Separating Parents and Children
Parents and children are being separated at our Southern border. The images are heart wrenching. One shows a 2-year-old Honduran girl crying as her mother is frisked by Border Patrol agent. Critics lay blame at the feet of Republicans. However, the policy of...
Pension Reform Struck Down
Remember the howls of protest over the pension reform bill back in the spring? The bill put new teachers into a hybrid retirement plan and stopped the accumulation of sick days that could be used for retirement. This was done in order to save the system which is going...
SCOTUS Rules for Integrity of Voter Rolls
The Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows states to update its voter rolls. But some are saying that it will disenfranchise voters. At issue is an Ohio law intended to make sure that their voter rolls are updated. It's a six year process where if a voter...
Answering the Objections to Churches Engaging Culture & Government
The two topics to avoid in polite company are religion and politics, and pastors shouldn't speak about the latter. At least that's what we're told. But is it possible for pastors and churches to take seriously the Great Commission of discipling the nations...
LGBTQ Intolerance
The CEO of Twitter got a taste of what shaming is like on social media. Last week Jack Dorsey tweeted that he was at Chick-fil-A and shared a screenshot of the savings by using their mobile app. The criticism was fast and furious. Dorsey quickly issued an...
UK Raising Tuition
If you're a college student and planning to attend the University of Kentucky this year, be ready to dig a little deeper into your pocket to pay the bill. Tuition is increasing by 2.5 percent bringing annual tuition to $12,000 a year. This doesn't include room...
UK Raising Tuition
If you're a college student and planning to attend the University of Kentucky this year, be ready to dig a little deeper into your pocket to pay the bill. Tuition is increasing by 2.5 percent bringing annual tuition to $12,000 a year. This doesn't include room...
Trump Brokers Deal
President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un met in a historic summit last week where Kim signed a pledge committing to “complete denuclearization”. Trump said “We are prepared to start a new history and … to write a new chapter between...
The Poor People’s Campaign
The Poor People's Campaign was back in Frankfort last week. This time their protest was over Capitol police's refusal to allow them to protest inside the Capitol building without a permit. This was because the last time they were there they broke the law. They...
Father’s Day
This Sunday is Father's Day. It's a time we celebrate dads and what they mean to us. But if an Australian academic got her way, she'd rename it ‘Special Person’s Day.' Last year, Australian activist Dr. Red Ruby Scarlet launched a...
