Sexual Harassment Saga Continues
The number of high-profile and powerful men charged with sexual harassment is staggering. The latest include Minnesota Senator Al Franken and TV host Charlie Rose. In Kentucky, Gov. Bevin has renewed calls for the resignation of legislators in his own party who've...
Sanctuary City Ruling
According the Center for Immigration Studies, Louisville is a sanctuary city. This means that it has policies in place "that obstruct immigration enforcement and shield criminals from Immigration and Customs Enforcement" (ICE). Police in sanctuary...
25% of KY Kids in Poverty
One in four Kentucky children live in poverty according to the latest report by Kentucky Youth Advocates. And nearly half of Kentucky's children live in low-income homes or 200 percent of the poverty level. So in an age of abundance and economic opportunity,...
Being Thankful
We live in the freest, most prosperous nation on the face of the earth. Yet if you scroll through Facebook or other social media posts, it doesn't take long to find a complaint or gripe: Poor service at a restaurant or complaints about slow drivers. These...
KBC Passes Anti-Gambling Resolution
The Kentucky Baptist Convention passed a resolution at their annual meeting condemning gambling expansion recently proposed in Frankfort. They make several good points beginning with the idea that gambling violates the principle of loving your neighbor. They go on to...
Teachers propose pension fix
Kentucky Education Association President Stephanie Winkler said the Republican proposal to fix the broken state pension fund “will devastate public education in Kentucky.” This drew criticism from State Rep. Bam Carney, a former public school teacher who...
Processing Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment by political leaders and celebrities is disappointing. So how do we respond? For starters, we should be empathetic toward the women who've come out of the shadows to share their stories. It takes courage for women to openly share ...
Conscience is non-negotiable
What do you do when you're put in a position where you're forced to violate your conscience? This question isn't theoretical anymore. More and more people who try to live and work according to their conscience are put in difficult positions. This was the...
Transgender Candidate Elected
The first openly transgender candidate got elected in Virginia last week. Danica Roem is a man who now identifies as a woman and that's how he campaigned. Nearly 55 percent of the voters had no problem voting for Roem so they sent him to serve in the Virginia...
News Media Makes Much Over Kim Davis Refiling
Remember the Kentucky Court Clerk who went to jail for refusing to grant a marriage license to a homosexual couple? Well, the Associated Press and major news media across the country hasn't. That's why they made much over her filing for re-election for Rowan...
