Opinion – Howard Whiteman: America — exactly as wild as you want it
At first, I didn’t know what it was. The sound sort of reminded me of a muffled elk bugle, and…
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Joe Heller: Cartoonist on news — Election wins, Veterans Day, Dick Cheney, Price Andrew
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Jon Danks: The difference a coach can make — Kyle Niederman is an example of the best
In the Erlanger/Elsmere school district, there has been a long known struggle of football teams having mediocre football seasons or…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Hypocrisy, double-standards, and outright law-bending — measured in crypto
It’s fair to assume that very few folks in Ludlow or Silver Grove have ever heard of a cryptocurrency kingpin…
Opinion – Dustin Isaacs: The filibuster is not the problem. It’s the point. End the shutdown
Congress remains locked in a political standoff in what is now the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While headlines…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist on news — Trick or Treat, SNAP, Epstein distractions, blowers
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Col Owens: We are challenged to understand what’s happening in our country — and must engage
I think most of us are greatly challenged to understand what is presently happening in our country. Many current events…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Rand Paul shows backbone in recent efforts to kill Trump’s damaging tariff policy
The human farce, aka President-cum-Dictator Donald J. Trump, offers up the truth so infrequently that anything passing for accuracy from…
Opinion – Mitch McConnell: Protectionists in D.C. are mistaken in imposing trade barriers through tariffs
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, released the following statement on the…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist on week’s news — ballroom, zombie, price of beef, change
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Bill Straub: How can Americans stand with leader who considers many of them ‘the enemy’
On March 4, 1865, just 36 days before the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, effectively ending the Civil War he sought…
Opinion – Al Cross: Steve Cawood was always a volunteer for Appalachia
If you wanted to make a movie about the pain and progress of Kentucky’s Appalachian coalfield in the last 60…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist on news — Peace prize, renewable energy, screen time, Pentagon and press
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Cheye Calvo: Ensuring Kindergarten readiness is a community-wide responsibility
When we talk about improving student achievement, the focus often lands on what happens inside schools: test scores, curriculum, and…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Johnson’s ‘sleight of hand’ in Medicaid funding fight just doesn’t hold muster
House Speaker Mike Johnson, one of those devout Christians who believes it’s okay to lie in service to President-cum-Dictator Donald…
Opinion – Joseph Meyer: Former mayor, state senator asks the obvious — did anyone think about parking?
Kenton County’s decision to locate NKU’s Chase Law School and UK’s Medical School on the Butler lot next to the…
Letter to the editor: Parents of son with Asperger’s say ‘music therapy’ transformed him — and gave him a future
(In reference to the story Tuesday about Paul Riesenberg’s music therapy.) To the editor: As a parent, I can’t express…
Opinion – Al Cross: George Clooney, featured in Esquire, still strikes a rare balance — and is funny too
George Clooney is such an international celebrity, the latest magazine cover story about him may get barely a second notice…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist on news — Nobel Peace Prize, Bad Bunny, fall, evidence?, Halloween candy
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Bill Straub: As shutdown drags on, GOP refuses to let truth get in the way of good story
Let’s talk about lying of the political kind. Fabrications, if you’re being fancy, have long held a prominent role in…
Opinion – Constance Alexander: As nation suffers uncertain times, embrace kindness, not partisanship
“You took one, we rise as thousands, we got this Charlie.” Since the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk, these words…
Opinion – Judy Harris: When the environment is teacher, must we be wary?
“Children are like wet cement; whatever falls on them makes an impression.” Haim Ginott The young family was out to…