Academic Genocide

Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holiday ruffled a few feathers last week when he likened the persistently failing Louisville schools to "academic genocide."  This is no verbal bomb thrown by a right winger. Rather, its a shot across the bow from...

Boy Scouts face mountain of ideological uniformity

The organization known for inculcating values in young boys and teaching them survival skills is facing the biggest challenge in its 103-year existence: ideological uniformity. Climbing Mount Everest and winter campouts appear tame in the context of a culture at war...

Scouts honor?

A bombshell of abuse and cover up dropped on the Boy Scouts of America last October when secret files revealed 1200 cases of sexual abuse perpetrated by Scout masters. The abuse was documented from 1960 to 1985 and occurred across the United States. The...

Fifty years after King civil rights still denied

It is rare when a triumvirate of significant political events and issues converge within a 24 hour period. It is rarer even still when a profound thread runs through all three. Fifty years ago Martin Luther King Jr. with eloquence and determination delivered a speech...

Values at heart of gun debate

Guns have been the hottest topic of debate since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown Connecticut. In response to the horrific tragedy that has gripped our hearts, President Obama  issued yesterday 23 executive orders which expands background checks,...

Three Illinois legislators facing criminal charges

SPRINGFIELD, IL - When a new General Assembly takes the oath of office later in the day, its ranks will include three lawmakers facing criminal charges. Former state Rep. Derrick Smith heads back to Springfield on Wednesday. The Democrat was arrested on bribery...

CPC endorses Bam Carney

The Commonwealth Policy Center endorsed Bam Carney (R-Cambellsville) after he signed and agreed to fight for core principles integral to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Rep. Carney has taken a strong stand for life, marriage, religious freedom and sound fiscal policies....

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