by Richard Nelson | Dec 2, 2014 | Blog
The Murray City Council is scheduled to hear the first reading of an ordinance to include sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) as protected status into its nondiscrimination code on December 8. The proposed ordinance was postponed last month after concerned...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 18, 2014 | Blog
Hired guns sometimes misfire: The outside group Mark It Red was hired to run Republican state House races. They were given a sizable war chest—an estimated $1.2 million. They had a state to work in that is leaning conservative—in fact, the only state in...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 12, 2014 | Blog
The Lexington Herald-Leader printed a rebuttal to my recent opinion on how "Fairness" ordinances jeopardize religious freedom. Here's the scoop. In late October, the Lexington Human Rights Commission found Blaine Adamson and his company Hands on...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 5, 2014 | Blog
Commonwealth Policy Center endorsements fared well in yesterday's elections. Five of six state Senate candidates endorsed or recommended by CPC won their election. The biggest surprise of the night was when Ralph Alvarado (R-Winchester) defeated Senate Minority...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 5, 2014 | Blog
Last night the party of President Obama was routed in spectacular fashion, as Republicans gained more than enough to take control of the Senate and fortify their healthy numbers in the House of Representatives. There’s no shortage of reading this morning for the...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 30, 2014 | Blog
In her review of the newest pro-choice manifesto by Katha Pollitt, Hanna Rosin expresses frustration at the “muddled middle” of the pro-choice movement. These are the kinds of people who believe abortion should be legal but avoided, who give lip service to...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 30, 2014 | Blog
In her review of the newest pro-choice manifesto by Katha Pollitt, Hanna Rosin expresses frustration at the “muddled middle” of the pro-choice movement. These are the kinds of people who believe abortion should be legal but avoided, who give lip service to...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 21, 2014 | Blog
Thinking how one would want to be interred after death is probably not a regular pastime of most American people. Recently, though, The Washington Post highlighted a contemporary movement towards “green burials.” According to Ellen McCarthy’s...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 21, 2014 | Blog
Thinking how one would want to be interred after death is probably not a regular pastime of most American people. Recently, though, The Washington Post highlighted a contemporary movement towards “green burials.” According to Ellen McCarthy’s...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 16, 2014 | Blog
Earlier this week, Houston mayor Annise Parker and attorneys representing the city in a civil suit created outrage across the nation by issuing broad-reaching subpoenas for Houston pastors’ sermons and other communique discussing homosexuality, gender, Mayor...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 14, 2014 | Blog
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 10, 2014 | Blog
Most civically engaged folks would probably agree on two things. One, honesty is an important character trait. Two, many politicians don't have it. Rarely, though, does a candidate make her lack of transparency as transparent as Alison Grimes has done. The...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 7, 2014 | Blog
Yesterday the Supreme Court declined to hear appeals from five state legislatures regarding same-sex marriage. The non-action lets stand judicial rulings that struck down voter-approved traditional definitions of marriage in those states. Thus, as of Tuesday, same-sex...
by Richard Nelson | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog
Feminist Amanda Marcotte wrote an op-ed this week for USA Today in which she claims to have pro-lifers cornered: If they really believe abortion is murder, then they also believe anyone who has an abortion should be executed. If abortion is murder, then women who get...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 30, 2014 | Blog
It feels like every week, what was once considered a fallacious "slippery slope" argument from traditionalists has actually become reality. From the revocation of religious liberty to codified transgenderism in public schools, moral insanity reigns. At...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 23, 2014 | Blog
Karen Swallow Prior has a must-read in The Atlantic about California State University’s recent decision to derecognize Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Advocates of religious liberty who haven’t been living under a rock for the past year will find her...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 18, 2014 | Blog
Contemporary political discourse frequently speaks in divisions like “social issues,” “the economy,” and “foreign policy.” While not without truth, these highly demarcated categories can obscure the real way in which worldview and...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 17, 2014 | Blog
Here are some noteworthy pieces from around the media and blogosphere: Commonwealth Policy Center announces endorsements for 2014 elections. “Battles For Eight Open Seats Could Determine Control of Kentucky House This Fall”—Lexington Herald...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 11, 2014 | Blog
The New Morality Police march on. Their latest prisoners: Intervarsity Fellowship and Gordon College. Intervarsity Christian Fellowship was stripped of its recognized student group status by every campus of California State University, simply on the grounds...
by Richard Nelson | Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
You can’t always get what you want, sang Mick Jagger. Casino gamblers often learn this lesson at a high price. This time, however, it’s the business suits atop a casino that have lost. The Revel Casino Hotel has closed doors just two years after opening,...
