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Adam Smith said that mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent. Perhaps no quote better illustrates the recent mistrial of Lindsay Clancy. Clancy admitted to killing her three children (five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson, and eight-month-old Callan), but 11 of the 12 jurors were prepared to find her not guilty by reason of insanity.

Recently, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced that he had joined 25 other attorneys general in a brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect states’ ability to require proof of citizenship to vote and to remove noncitizens from voter rolls within 90 days of an election.

While I was watching the news about a month ago, I thought I saw during coverage of the DSA Convention a sign that said, “Try Socialism.” Now those of us who have taken time to review the history of socialism (and its brother, communism), know that it doesn’t usually end well and includes the deaths of millions over the years.

While some are defending Meta on the grounds of free enterprise and free expression, Coleman’s office was right to seek a settlement and to seek protections for minors on these platforms.

I noticed a few days ago that one of several items Governor Beshear was pushing included abolishing the Electoral College. Of all the things that might help Kentucky, (if by some remarkable path Governor Beshear became President) this one was not anywhere on my bingo card.

Midterm elections are less than 90 days away and Kentuckians are asking who to vote for. In other words: “What are the qualities I ought to look for in a candidate?” The answer depends upon what level of office—local, state, or federal.

Kentucky is getting a new governor in 2027, and competition for the office is already heating up. Two prominent Democrats are battling for their party’s nomination: Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman and Rocky Adkins, former senior advisor to Gov. Beshear.

Every first Saturday in August, the little community of Fancy Farm reminds the rest of Kentucky of something we sometimes forget in Frankfort and Washington: politics doesn’t belong only to consultants, cable news panels, or campaign war rooms. It belongs to the people.

On the way to a candidate training event that took me through Mercer County, I couldn’t help but notice the blue and white signs planted along stretches of Highway 127 South with three simple words: NO DATA CENTER.

Last month, New York City shocked the world by nominating three Democratic socialists in the Democratic primary for U.S. Congress. The election has essentially secured the candidates’ general election victories in deep-blue New York.  While shocking at first sight,...

July 4, 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Blood and hardship were the price  American patriots paid for the idea of God-given rights, the rule of law, and self-defense against tyrants. The colonists fought and suffered...

The Red-State Blue-State divide is increasingly apparent in political life. This divide is seen most clearly each election cycle as voters turn out to the polls to support the candidate of their values. Such moments reveal the vast cultural differences across the...