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As Kentucky schools are about to begin, parents can rest assured that their children are better off now than they were last year. This is because of a recent bill that has now gone into effect known as the Teaching American Principles Act. This bill requires middle...

Abortion is no longer a protected federal right. That is the essence of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v Jackson's Women's Health that overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday. For 49 years, Roe was the law of the land that said that mothers had a...

There were several take-aways from Kentucky's May 17 primary election results. Several primary challenges were waged against incumbents. And for primaries in open seats, the more principled and conservative candidate often prevailed. This means the Republican party,...

I recently spoke to a group of Christians and was a little more transparent than I intended to be. I shared an observation that many evangelical Christians appear excessively fearful and anxious, largely over the culture wars and what's happening in Washington DC. Two...

March Madness is once again upon us, and a cloud hangs over the Big Blue Nation as the beloved Wildcats were knocked out in the first round by a school most of us never knew existed. There's also a little March Madness going on in Kentucky's legislature, where four...

There's a summer camp in Eastern Kentucky that's getting the nation's attention. Usually, summer camps feature swimming, hiking, canoeing, and other outdoor activities for kids. But this one is making waves because the theme is sex education. It's called Sexy Summer...

The pictures of the devastation in the wake of the tornado that hit Mayfield and several West Kentucky communities are hard to fathom. Some have described it as a war zone, “like a nuclear bomb went off.” Hundreds are now homeless in Mayfield. According to one...

I'm building a house. I was told by several friends that building a home would be one of the most frustrating things I'd ever do. But I relished the challenge: designing and carving out a livable space on my 39 rugged acres in the Bald Knob area of North Franklin...

I was reminded of an important truth the other day at a conference comprised of pastors, political leaders, and Christians in south-central Kentucky: Jesus radically transform lives. At Commonwealth Policy Center's (CPC) Christianity and Culture conference, one...

Have you ever visited the National Archives and seen the Declaration of Independence? It is featured alongside the U.S. Constitution and other historical documents in the dimly lit rotunda of the National Archives building. Those timeless words on the yellowing...

I was recently invited to speak to a group of concerned citizens in Northern Kentucky about a "Fairness" ordinance introduced by their city council and how best to defeat this proposal. The problem with these ordinances is they're often used as a tool to violate the...

A billboard campaign supporting abortion rights, sponsored by the Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (KRCRC), came to a screeching halt in Louisville last week after the billboard owner at the Fair and Expo Center pulled the ads. One of the...