CHANGING DEFINITION OF WOMAN?

The Oxford Dictionary is being challenged to change the definition of woman. An online petition is being circulated that is pressuring Oxford Dictionary to broaden the definition of woman. Signatories want Oxford University Press to “eliminate all phrases and...

COLLEGE COACH DECLINES PAY RAISE

College basketball is big business and college coaches that win at the highest level are rewarded with huge pay raises. That’s why a coach at the University of Virginia is making national news. Men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett took UVA to the Final Four...

PIPELINE PROTESTS BANNED IN KY

A natural gas pipeline exploded in Lincoln County last month, killing one and sending five to the hospital. The explosion was so big that it burned 30 acres of land and the heat was so intense that it could be picked up on weather radar! The tragedy has brought...

GENDER EXTREMISM

There’s a new term today: gender extremism. This is an ideology that teaches that human beings can change their gender at will and that society must agree with a person’s extreme choices. The conflict is over forcing the rest of society to agree and...

GOOGLE INVESTIGATED BY STATE ATTORNEY’S GENERAL

Google has been criticized for anti-conservative bias. Now, state’s attorney generals’ are forming a coalition to investigate the world’s largest Internet-related company. If you’ve ever done an internet search, you’ve probably used...

CONSTITUTION DAY

Today is Constitution Day. On September 17, 1787, our Founding Fathers brought the colonies together to create a stronger federal government. The Constitution is considered one of the greatest political documents in history and it’s what unifies and binds us together...

CHURCHILL DOWNS GETS THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE

Churchill Downs made a major announcement that it plans to build a $200 million development in northern Kentucky with thoroughbred racing and up to 1,500 video slot machines they call historical racing. They’ve not yet applied for the license with the Kentucky...

Democrat Party Secularizing

The Democratic National Committee recently adopted a resolution that says the “religiously unaffiliated” are the “largest religious group within the Democratic Party.” The group has grown from 19% in 2007 to one in three today. It’s no secret that the...

Gun Violence Statistics

The conversation over gun violence continues. According to the Centers for Disease Control there were 39,773 gun related deaths in the U.S. in 2017. Of that, 6 of 10 or 23,854 were suicides. Of all the murders in 2017, and there were 19,510— 75% or 14,542 involved a...

Is the Lexington Herald Supporting Incivility?

The leader of the Kentucky Fairness Campaign was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest for disrupting the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s annual breakfast. This isn’t the first time the Fairness Campaign has protested the Farm Bureau—all because of...

U of L Offers LGBTQ Minor

The University of Louisville is offering a minor in LGBTQ Studies. The introduction of the new minor is sure to stir controversy. Course offerings include: Black Lesbian Lives, Queer Politics, LGBTQ Literature in the U.S., Queer Performance and the History of American...

Gun Violence

The latest mass shooting in Odessa, Texas has once again gripped our hearts. The shooter had gotten into an argument in his workplace, got fired then went on a rampage. As with most mass shootings, there’s a new call for more gun restrictions. But will more...

Ky Pension Investments Not Transparent

Kentucky’s pension and management fees were kept out of public scrutiny for years until the legislature passed a law requiring greater transparency. This was a good step. However, according to a report by Kentucky Auditor Mike Harmon the pension systems fall...

Prager U Censored by YouTube

Dennis Prager is a conservative talk show host. He produces short video lessons on religion, politics and current events, but YouTube has restricted more than 200 of his videos. They even restricted one presentation on the Ten Commandments. YouTube hasn’t given...

Opioid Lawsuit Successful

Johnson & Johnson was hit with a $572 million judgment against it for producing and marketing opioid painkillers in Oklahoma. Attorneys for the state argued that Johnson & Johnson improperly marketed the drugs and failed to stop suspicious orders from...

Labor Day

Happy Labor Day! Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894 after the labor movement demanded safer working conditions. The labor reformers also worked for an 8-hour workday, fair wages, and the end to child labor. Safer conditions and reasonable workloads were...

Ky’s Economic Boom

In the last three years there have been 55,143 new jobs and $20,159,466,106 in new investments in Kentucky. Unemployment is at an all-time low and participation in the work force is at an all-time high. You could say we’re in the midst of an economic boom. But...

Judge Orders Medicaid to Cover Sex-reassignments

Last week a federal judge ruled that Medicaid must cover gender-reassignment treatments, including both surgery and hormones. U.S. District Judge William Conley ruled on behalf of four patients suffering from gender dysphoria and ordered the state of Wisconsin to...

Mock Assassination of President Ok?

Is it ok to stage a mock assassination of the president in public? There should be a very easy answer to this. However, a democratic state senator from Illinois thought it was ok at a recent fundraiser. Sen. Martin Sandoval, whose senate district covers part of...

NEA Veering From Mission

Critics of the NEA have argued the nation’s largest teachers’ union has lost its focus. The group started in the 1857 to advocate for better public education, but today, it has veered from its primary objective. The NEA Representative Assembly met earlier...