by Richard Nelson | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog
The University of Kentucky just announced that Coke is no longer considered "local food" in its cafeterias. Now it doesn't take a graduate student to figure that out. Of course, UK has been fighting bigger battles, like the the abrupt departure of an...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 23, 2016 | Blog
When a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound? How about when the U.S. Civil Rights Commission issues a groundbreaking report and nobody hears about it? Such appears to be the case regarding a recent report by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission called...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog
The NFL season is in full swing and the discussion revolves around players who are sitting down during the national anthem. The protest is over racial injustice and several TV and radio personalities are coming to the players defense. Of course, every American,...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 21, 2016 | Blog
The American military is famous for its intense and effective training, training that emphasizes respect, honor, and courage. But under the Obama administration, US armed forces have begun to train in a new area: Gender re-education. In a message addressed to the...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog
A governmental agency in Massachusetts said that churches “open to the public” must allow crossdressers to use restrooms of the opposite sex. You heard that correctly. Crossdressing men in Massachusetts can lawfully enter women restrooms in any...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 19, 2016 | Blog
The NCAA announced they are pulling college tournaments out of North Carolina because of their position on transgender bathrooms. The Atlantic Coast Conference followed suit and is pulling post-season events, including the football championship game, from the...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 15, 2016 | Blog
When the NFL’s regular season opened in 2016, perhaps the most talked about fact was going on off the field, on the sideline. 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick made headlines when he was filmed sitting down, separated from his teammates, during the national...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog
Conservative political activist, Phyllis Schlafly passed away last week after battling cancer. She's credited with making the GOP a pro-life party and defeating the controversial Equal Rights Amendment. Unfortunately, her political enemies are pummeling the...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog
An ACLU action alert is urging people to STOP STATE LEADERS FROM BULLYING TRANSGENDER YOUTH. Now nobody is for bullying, or they shouldn't be. But how does the ACLU define it? In their eyes, its anyone who is opposed to transgendered students using bathrooms and...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog
After a threatening letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), a Trigg County official removed the the Ten Commandments from the County Courthouse. All is right with Trigg County's world now, at least according to FFRF. Or is it? FFRF was concerned...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog
Kentuckians expect their government to be transparent and that their dealings are open to the public. So when the most knowledgeable lawyer regarding Kentucky's open records law abruptly resigned from the attorney general's office, it raised eyebrows....
by Richard Nelson | Sep 7, 2016 | Blog
Where are America’s men? Recent data suggests somewhere they’re likely not—the workplace. In a recent column for AEI, Nicholas Eberstadt reports on the US’s troubling unemployment figures for men, especially young men. Over the past decade,...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog
Ever wonder what sets America apart from much of the world? That's a question Lt Gov. Jenean Hampton has asked others.. and her life story is a hint to the answer. Hampton was born in inner-city Detroit, and along with her three sisters was raised by a single mom...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 3, 2016 | Blog
The latest news about heroin isn't good, of course most news about illicit drug epidemics is rarely ever good. Last week, Kentucky and several surrounding states saw a spike in overdoses. Within days, police arrested a Cincinnati man believed to be the...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 1, 2016 | Blog
Judges run for election in Kentucky but they've been so highly restricted from saying anything meaningful that voters hardly know why they should vote for them. Even for a judge to mention their party affiliation was considered improper. That's no longer the...
by Richard Nelson | Aug 31, 2016 | Blog
The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting recently reported that vote-buying still continues in many Eastern Kentucky counties. The report came out shortly after a federal court conviction finding three people guilty of conspiring to buy votes in Magoffin County...
by Richard Nelson | Aug 30, 2016 | Blog
The Kentucky Supreme Court handed down a ruling last week that effectively keeps the doors closed on Lexington's only remaining abortion clinic. When the Cabinet for Families and Children inspected EMW Women's clinic earlier this year, they found unsanitary...
by Richard Nelson | Aug 29, 2016 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Commonwealth Policy Center to Hold Conference on Religious Liberty CONTACT: Richard Nelson (270) 271-2713 or (270) 719-1640 DATE: August 29, 2016 A public policy group in Kentucky says that religious freedom has been undermined since the...
by Richard Nelson | Aug 26, 2016 | Blog
The Kentucky Farm Bureau hosts a breakfast at the Kentucky state fair every year where country Ham is served up along with other local farm products. Dignitaries speak and attendees meet, greet and mingle at this popular event provided by Kentucky's largest...
by Richard Nelson | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog
Some say they simply will not vote this election. Nominees of the two major political parties are unacceptable in their eyes and as a matter of protest, they just won't vote. If you're in that category, please allow me to persuade you to rethink that position....
