Media Consumption
According to the 2019 Nielsen Total Audience Report, half of the average American adults’ day is spent on a screen. Nielsen says that adults spend nearly 11 hours per day on their phones, iPads, computers or televisions watching, listening to, or interacting with...
Paddling and Guns in Schools
The Kentucky state House passed a bill that would ban the paddling of students. Kentucky is one of 19 states that still allow corporal punishment of students. The House also passed a bill that would require school resource officers to carry a firearm to better protect...
Addressing Student Loan Debt
College student loan is $1.6 trillion dollars. And this debt is having a ripple effect on the economy. College students with a lot of debt often spend a good chunk of their income just paying back their loan which means most won't be able to buy a new home. Many will...
Bill Watch 2020
The Commonwealth Policy Center had the privilege of working on two of the pro-life pieces of legislation passed in the last legislative session. In 2020, CPC is going to monitor the following bills as we work alongside the Kentucky House and Senate: Pass the...
Human Trafficking
According to the U.S. State Department's 2019 National Human Trafficking report, there are a staggering 24.9 million people trafficked in the world. Most cases involve women, often underage girls who are runaways and trafficked for sex. It's disturbing to think of...
Evangelical Justification for Voting for Trump
Andrew Walker recently wrote an analysis piece breaking down why so many evangelicals voted for Trump in 2016. He explains it in terms of the progressive push that would trample religious freedom and further protect abortion. Walker says that "religious conservatives...
Social Critic Says America Needs Awakening
Political scientist Charles Murray has come to the conclusion that America needs a religious awakening. Murray is the author of the Bell Curve and other popular works assessing our culture. He said in a recent radio interview that “You cannot have a free society, a...
Is Abortion a Reproductive Right?
Planned Parenthood said in a recent press release that abortion is healthcare and a reproductive right. But is abortion really a reproductive right? Reproduction results in addition. But abortion results in the subtraction of another human being. Some call abortion...
Planned Parenthood Coming to KY
Planned Parenthood is back in business in Kentucky. It recently opened its facility in Louisville and is now offering abortions. Gov. Andy Beshear gave the green light to the nation's biggest abortion provider access to Kentucky—even though the group was previously...
Chinese Military Charged in Equifax Breach
Remember the huge security breach at Equifax a couple of years ago where 145 million Americans had their private information stolen? Well, the culprits were finally caught. Four Chinese military members have been charged with breaking into the Equifax network. They...
