by Staff | Oct 8, 2021 | Blog
Democrats are divided over the federal budget, but there’s one issue that unites them: abortion. Democratic Congressional members voted for the so-called Women’s Health Protection Act. This would enshrine Roe v. Wade into law and ultimately invalidate every...
by Staff | Oct 7, 2021 | Blog
Big government believes that it can solve problems better than individuals. It often sees business as something to provide more tax revenue and something to regulate. When government increases business taxes, then they usually pass off the increase to consumers. But...
by Staff | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is set to make his case before the US Supreme Court that his office should have the ability to defend an important Kentucky abortion law. The case concerns HB 454, which bans a grisly procedure involving the dismemberment of...
by Staff | Oct 5, 2021 | Blog
In a free country, there are limits to what the government can do. The idea behind the United States is one of limited government in order for people to have freedom and opportunity. When the government begins to provide things that people can and should provide for...
by Staff | Oct 4, 2021 | Blog
Secretary of State Michael Adams recently announced that his office removed nearly 11,000 deceased voters from Kentucky voter rolls. So any talk of dead people voting in the commonwealth hasn’t been happening in recent years. In fact, Kentucky received no allegations...
by Staff | Oct 1, 2021 | Blog
When the Taliban was in power in Afghanistan prior to 9/11, they held public executions in stadiums. Thieves had their hands cut off. Those convicted of robbery often had a hand and a foot amputated. The leader of the Taliban, Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, announced that...
by Staff | Sep 30, 2021 | Blog
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 316-113 to increase the funding for the military. The $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act will also increase military pay by 2.7 percent. But the bill also requires women to register for the draft. This controversial...
by Staff | Sep 29, 2021 | Blog
Google is now taking sides in the abortion debate. Its decision to ban a pro-life ad that helps women who changed their minds on having an abortion has been blocked. Many abortions are done chemically through a multi-pill process. But a medical breakthrough allows...
by Staff | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog
The Commonwealth of Kentucky has hit the jackpot to the tune of $300 million. After a lengthy legal battle, a company called Flutter Entertainment has agreed to pay the state for illegally operating an online gambling site called Poker Stars. The company didn’t pay...
by Staff | Sep 27, 2021 | Blog
Reality TV star RuPaul Charles made Emmy history by becoming the most-awarded person of color. His show “RuPaul’s Drag Race” won the best reality-competition program. To be clear, this isn’t a show about muscle cars. It’s primarily about men dressing...
by Staff | Sep 24, 2021 | Blog
A church sign said, “Whoever stole our air conditioning units, keep one because it’s hot where you’re going.” Unfortunately, that message was displayed by a church not far from my office. But is that really the message that the neighborhood...
by Staff | Sep 23, 2021 | Blog
There’s a tendency today to rip into political leaders whom you don’t agree with. And those on the political right are just as guilty as those on the political left of ugly disparagement and condemnation of politicians. Of course, we have the freedom to...
by Staff | Sep 22, 2021 | Blog
The Kentucky legislature passed a bill that allows the creation of a foundation by private individuals to set up a scholarship fund for lower-income school children who need better options in education. Kentucky’s education establishment is opposed to the...
by Staff | Sep 21, 2021 | Blog
Pres. Biden’s mandate for companies with 100 or more employees is meeting stiff resistance from Republican governors. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said, “If the federal government can get away with doing this, what’s going to come next?” South Carolina Gov. Henry...
by Staff | Sep 20, 2021 | Blog
If you don’t believe COVID is having an adverse impact on health care facilities and workers in the commonwealth, then consider that the National Guard is stepping in to help. The National Guard typically is deployed for disaster relief. But as Kentucky has averaged...
by Staff | Sep 17, 2021 | Blog
A report by the federal government revealed that the social security trust fund will be depleted by the year 2034. That’s only 13 years from now. As it is, social security makes payments to about 65 million people. An estimated 175 million people paid into...
by Staff | Sep 16, 2021 | Blog
This new variant of Covid is deadlier and more contagious than the first. Younger people are being hit hard, and many are ending up in critical care units in hospitals. In fact, there are only 90 critical care beds open in the entire state. Yet, many are calling it a...
by Staff | Sep 15, 2021 | Blog
There’s lots of pain and suffering, anger and bitterness I see all around. I have friends and co-workers suffering from Covid. I know pastors who are losing congregants in this latest wave. Much anger is directed toward our political leaders. Some are calling...
by Staff | Sep 14, 2021 | Blog
Kentucky Republicans scrapped Gov. Andy Beshear’s mask mandate for public schools and daycare centers. The special legislative session ended with lawmakers giving mask policy decisions to local school boards and local governments. Gov. Beshear vetoed the...
by Staff | Sep 13, 2021 | Blog
Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11-the day our nation was under brutal attack by Islamic terrorists. It’s a day that many of us will never forget. We invaded Afghanistan shortly after, drove out Al-Qaeda, and eventually got Bin Laden. Then we helped...
