SCOTUS Upholds Transgender Ban in Military
The Supreme Court has reinstated President Trump's order to restrict transgender persons from serving in the military. The move was prompted by a concern to maintain optimum military readiness. Advocates of transgender rights said it was a human rights issue and...
State of the Union
The State of the Union Address is tonight. Since the government has reopened, Nancy Pelosi has invited President Trump to Capitol Hill to deliver the address to Congress. There will be talk about the economy, the middle east and need for a wall on our southern border....
NY Enshrines Abortion Rights in Constitution
New York amended its constitution to make abortion an absolute right. The new law permits non-physicians to perform abortions and allows abortions to be performed up until birth. It also repeals protections for babies that survive a botched abortion. In other words,...
Video Gambling Hasn’t Helped Illinois
Expanded gambling is often proposed as a solution to fix a state's budget deficit. This has been the case for Kentucky. For years we've been told that if we'd legalize casino gambling, tax them and just like magic, a new and easy revenue source appears....
Assisted Suicide
There's a movement in the United States to legalize assisted suicide. This is where doctors help kill their patients. The problem is that every doctor takes an oath to "first do no harm." Instead of helping their patients to heal or alleviate suffering...
Courier-Journal Criticizes Karen Pence
The Louisville Courier-Journal ran a story with the headline "Mike Pence's wife takes job at school that bans gay student's." The problem is that the story isn't true. The school does no such thing. However, it does expect its students and staff...
Our Overheated National Conversation
There's real fallout from unjustly blaming someone. This is the case with Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann who was accused of mocking a native American protestor in Washington D.C. An edited and misleading video pegged Sandman as an aggressor toward the...
Covington Catholic
A group of Kentucky students made national headlines last week when they were caught on video at a Washington D.C. rally heckling a native American protestor. The story about the Covington Catholic students drew outrage and a national conversation about bigotry...
Nobel Prize Winner James Watson Stripped of Honorary Titles
James Watson, the famous geneticist who discovered DNA and how it works was stripped of his honorary titles over racist comments. Watson criticized the intelligence of black people as the reason why they have so many problems in Africa. He also criticized black...
Another Harassment Scandal
The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting released more details of a deposition alleging sexual harassment by former State House Speaker Jeff Hoover. A former House staffer testified to troubling details in her deposition. If they prove true, Hoover needs to...
