by Staff | Jan 14, 2020 | Blog
An interesting phenomenon is sweeping the Commonwealth. It’s a move by local governments to pass resolutions affirming Second Amendment rights of citizens to keep and bear arms. The Trigg County Fiscal Court was one of the latest county governments to approve...
by Staff | Jan 14, 2020 | Radio - The Commonwealth Minute
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by Staff | Jan 13, 2020 | Blog
Last week, Kentucky’s constitutional officers were sworn into office. Gov. Andy Beshear kicked off the event and struck a conciliatory tone. He talked about elevating respect and civility. He also referenced the Golden Rule and the second great commandment to...
by Staff | Jan 13, 2020 | Radio - The Commonwealth Minute
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by Staff | Jan 10, 2020 | Blog
The other day I received a postcard that said the Commonwealth Policy Center was on a website called Who’s Funding Hate? The California-based group called Unite Here essentially says you’re a hate group if you believe that marriage is between a man and woman. So it...
by Staff | Jan 9, 2020 | Blog
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is proposing new poverty-fighting programs which include an expansion of Medicaid to illegal immigrants. Her plan is called “A Just Society,” and it would increase the federal poverty line and expand benefits to include...
by Staff | Jan 8, 2020 | Blog
The Oxford Dictionary is being challenged to change the definition of woman. An online petition is being circulated that is pressuring Oxford Dictionary to broaden the definition of woman. Signatories want Oxford University Press to “eliminate all phrases and...
by Staff | Jan 7, 2020 | Blog
There’s a new term today: gender extremism. This is an ideology that teaches that human beings can change their gender at will and that society must agree with a person’s extreme choices. The conflict is over forcing the rest of society to agree and accommodate an...
by Staff | Jan 6, 2020 | Blog
In 2017, a bill passed the legislature that allowed teaching the Bible as an elective course. It’s been argued that the Bible is the single most influential book upon Western civilization. And in order for young people to understand our foundations, they must...
by Staff | Jan 3, 2020 | 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, nor does it have a...
by Staff | Jan 3, 2020 | Radio - The Commonwealth Minute
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by Staff | Jan 2, 2020 | 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 Staff | Jan 2, 2020 | Radio - The Commonwealth Minute
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by Staff | Jan 1, 2020 | 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...
by Staff | Jan 1, 2020 | Radio - The Commonwealth Minute
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by Staff | Dec 31, 2019 | Blog
Have you made a New Year’s resolution yet? Popular resolutions involve personal development, eating better and exercising more. How about working on spiritual growth? Why not work on practicing the Golden Rule—treating others as you’d like to be treated....
by Staff | Dec 30, 2019 | Blog
The biggest news story of 2019 was the impeachment of President Donald Trump. It was only the third time it’s happened in US History. Another major story was the Mueller Report which vindicated the President of occluding with Russia for political gain in 2016. The...
by Staff | Dec 27, 2019 | Blog
Outgoing Gov. Matt Bevin issued over 400 pardons and sentence commutations in one of his last acts while in office. A few of the pardons have created a stir. He pardoned a Hopkinsville man for violent sexual assault of a 15-year old. A man on death row was pardoned...
by Staff | Dec 26, 2019 | Blog
The word “they” is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year. According to Merriam-Webster’s website, lookups for the word “they” increased by 313 percent in 2019. So why all the interest in a simple pronoun? The answer is that...
by Staff | Dec 25, 2019 | Blog
Seven hundred years before the birth of Christ, the prophet Isaiah prophesied about the coming Messiah. In chapter 9 of the book of Isaiah it says “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has...
