A federal court has ruled that an illegal immigrant held in U.S. custody has the right to an abortion. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said that the U.S. government must facilitate an abortion for a 17-year-old girl. The Department of Health and Human Services is...

College is supposed to be the place where free speech is celebrated, the place where opposing views are respected. Sadly, and far too often this isn't the case. The latest example of intolerance and the attack on free speech comes from Northern Kentucky University...

Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn launched her campaign for Senate on Twitter—that is, until Twitter blocked her ad saying it was “inflammatory.”  Now, Blackburn is a pro-life champion and her ad mentioned Congress’ investigation...

There's an update on Kentucky's state pension crisis and there's a little bit of good news and bad news.  The good news is that Gov. Bevin and legislative leaders have come up with a proposal to keep the state's promise to its workers. This is...

Harvey Weinstein was kicked out Hollywood's Academy of Motion Pictures. The powerful producer was exposed for sexual harassment, assault and lewd behavior that cannot be mentioned on this commentary. A flood of accusations are coming from women who worked with...

The headlines of the Louisville Courier-Journal said "Fired"— as in Rick Pitino, University of Louisville's basketball coach. The U of L board of trustees unanimously voted to fire Pitino for his involvement with serious recruiting violations. This...

The Boy Scouts are now accepting girls into their ranks. Which makes us wonder, if they should drop the word "boy" from their name. This latest change is reflective of the gender-blurring in our society where differences between male and female have been...

This month marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. On Oct. 31 in 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 Thesis to the Door of the Schlosskirche (castle church) in Wittenberg, Germany. This sparked the Reformation. And the West has never been the same since. The...

One of the most divisive and difficult topics to discuss today is over sexual ethics—specifically involving LGBT issues. It's a topic most of us avoid. For the few that are engaged, conversation is often shrill with carpet bomb arguments that leave the...

A headline of a major British newspaper said "One million patients a week cannot get a General Practitioner appointment, statistics show." Great Britain is touted as a model for state managed health care, but as the headline said, too many patients...