David Holthaus: Beyond Civility, Covington Catholic incident in D.C. presents more than a teaching moment
For nearly a hundred years, Covington Catholic High School has nurtured its reputation as a place where young men can…
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Aaron Thompson: Setbacks are inevitable, but on this Martin Luther King Day, let us celebrate progress
If Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would have just celebrated his 90th birthday. Inevitably, I find myself…
Amye Bensenhaver: Legislators, public abandoned any pretense of compliance with open meetings
Amidst the usual controversies that attend the opening days of a legislative session, the first week of the 2019 Kentucky…
Mayor Joe Meyer: City is a place of opportunity for all; disturbing video does not reflect our values
Two days before the holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an intense discussion took place following breakfast at a…
Retired Justice Daniel Venters: The Governor’s verbal attacks on the courts are wrong — and ‘fake news’
Governor Bevin responded to the Kentucky Supreme Court’s recent unanimous opinion on the 2018 pension reform bill by accusing all…
Al Cross: Bevin’s chances for re-election, if he runs, are better than you think, popularity notwithstanding
FRANKFORT, Ky. – If Gov. Matt Bevin really does run for re-election, as he keeps saying he will, and as…
Richard Nelson: Whether or not life is found on Mars, it is found in the tiniest heartbeat of a human being
BBC Science Correspondent Jonathan Amos recently asked, “What chance has NASA of finding life on Mars?” He’s referring to the Mars…
Bill Straub: Character is indispensable, character matters, character first; did someone say ‘character’?
Apparently a person’s character doesn’t amount to a hill of beans in Sen. Rand Paul’s world. The Bowling Green Republican,…
Catrina Bowman-Thomas: Security, we can say it and spell it — but then the devil is in the priorities
se·cu·ri·ty (səˈkyo͝orədē) 1. the state of being free from danger or threat. As we head into another week of the…
Hank Phillips: State riding a big tourism wave, creating major economic impact across the state
Kentucky is riding a tourism wave that promises to grow, adding to its already impressive contributions to the state’s economy….
Wil Schroder: Reporting on happenings in first week of 153rd Kentucky General Assembly
The 153rd regular session of the Kentucky General Assembly convened last week with more than 150 profiled bills awaiting consideration….
Kristin Baldwin: NKY has dismal voter turnout; what to do to encourage participation, stronger voice?
Kentucky legislators elected in the 2018 midterm elections have taken office, ready to get to work on setting policy at…
Amye Bensenhaver: Some things shouldn’t change; ‘selective disclosure’ does not apply to open records
A bedrock principle of the open records law has recently come under fire. BR 821, pre-filed by Danny Carroll (R-Paducah),…
Mark Glasper: Stop pharmacy benefits managers from fleecing Kentuckians – eliminate middlemen
Thanks to new federal and state laws, including Rep. Michael Meredith’s House Bill 463 from 2018, your pharmacist can finally…
Wayne Lewis: 2019 legislative agenda prioritizes student success and parent empowerment
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) has approved a list of legislative priorities for the 2019 session of the General…
Bill Straub: Even the ‘best bad idea’ won’t get the Republicans out the hole Trump has dug for them
Some years ago, Steve Martin (yeah, the guy with the banjo), then an up-and-coming standup comic, introduced a routine and…
Amye Bensenhaver: An analysis of statutory scheme that undermines Kentucky’s open records law
The unnamed authors of BR 821, sponsored by Representative Danny Carroll (R-Paducah), are described by Carroll as “a state Homeland…
Commentary: Leaders of state’s three largest airports say infrastructure should be top KY priority in 2019
By Dan Mann, Candace McGraw, and Eric Frankl As leaders of Kentucky’s three largest commercial service airports, we understand that…
Melissa Martin: An alternative history of Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte, a rebuttal to ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
The Appalachian region, defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission, includes 420 counties in 13 states in the United States. All…
Melissa Martin: Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock — looking back so we can look forward to do more, be more
So long 2018 — Hello 2019. Another year (2018) has departed — 12 months, 52 weeks, and 365 days have…
Bill Straub: Think of all the great acts. Give big round of applause for McConnell, Paul and Trump?
In the past, we’ve had Laurel and Hardy, Burns and Allen, Abbott and Costello. Now we have McConnell and Trump….
Nisia Thornton: Facts are stubborn things — a response to Bevin’s assessment of KY economy
Facts are stubborn things. A former high school teacher, a current nurse educator, and a lifelong avid reader, researcher and…