeling of gratitude welled up. Our neighbors across from us were...
by Richard Nelson | Jun 5, 2025 | Opinion Pieces
Andy Beshear rallies around Pride Month. What will you rally around? Gov. Beshear kicked off Pride Month with a rally in the state Capitol on Sunday and said that “Kentucky and the rest of the United States cannot possibly reach its full potential unless our...
by Richard Nelson | May 16, 2025 | Opinion Pieces
When perusing National Public Radio’s (NPR) programs page yesterday a pop-up ad appeared: “Public media is under threat,” then it points to Pres. Donald Trump’s May 1 Executive Order titled Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media which...
by Richard Nelson | Apr 18, 2025 | Opinion Pieces
President Trump’s statement on Holy week is causing a stir. In part, he said he and Melania “join in prayer with Christians celebrating the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ—the living Son of God who conquered death, freed...
by Richard Nelson | Apr 14, 2025 | Opinion Pieces
President Trump declared April 2 “Liberation Day” where a 10 percent across the board tariff was tacked to foreign imports. “We’ve been taken advantage of,” Trump has repeatedly said, pointing to other nations that have higher tariffs on...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 30, 2025 | Opinion Pieces
This column originally appeared at National Review. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s national star is rising. He’s now considered a Democratic presidential contender for 2028. In January, he was on the international stage after joining a panel at the Davos World...
