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...

The Miss America pageant is saying goodbye to one of its most iconic features— its swimsuit competition. The pageant has been around since 1921 but the new remake will focus less on outward physical beauty and more on the inner qualities of...

According to the Centers for Disease Control the fertility rate in the U.S. fell below replacement levels for the ninth straight year and has now been below the replacement level in 43 of the last 45 years. This is staggering, and has huge implications for the future....

A group of anti-poverty activists protested at the state Capitol and denounced work and education requirements in order to receive Medicaid. Kentucky now requires able-bodied recipients of Medicaid between the ages of 18-59 to work part-time or go to school. But the...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who declined to bake a cake for a gay wedding. This ruling is an important victory for religious freedom and especially important to Kentuckians since a similar religious liberty case is pending in the State...

The controversy over the Boys Scouts dropping the word "boy" from its name is just the latest in a series of moves that has alienated parents from the once venerated organization. But there's an alternative to the Boy Scouts. It's called Trail Life...

Abortion has dominated headlines in recent days. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Arkansas abortion law that requires providers of chemical abortions to have hospital admitting privileges. Another court ruled that Kentucky's recent ban on abortions after 11-weeks...

We've all heard the phrase "lock 'em up and throw away the key." That's how many feel after they've been harmed by a criminal. But most criminals won't get life sentences and will eventually be let out of jail. Over 95 percent of...

Ever wonder where all the heroes have gone? Well, we learned of one recently in Noblesville, Indiana. An angry seventh-grade student came into class armed with two handguns and began shooting at students at the middle school. One was critically wounded. That's...

Starbucks closed its stores last week to hold racial sensitivity training for its employees. This was on the heels of an embarrassing incident where a Philadelphia Starbucks employee had two black men arrested because they were assumed to be loitering. ...