by Staff | Aug 25, 2020 | Blog
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron issued an advisory opinion saying the government can’t close religious schools. Cameron said any attempt by the governor, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, or any local officials to shut down private religious...
by Staff | Aug 24, 2020 | Blog
Gov. Andy Beshear told Kentucky schools they should delay in-person classes until Sept. 28, but the Kentucky Association of School Superintendents and the Kentucky School Board Association (KSBA) testified to a legislative committee that the decision should be made...
by Staff | Aug 21, 2020 | Blog
Is an in-person church service more dangerous than people gathering to shop at a big box store? A judge in Ventura County California thinks so and he ordered in-person church services closed. But not all churches are complying. Pastor Rob McCoy of Godspeak Calvary...
by Staff | Aug 20, 2020 | Blog
California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the majority of churches to remain closed. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti then ordered that utilities be shut off to buildings where in-person gatherings were taking place. But some churches are refusing the government’s...
by Staff | Aug 19, 2020 | Blog
The CDC released a startling report that one in four young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 have considered suicide in the past month. More than 40 percent of those surveyed said they experienced a mental or behavioral health breakdown related to government...
by Staff | Aug 18, 2020 | Blog
Louisville has been troubled by unrest this summer and the latest crisis is a spike in carjackings. Carjacking is a federal crime punishable by a $250,000 fine and imprisonment of up to 15 years but that hasn’t deterred several random carjackings in...
by Staff | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog
The billboard says Kentucky Farm Bureau: Big on Discrimination. Then underneath is a web address to the Kentucky Fairness Campaign. So what does Kentucky’s largest LGBT rights organization have against the Kentucky Farm Bureau? Kentucky Farm Bureau believes that...
by Staff | Aug 14, 2020 | Blog
In the mid-’80s the city of San Francisco enacted ordinances to restrict bathhouses to stem the AIDS crisis. It was done in the name of public health and the bathhouses eventually closed. Now, the city recently lifted those restrictions to boost the economy...
by Staff | Aug 13, 2020 | Blog
Is loneliness a good reason to end one’s life? In Canada, the answer is yes. According to a recent report, 771 Canadians asked to be lethally injected in 2019 because they were lonely. Altogether, 5,631 Canadians were euthanized for various reasons in 2019. This...
by Staff | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog
The rising cost of medical care and the increase in health insurance premiums are constant concerns for Americans. What if citizens were empowered to take more control of their healthcare and reduce out of pocket expenses? That’s what U.S. Sen. Rand Paul intends...
by Staff | Aug 11, 2020 | Blog
Gov. Beshear’s request for churches to suspend in-person services for two weeks fell on deaf ears. Catholic Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz sent a letter to priests on July 25, saying parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville would not follow the Governor’s...
by Staff | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog
The massive explosion in Beirut left over 135 dead, 5000 wounded, and over 200,000 Lebanese homeless. Reports indicated it was caused by tons of fertilizer being stored near fireworks at a shipping port. Governmental leaders are passing the buck as to their...
by Staff | Aug 7, 2020 | Blog
Democrats in Congress passed the HEROES Act, a $3.4 trillion bill that would send checks to millions of Americans, give a $1 trillion to struggling state and local governments, and provide billions for housing and food assistance. The U.S. Senate, which is led by...
by Staff | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog
Social tensions are extremely strained, maybe even at a breaking point. There is racial strife, envy between socio-economic classes, opposition toward the law enforcement and the rule of law, and political differences that lead the two major political parties ready to...
by Staff | Aug 5, 2020 | Blog
Are video slots machines that feature a two-second video of horserace – a bet on a horserace or just what they look like: a video slot machine? That’s the question the Kentucky Supreme Court will finally answer after a ten-year legal battle. In 2010, the...
by Staff | Aug 4, 2020 | Blog
The CDC released a report about the effect of closing schools will have on school children. The report challenges “families and policymakers… to consider the full spectrum of benefits and risks of both in-person and virtual learning options.” The CDC...
by Staff | Aug 3, 2020 | Blog
Former Unemployment Insurance Director Muncie McNamara testified before a legislative committee about his department’s woefully inadequate response to thousands of Kentuckians seeking unemployment claims. McNamara told the Economic and Workforce Development...
by Staff | Jul 31, 2020 | Blog
In our digital saturated, short-attention-span, politically charged, I need-to-be-right- at-any-cost culture, it’s near impossible to have a conversation—even with family members. But if we care about civility we must rediscover the lost art of conversation Here...
by Staff | Jul 30, 2020 | Blog
Should a hospital be forced to violate its moral guidelines when a person disagrees with its policies? The ACLU thinks so. That’s why they’re suing Maryland’s St. Joseph Medical Center which is a Catholic hospital. St. Joseph’s Medical Center...
by Staff | Jul 29, 2020 | Blog
We’ve all heard of sanctuary cities where local governments have refused to cooperate with the federal government by reporting illegal aliens. Now there are “sanctuary cities for the unborn.” These are cities that are going on record to protect the unborn from...
