Screen Addiction
Earlier this year, the World Health Organization classified excessive gaming as a disorder. Gaming disorder is a pattern of persistent video gaming behavior so severe that it takes an unhealthy "precedence over other life interests and daily...
Judge Strikes Down Ky Health Initiative
Kentucky's effort to revamp Medicaid and incentivize benefits has been struck down by a federal judge. Now, some in the news media are saying its heartless for the governor to cut dental and vision coverage in response. One story implies that children are being...
Ky Workforce Participation Dropping
Kentucky's workforce participation rate is low. In fact, it's so low that we will need to employ 165,000 Kentuckians just to get to the national average according to a report commissioned last year by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Workforce participation...
Federal School Safety
The Federal Commission on School Safety met in Lexington last week and took questions from the public about keeping our kids safe in the public schools. U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Gov. Matt Bevin participated in the event where he called school violence...
Supreme Court Fight Shaping Up
The battle over the next U.S. Supreme Court nominee is on. This is because of the incredible power of the court and impact it has on the direction of our nation. The Supreme Court has become a catalyst for social change and much of it has been highly controversial....
Kentucky Updating Voter Rolls
Kentucky has out of date voter rolls. This means that the rolls of registered voters contain the names of the deceased and people who've moved out of state. So the State Board of Elections is sending out verification cards to some 600,000 registered voters....
Free Speech Upheld by SCOTUS
There's some good news for free speech. The Supreme Court struck down a California law that forced pro-life pregnancy care centers to post signs that promote abortion. This essentially made pro-life centers government mouthpieces for a message they didn't just...
Happy Independence Day!
242 years ago, we declared our independence from England when 56 men came together in Philadelphia to sign their names to one of the greatest political documents ever written. The Declaration of Independence explained why the colonies were separating from Britain. The...
Trump Travel Ban Upheld
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Trump's travel ban. The restrictions were issued out of national security concerns. Travelers from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Libya were restricted from entering our nation. This is because those nations either...
Calling out Incivility
We live in a divisive time where too many people seem to be on the edge of anger. But the last people you'd expect to contribute to the fray are our leaders. California Congresswoman Maxine Waters told a group that “If you see anybody from [Pres....
