Transgender Policy in Schools

California passed a law in 2013 prohibiting public school employees from informing parents of a child’s gender dysphoria or identity change, that is unless they have the child’s consent. A similar policy is in place in the Madison, Wisconsin school district but...

DOJ Intervenes in Louisville Case

The U.S. Department of Justice is coming to the assistance of a Louisville business owner who believers her First Amendment rights are threatened by a local ordinance that elevates LGBT identity to protected status.  Chelsey Nelson is a photographer and is suing...

Money Can’t Buy an Election

Joe Biden was the big winner in the Democratic primary on Super Tuesday. Interestingly, he did it with little money compared to his rivals. Tom Steyer, a hedge-fund billionaire, spent $253 million in the Democratic primaries first three contests and failed to win a...

Disney Introduces Lesbian Character

Pixar is known for classic animated movies like Finding Nemo and Cars. It’s a top-notch studio whose movies often have good messages. However, the latest movie called Onward misses the mark. It’s about two brothers, voiced by Chris Pratt and Tom Holland...

Schumer Threatens Justices

Senator Chuck Schumer threatened two Supreme Court Justices at a pro-abortion rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court building last week. Schumer said in a speech “I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind, and you...

NASA Hero Remembered

An American hero who overcame segregation and long odds to contribute to the U.S. Space program that put the first man on the moon passed away. Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician depicted in the movie ‘Hidden Figures,’ calculated the trajectory for...

Socialist Sanders Leads in Democratic Primary

Is socialism good for the United States? Bernie Sanders, the leading Democratic candidate for president, thinks so. Socialism is the economic system where the government controls production and redistributes the wealth of citizens. Sanders is proposing free...

Constitutional Amendment to Prevent Another Roe v Wade

A bill considered in the Kentucky legislature makes clear that abortion is not a protected right. But if you’d read Kentucky’s biggest newspaper you get a different story. The Louisville Courier-Journal headline said: Kentucky Constitution would include no...

KY School Resource Officers Armed

School safety has been a big concern to Kentucky lawmakers. That’s why a bill to require school resource officers (SROs) to carry firearms easily passed. That may not have been a surprise considering Republicans are in charge. However, it surprised some that...

The Boy Scouts File for Bankruptcy

The group that used to be known as the Boy Scouts has filed for bankruptcy. Scouts USA has been mired in a sexual abuse scandal rivaling the Catholic church’s. According to court documents, 12,254 victims were prey to 7,819 suspected abusers over several...

Media Consumption

According to the 2019 Nielsen Total Audience Report, half of the average American adults’ day is spent on a screen. Nielsen says that adults spend nearly 11 hours per day on their phones, iPads, computers or televisions watching, listening to, or interacting with...

Paddling and Guns in Schools

The Kentucky state House passed a bill that would ban the paddling of students. Kentucky is one of 19 states that still allow corporal punishment of students. The House also passed a bill that would require school resource officers to carry a firearm to better protect...

Addressing Student Loan Debt

College student loan is $1.6 trillion dollars. And this debt is having a ripple effect on the economy. College students with a lot of debt often spend a good chunk of their income just paying back their loan which means most won’t be able to buy a new home. Many...

Bill Watch 2020

The Commonwealth Policy Center had the privilege of working on two of the pro-life pieces of legislation passed in the last legislative session. In 2020, CPC is going to monitor the following bills as we work alongside the Kentucky House and Senate: Pass the...

Human Trafficking

According to the U.S. State Department’s 2019 National Human Trafficking report, there are a staggering 24.9 million people trafficked in the world. Most cases involve women, often underage girls who are runaways and trafficked for sex. It’s disturbing to...

Evangelical Justification for Voting for Trump

Andrew Walker recently wrote an analysis piece breaking down why so many evangelicals voted for Trump in 2016. He explains it in terms of the progressive push that would trample religious freedom and further protect abortion. Walker says that “religious...

Social Critic Says America Needs Awakening

Political scientist Charles Murray has come to the conclusion that America needs a religious awakening. Murray is the author of the Bell Curve and other popular works assessing our culture. He said in a recent radio interview that “You cannot have a free society, a...

Is Abortion a Reproductive Right?

Planned Parenthood said in a recent press release that abortion is healthcare and a reproductive right. But is abortion really a reproductive right? Reproduction results in addition. But abortion results in the subtraction of another human being. Some call abortion...

Planned Parenthood Coming to KY

Planned Parenthood is back in business in Kentucky. It recently opened its facility in Louisville and is now offering abortions. Gov. Andy Beshear gave the green light to the nation’s biggest abortion provider access to Kentucky—even though the group was...

Chinese Military Charged in Equifax Breach

Remember the huge security breach at Equifax a couple of years ago where 145 million Americans had their private information stolen?  Well, the culprits were finally caught. Four Chinese military members have been charged with breaking into the Equifax network. They...