by Richard Nelson | Jan 8, 2019 | Blog
The Kentucky General Assembly kicks off the 2019 session today and it promises to be a challenging session. Fixing the state's broken pension system is a priority. So is modernizing our tax system. What makes it most interesting is the political intrigue since...
by Richard Nelson | Jan 7, 2019 | Blog
Nancy Pelosi made history again by becoming the Speaker of the House. She's the only woman to ever hold the position which she previously held between 2007-2011. Political observers believe with Pelosi in power, radical social issues like sanctuary cities, funding...
by Richard Nelson | Jan 4, 2019 | Blog
French philosopher Jacques Ellul warned about making everything political. He called this the “political illusion”—the belief that most of our problems are political and therefore require political solutions. Truth is, not everything is political,...
by Richard Nelson | Jan 3, 2019 | Blog
Every once in a while there are news items so shocking that once you hear about them you're not sure how to react. Such is the case in Evansville, Indiana and Cookeville, Tennessee where local libraries are hosting Drag Queen Story Hours. This is where men who...
by Richard Nelson | Jan 2, 2019 | Blog
The beginning of a New Year is a great time to take inventory on the last year and ask yourself how you can make the upcoming year even better. Here are a few suggestions: Love more. Complain less. Don't blame but rather ask: "how can I help?" or...
by Richard Nelson | Jan 1, 2019 | Blog
If you're like nearly half of America you'll make some kind of New Year resolution. Maybe you've resolved to eat better, exercise more or spend more time with family. Whatever they might be, we all want to do better in the new year. The ever-witty G.K....
by Richard Nelson | Dec 31, 2018 | Blog
Have you made a New Year's resolution yet? If not, let me suggest a good one. How about contributing to civility? One way to do that is by engaging in more conversations—civil conversations with those you disagree with. Not arguments. Not rants. But...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 28, 2018 | Blog
Time Magazine named the Person of the Year award to journalists. In fact, they dedicated four editions of their magazine to slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, staff members of the Capital Gazette who were gunned down and two foreign journalists killed while doing...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 27, 2018 | Blog
Merriam-Webster announced that the word of the year is justice. They chose this word because of the spike in web searches seeking the definition of justice. The interest in the meaning of justice stems from the MeToo Movement, the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 26, 2018 | Blog
The headline story in last week's Lexington Herald-Leader said, "This is how cowards run government." It was in reference to the special session of the legislature called by Gov. Bevin. The story didn't include a single interview of proponents of...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 25, 2018 | Blog
According to one survey, the average American household will spend over $1500 on gifts and food to celebrate holiday festivities. Giving gifts to friends and family are one way we celebrate but as you walk through the tattered wrapping paper around your Christmas tree...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 24, 2018 | Blog
It's been a politically charged week leading up to this Christmas Eve but it would be good to take a break from politics and focus on the biggest event in all of human history: the God coming into this world to save us from our sins. Charles Wesley's Hark! the...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 21, 2018 | Opinion Pieces
According to Deloitte's 2018 Annual Retail Survey, American households will spend an average of $1536 on the holidays, up from $1,226 last year. Their analysts say American's are bullish on the economy. Altogether, we'll spend over $1.1 trillion in...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 21, 2018 | Blog
The idea that one race is superior to another race is antithetical to everything America stands for. That's why there are so many efforts from the political right and political left to fight racism. For decades, affirmative action elevated job and education...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 20, 2018 | Blog
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a famous Soviet dissident and author who received the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. He wrote the Gulag Archipelago which exposed Soviet atrocities under communism. He was described as “a pioneer in the renaissance of...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 19, 2018 | Blog
In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln reminded us that we have a "government of the people, by the people, for the people." It was a reminder that the people are the ones in charge of the government instead of the government being in charge of...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 18, 2018 | Blog
Students in West Point, Virginia walked out of class last week after the school board removed a popular teacher from the classroom for refusing to call a female student "he." French instructor Peter Vlaming didn't believe he should be forced to call a...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 17, 2018 | Blog
Nashville's last remaining abortion clinic has closed. Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi announced last week that it has "indefinitely" stopped offering abortions at their Nashville location. This means one of the largest cities in...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 17, 2018 | Opinion Pieces
On December 10, hundreds of Somerset residents attended the city council meeting to register their opposition to a human rights ordinance that would include sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) as a civil right. The idea behind the proposal is to...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 14, 2018 | Blog
The National Retail Federation, projects holiday retail sales in November and December will be between $717.45 billion to $720.89 billion That's a lot of cookie dough! Giving gifts are part of the Christmas tradition but when our spending gets out of hand, we...
