Fifty years ago today on a sunny afternoon in Dallas, Texas the peace of our nation was shattered when our 35th president was gunned down in his motorcade. When the shots rang out and when John Fitzgerald Kennedy was pronounced dead just shortly thereafter, something...

As promised, movement is being made to introduce expanded gambling in Kentucky; and the movement is happening on multiple fronts. According to Blue Grass Politics, Democratic House Speaker Pro Tem Larry Clark has pre-filed expanded gambling legislation for the 2014...

POLICITO reports that the issue of same-sex marriage that divides the family of former vice president Dick Cheney is emblematic of the larger national scene on gay marriage, an issue that many report has the GOP in a full-on identity crisis.  In a recent...

According to the Huffington Post, Colorado is promoting Obamacare and luring people to sign up by appealing to base instincts. One ad says "Let's get physical" and promotes free birth control. Another says "Friends with benefits" which implies...

Louisville political columnist John David Dyche penned a column with WDRB questioning the merits of expanded gambling, an issue that besets the Commonwealth in a seemingly unending cycle. Drawing upon the recent (and excellent) op-ed by conservative columnist Ross...

A group of 40 protesters rallied on the capitol steps in opposition to the proposed Bluegrass Pipeline which will carry fracked gas through Kentucky’s Bluegrass region. Participants quoted Scripture and cited their faith as their reason to oppose it. It’s...

A controversy has brewed in Kentucky Baptist life over one of its entities, Sunrise Children Services, considering to end its ban on hiring homosexuals.  Sunrise Children Services is the foster care entity that receives funding through the Kentucky Baptist...

A troubling bill that should have believers of all faiths concerned passed the U.S.  Senate yesterday. Titled the "Employment Non-Discrimination Act" (ENDA), the bill imposes strict hiring standards on all employers, especially employers who are people...

An article in Wednesday’s edition of the Louisville Courier Journal titled “Protestors cite faith in opposing Bluegrass Pipeline” is interesting on a number of levels. Conservative Christians were conspicuously absent from the protest which consisted...

A peculiar case in Kentucky has gained the attention of marriage advocates and marriage revisionists. According to the Courier-Journal, a couple in Kentucky is seeking the state’s very first “gay divorce.” This is peculiar not only for a divorce...