by Richard Nelson | Aug 23, 2019 | Opinion Pieces
Elections are kind of like a new school year. New faces show up. Fresh ideas are disseminated. Personalities emerge. Elections often teach us as much about the candidates’ values as we learn about ourselves. In other words, elections serve as teachable moments....
by Richard Nelson | Jul 4, 2019 | Opinion Pieces
Just a few days ago I was in Washington DC where I visited the National Archives and saw the Declaration of Independence. It was featured alongside the U.S. Constitution and other historical documents in the dimly lit rotunda. It was amazing to see our founding...
by Richard Nelson | Jun 30, 2019 | Opinion Pieces
States across the nation are enacting pro-life laws at a record pace. Approximately 30 pro-life laws, including four in Kentucky, have been enacted this year. More appear to be on the way. According to Steven Aden, general counsel of Americans United for Life “This...
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 | Apr 19, 2019 | Opinion Pieces
Today, Christians around the world observe one of the most solemn days of the faith in what is called Good Friday. The name itself appears self contradictory when you consider that it centers around one of the most shameful and horrible acts in history: the...
by Richard Nelson | Apr 15, 2019 | Opinion Pieces
The Equality Act (HR 5) is moving in Congress but Congressman James Comer (R-Tompkinsville) is “deeply troubled” after looking into the details. “It’s a clever name with an allegedly noble purpose,” Comer said before the House Committee...
by Richard Nelson | Apr 8, 2019 | Opinion Pieces
A majority of Henderson City Commissioners said they'd like to reconsider a "Fairness" ordinance that elevates sexual orientation and gender identity to civil rights status. Some see the move as promoting diversity and tolerance. Others see it as...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 7, 2019 | Opinion Pieces
Katie Vandegrift recently shared her story of losing three unborn children to miscarriage in a recent opinion column. Her pain and loss was deeply moving and deserves our compassion, but her personal story wasn't grounds for dismissing the need for SB 50, the...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 18, 2019 | Opinion Pieces
A flurry of pro-life bills are moving through the Kentucky legislature as swiftly as a Midwestern snowstorm in February, bringing alarm to those who believe the choice to carry a baby to term should be left to the pregnant mother and her doctor. For pro-lifers, such...
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 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 | Nov 18, 2018 | Opinion Pieces
The people of West Kentucky have many reasons to be grateful as we enter Thanksgiving week but news of the $150 million casino expansion project in Oak Grove is not one of them. The hype of Big Gambling's economic feast welcoming everyone to join will likely...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 5, 2018 | Opinion Pieces
The robo-call I received the other day from Pres. Trump endorsing incumbent state House member Walker Thomas (R-Hopkinsville) confirmed that Kentucky's state House races have been nationalized. Similar calls went out in 29 state House districts last Wednesday and...
by Richard Nelson | Aug 6, 2018 | Opinion Pieces
I just learned a new term the other day: "theyby." Instead of saying boy or girl baby and referring to them as he or she, a few newly minted parents are calling their offspring "theybies" which is a gender-neutral term employed to shield the child...
by Richard Nelson | Jul 24, 2018 | Opinion Pieces
Our trust in the established news media continues to decline. A major culprit? "Fake news." According to a Monmouth University poll conducted in March, 77 percent of Americans believe that traditional news media outlets report "fake news."...
by Richard Nelson | Jul 2, 2018 | Opinion Pieces
It was 242 years ago when America's colonial leaders declared their independence from a tyrant who trampled their rights and usurped their self-rule. They outlined 27 specific violations citing a "long train of abuses" reaching back a decade to the Stamp...
by Richard Nelson | Jun 6, 2018 | Opinion Pieces
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a religious freedom victory to a Colorado baker who's been through the legal wringer ever since he declined to bake a cake for a gay wedding in 2012. SCOTUS deftly sifted through the narrative that Jack Phillip's bigotry...
by Richard Nelson | May 21, 2018 | Opinion Pieces
Do employees have a right to wear clothes that promote political messages? Even if those messages violate the beliefs of the business owner? Those questions are making state news. An Elizabethtown specialty food market owner asked one of her employees to not wear...
by Richard Nelson | Apr 27, 2018 | Opinion Pieces
The 2018 General Assembly was incredibly productive and even took positive steps to shore up the state pension system, but incessant negative news reports by major media outlets implying Republicans were sticking it to protesting teachers and unfortunate comments by...
by Richard Nelson | Apr 24, 2018 | Opinion Pieces
Kentucky's latest pro-life law banned abortion after 11 weeks, but it’s being challenged in court by the ACLU. They argue the law takes away women’s rights, impose an onerous burden at one of the most difficult times in their lives and that Frankfort...
