by Staff | Sep 26, 2023 | Blog
The U.S. Navy ended a recruiting campaign featuring an active-duty sailor who is also a drag queen. The sailor was part of a Digital Ambassador Pilot Program which tried to attract new recruits via social media platforms. The program is now history but as drag queens...
by Staff | Sep 25, 2023 | Blog
The abortion issue is taking center stage in the governor’s race between Daniel Cameron and Andy Beshear. Cameron is pro life. Beshear is pro-abortion. The latest ad by Andy Beshear attacks Cameron’s pro-life position by featuring a young woman who was...
by Staff | Sep 22, 2023 | Blog
Florida’s state universities have approved the Classic Learning Test, a standardized exam based on “classic literature and historical texts,” as an alternative to the ACT and SAT. Unlike typical college admissions exams, the CLT relies on an author bank that...
by Staff | Sep 21, 2023 | Blog
Would you eat chicken that was grown in a science lab petri dish? The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently approved the sale of meat grown in a laboratory from the muscle tissue cells of living animals. Supporters argue that it’s more ethical and easier on the...
by Staff | Sep 20, 2023 | Blog
In 2015, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis refused to give two men a marriage license. Last week, a federal jury awarded $100,000 in damages to those two men seeking to get married. After the Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision, Davis argued that signing a marriage license...
by Staff | Sep 19, 2023 | Blog
Earlier this year the Kentucky state legislature passed a bill banning the collection of union dues from public salaries. A Franklin Circuit Court Judge ruled the measure is unconstitutional. The law (SB 7) primarily affects teachers’ unions, which automatically...
by Staff | Sep 18, 2023 | Blog
A Canadian public school recently removed half of the books in its library in an attempt to make the resources more inclusive. Erindale Secondary School got rid of books such as the diary of Anne Frank and The Hunger Games. The school system reasoned that its decision...
by Staff | Sep 15, 2023 | Blog
In the aftermath of Jefferson County’s school bus fiasco, a group of state legislators are wondering if the school district is simply too big. Twelve Republicans from the Louisville area signed an open letter last month asking for a special legislative session to...
by Staff | Sep 14, 2023 | Blog
Gov. Andy Beshear’s recent campaign ad attacked Daniel Cameron for his consistent pro-life views. The ad argues that Cameron’s opposition to abortions in the cases of rape and incest is “extreme” and “dangerous.” Rape and incest are illegal, and perpetrators should be...
by Staff | Sep 13, 2023 | Blog
Accidental drug overdoses are now the number one cause of death for young Americans in 37 states, including Kentucky. Since 2018, drug overdoses have claimed almost 177,000 lives. Drugs, which typically aren’t fatal, are increasingly being laced with the deadly...
by Staff | Sep 12, 2023 | Blog
The number of gender transition surgeries in America has tripled since 2016, and a New York Times article covering the story has raised questions. The author noted: “Gender-affirming surgery is endorsed by a wide array of medical groups. Yet surprisingly little has...
by Staff | Sep 11, 2023 | Blog
Last week, Gov. Andy Beshear announced a $386 million plan to expand high-speed internet to isolated areas of Kentucky. Beshear is using money from President Biden’s COVID relief plan, which partially funds this. But is this good stewardship of public resources? The...
by Staff | Sep 8, 2023 | Blog
What happens when a public school engages in the social gender transition of a sixth-grader without telling the parents? In the case of a California middle school, the mother sued. Jessica Konen learned that her 12 year old daughter’s middle school referred to...
by Staff | Sep 7, 2023 | Blog
Today is the first day Kentuckians can legally place bets on sporting events. Many gamblers are enthusiastic. But not every Kentuckian shares the same sentiments. The rising popularity of sports gambling in America has been accompanied by dramatic rise in gambling...
by Staff | Sep 6, 2023 | Blog
A federal court ruled that parents in Montgomery County, Maryland cannot opt out their children from LGBT curriculum in public schools. The parents tried to reinstate a school district policy for a religious exemption for elementary schoolers from reading books with...
by Staff | Sep 5, 2023 | Blog
The Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority by minimizing regulations for the popular abortion pill mifepristone. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t outlaw the drug, but simply acknowledged the dangerous side-effects which preclude it being...
by Staff | Sep 4, 2023 | Blog
Sunrise Children’s Services, one of Kentucky’s oldest Christian childcare agencies, has successfully defended itself from a legal attack because of its religious convictions about gender and human sexuality. The issue involved an employee who openly identified...
by Staff | Sep 1, 2023 | Blog
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is calling for funding universal pre-K for all four-year-olds in Kentucky, and he’s proposing an 11% pay raise for teachers and all school staff. This is a response to Daniel Cameron’s promise to catch students up...
by Staff | Aug 31, 2023 | Blog
Republican candidate for governor Daniel Cameron released his “Cameron Catch-up Plan” to address the learning loss experience by students during Covid lockdowns of Kentucky public schools. Cameron points to the NAEP progress report that shows fewer than...
by Staff | Aug 30, 2023 | Blog
After 165 years, a historic San Francisco department store may be about to close down. It’s not due to the lack of sales, but rather due to lawlessness. The famed retailer called Gumps criticized public officials in an open letter. They said city leaders are failing...
