Prayer is much more than a policy proposal
Wednesday December 2, became another day in American history that is not tallied in a calendar sent out to place on your desk. It was not a date that people will ask themselves, “where were you on Wednesday, December 2?” It’s not a moment in history...
Can Prayer Help in San Bernadino?
Wednesday December 2nd became another day in American history that is not tallied in a calendar sent out to place on your desk. It was not a date that people will ask themselves, “where were you on Wednesday, December 2nd?” It’s not a moment in...
How Seriously Should You Take College Students?
I distinctly remember walking into my professor’s office and gently shutting the door. I had some questions for my teacher about some things he had been saying, some other things that I had been reading, and why a lot of what I was learning from the classroom...
Iowa, New Hampshire, and the Quest for a Nomination
With the election season in full swing, presidential candidates are racing across the country to stump their speeches, shake hands, and pontificate on why they should be the next president of the United States. While the Democratic nomination seems like a foregone...
Betting on Football
Perhaps the leadership of pro-football are a little naïve, or perhaps the leaders of Sportradar US are a little nefarious, or both. Whatever the case, the data company which is partly owned by the NFL abruptly changed an announcement of a mobile sports...
Bevin’s kids aren’t political fodder
Kentucky Governor-elect Matt Bevin joined 28 other governors who are refusing Syrian refugees until their identity can be confirmed. "My primary responsibility as Governor of Kentucky will be to protect the citizens of the Commonwealth," Bevin said in a...
Governor’s Children aren’t Props
Political cartoonist Joel Pett’s most recent sketch has caused an uproar in the commonwealth and the nation at large. Depicting Gov.-elect Matt Bevin crouching in fear underneath his desk, another gentleman encourages Mr. Bevin not to fear. The reason for this...
Politicizing Everything and Honoring Nothing
Open your browser, turn on your TV, unlock your phone. It seems everywhere you turn— articles, statuses, and everything in between bring shared outrage or criticism of Starbucks red cups, Star Wars casting decisions, and schadenfreude over a team losing the...
Gambling Expansion
Several states are attempting to expand gambling to shore up state revenue. One of them is Georgia. There has been little serious checking of the downside of gambling expansion: increased crime, divorce, poverty, addiction. As is...
8 Takeaway’s from the 2015 Gubernatorial Election
Nobody predicted that Matt Bevin would beat Jack Conway by nine points. Nobody. The Bluegrass poll had Conway up by five points just a few days ago. We learned last year that the Bluegrass poll was wildly off target when it had Grimes and McConnell deadlocked...
