The state of Kentucky gives its workers a half day of paid leave on Election day. The idea is to encourage civic responsibility. But if they take the leave they're expected to actually vote. However, a recent report by State Auditor Mike Harmon revealed that 1,329...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of the Colorado Baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay wedding ceremony. There's been a lot of misinformation in this case and the court is trying to sort it out. For starters, Jack Phillips...

Have you ever gotten the feeling that Christmas has become something that it was never meant to be? I mean the push to buy more and more, bigger and better, and competition to out give others?  We now have special days that revolve around buying: Black Friday,...

The media is smitten with news about the royal engagement between Britain's Prince Harry and American movie star Meghan Markle. The two announced they'll marry in the spring. But marriage isn't just good for movie stars and royal families. It's good...

We hardly go a week without an update on a never-ending news story from Frankfort. I'm talking about the state pension crisis where the state has some $40 billion in future obligations to state retirees. The pension crisis has been years in the making and is a...

I recently had a chance to interview First District Congressman James Comer about the tax cuts that Congress is considering.  He told me that the bill would help most people in his district but if you read many of the reports in the mainstream press, you'd...

Have you ever heard somebody say, "if it's not hurting me, then why should I care?" There are a number of ways to justify personally destructive choices and a number of reasons why not to get involved with somebody's bad decisions. But we're...

The Supreme Court is taking up two important cases that affect our most basic liberties. The first case involves a Colorado baker who is in trouble for refusing to provide a cake for a gay wedding. Jack Phillips isn't against serving homosexual customers,...

As transgenderism pushes its way into the mainstream, people are being forced to ask what pronouns to use. Should someone born male who now identifies as female be called she or he? This is a real question, one that teaching assistant Lindsay Shepherd introduced to...

Robert Mugabe resigned as president of Zimbabwe. The populist got into power by opposing British colonial rule. But by promising to right the wrongs, the dictator perpetrated even greater pain upon what used to be one of the richest African nations. Mugabe was in...