by Richard Nelson | May 30, 2019 | Blog
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by Richard Nelson | May 29, 2019 | Blog
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by Richard Nelson | May 23, 2019 | Blog
The state of civil discourse is breaking down in our nation. It gets even worse when elected officials harass citizens for exercising their First Amendment freedoms. This is what happened outside a Philadelphia Planned Parenthood where 1000 citizens prayed outside....
by Richard Nelson | May 22, 2019 | Blog
Is it appropriate to expose toddlers and young children to same-sex weddings? PBS thinks so. They featured a homosexual "wedding" on a popular cartoon for children. The cartoon “Arthur,” is the longest-running animated series for children in the...
by Richard Nelson | May 21, 2019 | Blog
It's election day in Kentucky today! And if you're like most people you may be learning this for the first time. It's been a quiet election season as there are only a few offices on the ballot. Kentucky is one of a handful of states that elects its...
by Richard Nelson | May 20, 2019 | Blog
Tomorrow, Kentucky voters will go to the polls to determine their party's nominee for governor and five other constitutional offices. But the turnout is expected to be low. Voting may be an inconvenience at times but being inconvenienced is a small price to...
by Richard Nelson | May 17, 2019 | Blog
Four Kentuckians die every day from an opioid overdose which puts us in the middle of a crisis and the federal government is stepping in. The University of Kentucky received an $87 million federal grant to combat the crisis and measure the impact...
by Richard Nelson | May 16, 2019 | Opinion Pieces
Kentucky’s primary election is this Tuesday and if voter participation in 2015 is any indication, the turnout will be in the neighborhood of a dismal 12 percent. Low turnout is partly because Kentucky is one of a handful of states that elects its governor and...
by Richard Nelson | May 16, 2019 | Blog
The University of Kentucky is raising in-state undergraduate students by 2.4 percent this fall. This brings the annual cost of tuition to $12,360. Out-of-state tuition will increase 6.2% to $30,680. It's also raising room and board by an additional three percent....
by Richard Nelson | May 15, 2019 | Blog
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a fetal heartbeat bill into law last week. The bill protects unborn human life once a heartbeat is detected. Six states now have fetal heartbeat laws including Iowa, Ohio, North Dakota, Kentucky and Mississippi. Iowa just cut Planned...
by Richard Nelson | May 14, 2019 | Blog
There are many worldviews acceptable in the public arena today but in general the Christian worldview is not one of them. This is because it challenges a secular mindset that dominates society. The Christian worldview teaches that there's a Creator. Secularists...
by Richard Nelson | May 13, 2019 | Blog
According to the latest Gallup poll the percentage of adults who are members of a church has declined to a low of 50 percent. Declines were heaviest among those who identified as Democrats and Hispanics. The decline is significant. In 1999, 70 percent of Americans...
by Richard Nelson | May 10, 2019 | Blog
Nearly two decades ago, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) declared that measles was "eliminated" from the United States. Fast forward to 2019 and measles is making a comeback. So far this year there are 704 cases in 22 states. It's the highest number...
by Richard Nelson | May 9, 2019 | Blog
A recent report by State Auditor Mike Harmon found that Kentucky horse tracks have been paying for their own video gambling regulations. Video Slots were legalized by the Horse Racing Commission in 2010 and the Horse Racing Commission is responsible for...
by Richard Nelson | May 8, 2019 | Blog
There’s a popular show on Netflix called 13 Reasons. It centers around a high school student who commits suicide. The show unpacks the events that led to this tragedy. Now a new study finds that teen suicide spiked in the months following the release of 13...
by Richard Nelson | May 7, 2019 | Blog
One of the great freedoms we enjoy as Americans is the freedom of the press. The news media bills itself as a watchdog government, which benefits all of us when they tell us what's going on. But in many cases the news media sacrifices objectivity and the story...
by Richard Nelson | May 7, 2019 | Blog
One of the great freedoms we enjoy as Americans is the freedom of the press. The news media bills itself as a watchdog government, which benefits all of us when they tell us what's going on. But in many cases the news media sacrifices objectivity and the story...
