by Staff | Jul 20, 2023 | Blog
The new Miss Netherlands was crowned this month, but the winner wasn’t a woman. This year’s champion made history as the nation’s first transgender nominee for Miss Universe. Interestingly, this isn’t the first nation to nominate a transgender...
by Staff | Jul 19, 2023 | Blog
One of the top movies earlier this month reveals an urgent and global struggle against child sex trafficking. Sound of Freedom recounts the true story of Homeland Security investigator Tim Ballard, whose mission to end sex trafficking begins with a search for a...
by Staff | Jul 18, 2023 | Blog
The “greatest wealth transfer in history” is taking place now. Baby Boomers are projected to pass on $53 trillion to their children by 2045. Boomers have benefited from incredible social mobility, a booming post-war economy, a rise in the stock market, and...
by Staff | Jul 17, 2023 | Blog
More Americans are living alone than ever before. Nearly a third of households are comprised of singles. Numbers are even higher in Europe. Living alone may bring more independence, but separation from a family often leads to loneliness and shorter life spans. This...
by Staff | Jul 14, 2023 | Blog
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron issued an opinion saying that every school district in the Commonwealth of Kentucky should follow a recently enacted state law that keeps gender ideology and age-inappropriate and divisive curriculum out of the classroom....
by Staff | Jul 13, 2023 | Blog
Is a Drag Show in church the way to show God’s unconditional love? The leadership of Calvary Episcopal Church in Louisville thinks so. Last month, the church hosted a concert: “Drag Me to Church: A Gospel Drag Show.” I’m not making this up. The church’s...
by Staff | Jul 12, 2023 | Blog
Two recent Supreme Court rulings shore up Americans’ right to religious freedom. First, the Court decided in favor of Gerald Groff, a postman who lost his job because the Postal Service refused to let him take Sundays off as a day of rest and worship. A unanimous...
by Staff | Jul 11, 2023 | Blog
According to the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, a childcare apocalypse is coming. They refer to the fact that Kentucky childcare centers have received $1 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funding, but it’s about to run out. They also point out that Kentucky is...
by Staff | Jul 10, 2023 | Blog
In 2019 Chelsey Nelson, a Louisville wedding photographer, challenged the Louisville Fairness Ordinance that would force her to photograph so-called same-sex wedding ceremonies. Three years later, a federal court upheld her First Amendment right. But to no surprise,...
by Staff | Jul 7, 2023 | Blog
Republican state leaders from across the nation, including here in Kentucky, have passed laws which protect young children against harmful and life-altering hormones and sex-change surgeries. But the Republican governor of Nevada is taking a different approach:...
by Staff | Jul 6, 2023 | Blog
Affirmative action at colleges and universities is now history. The US Supreme Court ruled that the race-based admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional. That means that colleges must admit students based on...
by Staff | Jul 5, 2023 | Blog
According to a recent open records request by Kentucky Today, Jefferson County Public School teachers played a major role in mobilizing their students to skip class and protest a bill at the state Capitol. On March 29, public school buses were parked outside the State...
by Staff | Jul 4, 2023 | Blog
Today is Independence Day. 247 years ago today America’s founders declared independence from England when 56 men came together in Philadelphia to sign their names to one of the greatest political documents ever written. The Declaration of Independence listed the...
by Staff | Jul 3, 2023 | Blog
The culture war over controversial books in America’s libraries has arrived in Oldham County, where the library features LGBTQ children’s books. Titles include “Queer Ducks,” which is about homosexual animals, and “Different for Boys,” a...
by Staff | Jun 30, 2023 | Blog
The Annie E. Casey Foundation reported that 69 percent of Kentucky’s fourth graders fail to read at grade level, 79 percent of eighth graders are not proficient in math, and nearly one in ten aren’t graduating on time. Altogether, Kentucky ranks 29th...
by Staff | Jun 29, 2023 | Blog
A widespread form of gambling in Kentucky will be illegal starting today. “Gray Machine” games resemble video slot machines, and are located in gas stations and convenience stores across the state. These devices, which feature video poker and blackjack, among other...
by Staff | Jun 28, 2023 | Blog
Gov. Andy Beshear is at the center of a campaign finance controversy. Kentucky’s campaign finance laws limit donations to $2,100 for a candidate and $15,000 for a political party. But London Mayor Randall Waddle donated six times that limit ($12,000) to Beshear....
by Staff | Jun 27, 2023 | Blog
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing on LGBTQ rights. Sen. Dick Durbin opened by lamenting the “divisive and hateful rhetoric” of many conservatives. But former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines pushed back against this narrative....
by Staff | Jun 26, 2023 | Blog
Saturday was the one-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade being overturned. One of the most controversial court rulings in the nation led to the premature end of an estimated 63 million unborn human lives. It’s been a dark chapter in American history....
by Staff | Jun 23, 2023 | Blog
Olivia Krolczyk, a student at the University of Cincinnati, recently used the term “biological woman” in an assignment. Until recently, there was nothing unusual about using that term. But it got her a failing grade this semester. Professor Melanie Rose Nipper insists...
