Universal Income?
If a political idea sounds too good to be true it probably is. Two years ago Finland implemented Universal Basic Income (UBI). The idea was to pay people who are not working to further encourage them to work and to provide money for them to cover food or housing...
Transgender Fallout for Pharmacist
Should conscience protections be extended to medical professionals? For years that question was settled by laws that protected the conscience of medical providers when it came to the issue of abortion. However, with changing moral standards and cultural attitudes, the...
Religious Liberty Task Force
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that he's creating a Religious Liberty Task Force to ensure “that every American has a right to believe, worship, and exercise their faith in the public square.” Sessions told attendees at a Religious Liberty...
Gambling Expansion Gets the Cart Before the Horse
Churchill Downs recently held a job fair and they're looking to hire 200 employees to operate its new casino facility in Louisville called Derby City Gaming. It'll feature 900 slot machines. Churchill calls them historical racing machines but anti-casino...
Fancy Farm Picnic
Tomorrow is the largest picnic in the world and it takes place in the far Western Kentucky hamlet of Fancy Farm, where 20,000 pounds of pork and mutton will be served up, games and raffles will be played, and where the fiery political speeches rival the August heat....
Fake News Hurts News’ Media Credibility
Our trust in the established news media continues to decline. According to a Monmouth University poll, 77 percent of Americans believe that traditional news media outlets report "fake news." 65 percent of respondents believe "fake news" happens...
Old Glory Act
Does it matter which flag flies over U.S. embassies in foreign countries? Congressman Jeff Duncan of South Carolina thinks so. He's spearheading the Old Glory Only Act which only allows the U.S. flag to be flown over our embassies. Controversy arose under the...
Transparency in Louisville Government
There's a showdown in Louisville between Mayor Greg Fischer and a Metro Councilman who wants to know how the mayor spent over $100,000 at the Kentucky Derby. The expenditure has been billed as economic development and promotion of the city. $72,000 was...
“Theybies”
I just learned a new term the other day: Theybies. Instead of saying boy or girl baby, a few moms and dads who become new parents are calling their offspring "theybie" The parents are avoiding gender pronouns so they don't impose gender stereotypes on...
Is All Economic Activity the Same?
A story in the Lexington Herald-Leader reported that a Northern Kentucky resident was sentenced to serve time in federal prison for stealing $492,000 worth of Amazon gift cards from his employer. Thomas Scott Taylor told the judge that he had a problem with...
