by Richard Nelson | Oct 20, 2016 | Blog
The headline of the Kentucky New Era said: Kneeling students won't be punished. No, these students weren't praying. They kneeled during the national anthem at a recent sporting event in Todd County —purportedly to protest injustice. Many parents...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog
Last weekend, Planned Parenthood and its allies celebrated the organization’s 100th birthday. President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and other abortion defenders publicly praised Planned Parenthood for its work and commemorated its milestone. For pro-choice...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 17, 2016 | Blog
Should pastors get political? That's a question many are asking. When it comes to speaking to moral and social issues from a biblical perspective, it's a pastors duty. It's unreasonable to expect ministers to piece together lives of shattered people...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 15, 2016 | Blog
The presidential debate represents a coarsened public discourse that has been going on for years. Much of today's political dialogue involves painting the opposition as anti-American as possible. People with sincerely held beliefs are casually dismissed as...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 13, 2016 | Blog
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were famously opposed to each other in their political views. Adams found Jefferson’s radicalism dangerous; Jefferson believed Adams’ federalism tended toward tyranny. But despite their differences, the second and...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog
A longtime Democratic operative pled guilty to a kickback scandal last week. Political consultant Larry O’Bryan confessed that he acted as the middleman in an illegal scheme with Tim Longmeyer, Governor Beshear's former Personnel Cabinet...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 11, 2016 | Blog
Kentucky has some of the strongest laws in the country protecting religious freedom. Article 5 in Kentucky's Bill of Rights prohibits any preferential treatment of one religion over another. The Constitution restricts the state from favoring any creed or mode of...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog
You know the common campaign slogan about cutting "waste, fraud and abuse"? Well, there's a new auditor in Frankfort who's been following through with that promise. State Auditor Mike Harmon released his audit of the Department of Criminal Justice...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 8, 2016 | Blog
So what is a political party to do when one of their candidates posts racist and derogatory comments on social media sites? They ask them to drop out of the race. Such is the case with Republican candidate Dan Johnson who is running for Kentucky's 49th House seat....
by Richard Nelson | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog
The two topics to avoid in polite company are religion and politics. At least that's what we're told. So when the AP got a hold of a leaked video of Gov. Bevin speaking to a group of pastors and encouraging them to boldly speak to the social issues of the day...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog
The two topics to avoid in polite company are religion and politics, and pastors shouldn't speak about the latter. At least that's what we're told. So when the Associated Press (AP) got a hold of a leaked video of Gov. Bevin encouraging a group of pastors...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger warned prior to becoming Pope Benedict, “we are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and .. has as its highest goal one’s own ego and one’s own...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog
The Kentucky State Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Matt Bevin didn't have the authority to make unilateral cuts to Kentucky Universities. The high court overturned a lower court ruling that ruled in his favor. There are four other lawsuits involving the...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 30, 2016 | Blog
A team of American scientists reported the birth of a child with the DNA from three biological parents. This is a world first, but controversy is surrounding the news. Scientists intended to produce a healthy child for a mother who had a rare genetic abnormality, so...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog
The University of Kentucky just announced that Coke is no longer considered "local food" in its cafeterias. Now it doesn't take a graduate student to figure that out. Of course, UK has been fighting bigger battles, like the the abrupt departure of an...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 23, 2016 | Blog
When a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound? How about when the U.S. Civil Rights Commission issues a groundbreaking report and nobody hears about it? Such appears to be the case regarding a recent report by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission called...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog
The NFL season is in full swing and the discussion revolves around players who are sitting down during the national anthem. The protest is over racial injustice and several TV and radio personalities are coming to the players defense. Of course, every American,...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 21, 2016 | Blog
The American military is famous for its intense and effective training, training that emphasizes respect, honor, and courage. But under the Obama administration, US armed forces have begun to train in a new area: Gender re-education. In a message addressed to the...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog
A governmental agency in Massachusetts said that churches “open to the public” must allow crossdressers to use restrooms of the opposite sex. You heard that correctly. Crossdressing men in Massachusetts can lawfully enter women restrooms in any...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 19, 2016 | Blog
The NCAA announced they are pulling college tournaments out of North Carolina because of their position on transgender bathrooms. The Atlantic Coast Conference followed suit and is pulling post-season events, including the football championship game, from the...
