The Heart of Christmas

According to one survey, the average American household will spend over $1500 on gifts and food to celebrate holiday festivities. Giving gifts to friends and family are one way we celebrate but as you walk through the tattered wrapping paper around your Christmas tree...

Political Consternation

It's been a politically charged week leading up to this Christmas Eve but it would be good to take a break from politics and focus on the biggest event in all of human history: the God coming into this world to save us from our sins. Charles Wesley's Hark! the...

Racial equality in Govt

The idea that one race is superior to another race is antithetical to everything America stands for. That's why there are so many efforts from the political right and political left to fight racism. For decades, affirmative action elevated job and education...

Solzhenitsyn’s Speech

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a famous Soviet dissident and author who received the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. He wrote the Gulag Archipelago which exposed Soviet atrocities under communism. He was described as “a pioneer in the renaissance of...

Government of the People

In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln reminded us that we have a "government of the people, by the people, for the people." It was a reminder that the people are the ones in charge of the government instead of the government being in charge of...

Forced Speech

Students in West Point, Virginia walked out of class last week after the school board removed a popular teacher from the classroom for refusing to call a female student "he." French instructor Peter Vlaming didn't believe he should be forced to call a...

Planned Parenthood Closes in Nashville

Nashville's last remaining abortion clinic has closed. Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi announced last week that it has "indefinitely" stopped offering abortions at their Nashville location. This means one of the largest cities in...

Giving the Right Things

The National Retail Federation, projects holiday retail sales in November and December will be between $717.45 billion to $720.89 billion That's a lot of cookie dough! Giving gifts are part of the Christmas tradition but when our spending gets out of hand, we...

Will More Gambling Solve Kentucky’s Problems?

The 2019 legislative session is just weeks away and a couple of bills proposed to solve Kentucky's financial problems.  State Rep. Dennis Keene has introduced a bill to legalize wagering on professional and college sports. State Senator Julian Carroll...

Deadly Camp Fire

Paradise, California has been nearly destroyed. The deadliest fire in California history took 85 lives, destroyed 14,000 homes and structures and left 153,336 acres of woodland charred. Paradise became a picture of hell on earth. The heat and flames, acrid smoke and...

Christmas Isn’t Merry for Everyone

The picture of Christmas is one of good cheer: family and friends surrounding a dinner table, presents being exchanged— good feelings all around. But this isn't the case for everyone. Some will have no families to celebrate with and others have such painful...

Fairness in Somerset?

The Eastern Kentucky city of Somerset is updating its human rights ordinance to elevate sexual orientation and gender identity to civil right status. The goal is to protect those in the LGBT community from unjust discrimination. They're called fairness laws but...

Paducah Repeals Profanity Law

Public profanity seems to be on the rise but if you're living in the West Kentucky City of Paducah, you may be hearing more of it. That's because the Paducah City Commission is repealing a 50-year old law that restricts profanity within the city. This is on...

Climate Change Report

13 federal government agencies released a report with dire warnings about climate change. The report concludes that extreme hot weather is getting more common, and cold weather more rare; That sea levels will continue to rise and that forest fires will intensify....

Ky Ranks Low in Charitable Giving

According to Wallethub, Kentucky ranks second in the nation when it comes to collecting and distributing food to the needy. This is good, but we're in last place when it comes to the percentage of people who donate their time. And we're 48th in the nation with...

CPC Holds Press Conference on Expanded Gambling

Last week, CPC held a press conference in the state Capitol and raised concerns over the proposed Oak Grove casino expansion.  We also raised concerns over Attorney General Andy Beshear's memo urging legislators to legalize casinos and dedicating the revenue...

The Great Transfer of Wealth Project

There’s a lot of talk about what a casino would do to boost tax revenue but consider what Les Bernal shared in a Congressional Committee last month. “Americans are expected to lose $118 billion of their personal wealth to commercialized gambling in 2018....

Adoption protection

The Gov.-elect of Kansas Laura Kelly is opposed to a law that protects religious freedom for faith-based adoption and foster care agencies. The laws intended to protect the religious convictions of the agencies and shield them from being forced to place children in...

Medicaid Requirements Reinstated

The Trump administration approved a plan to incentivize benefits for Kentucky's Medicaid recipients. This is round two since a federal judge struck down the original Medicaid requirements back in June. The judge said the state didn't consider how it will...

Gender Ideology Advances

Stories of gender ideology imposed on our children are becoming more common. Celine Dion launched a new clothing line that according to the website “liberates children from the traditional roles of boy/girl." ‘Good Morning America’ normalized...