Everyone is Talking About Chick-Fil-A
Everyone is talking about Chik-Fil-A, and not about the food. The recent controversy that has opened up around the same-sex marriage debate has demonstrated several important truths that conservatives must observe. First, being careful with our words is...
Fairytales and Fiscal Responsibility: Can America have a "Happily Ever After"?
Once upon a time, there were two small children who were abandoned by their father in the woods. Left on their own, they have a dangerous adventure involving a candy house, a hungry witch, and a hot oven. Eventually they find their way back to their now...
Fairytales and Fiscal Responsibility: Can America have a “Happily Ever After”?
Once upon a time, there were two small children who were abandoned by their father in the woods. Left on their own, they have a dangerous adventure involving a candy house, a hungry witch, and a hot oven. Eventually they find their way back to their now...
Moral relativism on menu at U of L
U of L president James Ramsey’s and Provost Shirley Willihnganz’ boycott of Chick- fil-A for its “offensive and unecessary” view on marriage hit a cultural nerve as tender as the famous chicken sandwiches sold on their campus. U of L is...
Dark Night Rising
It has been one of the saddest news cycles in recent times. Two men— one who thinks he’s the Joker and went on a killing rampage and another who hid behind a different mask and lured young boys into unthinkable acts, left our hearts heavy and our...
The Great Depression or The Great Recovery? What Do the Statistics Say?
Can you remember all the way back to when gas prices were only $1.33? Was that five years ago? Ten? More? Actually, gas prices in Kentucky were $1.33 when President Obama took office, and since then have skyrocketed more than 240%.1 Everyone has felt the effects...
Charter Schools and the Commonwealth: The Race for Meaningful Education Reform
Despite being known for its fast horses, Kentucky has been slow in the race to meaningful education reform. The inability of the Kentucky legislature to pass recent charter school legislation is just one example of its failure to stay on track. Charter Schools...
Diagnosis of ACA ruling: cure is worse than the disease
Now that the smoke has cleared over last week’s fireworks when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA) we should see clearer. Or not—since stray spark in Chief Justice John Roberts, who mostly sided with the liberal wing of the court,...
Commonwealth Policy PAC gets favorable coverage from public radio
Robby Mills was recently interview by Kenny Colston of WFPL in Louisville. We continue to get favorable coverage. To read a transcript of the report, go to: http://wfpl.org/post/conservative-kentucky-think-tank-starts-political-action-committee
ACA Ruling
Now that the dust has settled over the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) its time to discern where we stand and also ask how did reliably conservative justice John Roberts side with the consistently liberal wing of the court? Roberts rejected...
