Opinion – Bill Straub: McConnell may be a sneaky, amoral fraud… but he’s our sneaky, amoral fraud
Sen. Mitch McConnell obviously is not a robust fellow at the age of 82 and recent incidents at least suggest…
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Opinion – Col Owens: It’s time for Republicans to take stock — is this what you wanted?
I write to address Republicans in NKY, about the first days of the second Trump Administration. Donald Trump won the…
Opinion – Jason Bailey: Federal funding freezes — a reminder of why budgets matter
Last week’s attempted federal funding freeze caused panic for the many Kentuckians whose lives, jobs and communities rely on those…
Chris McDaniel: President Biden’s flurry of 11th-hour pardons are a call to action for lawmakers
In President Joe Biden’s administration’s final days, we witnessed egregious and unprecedented abuses of the presidential pardon and commutation powers….
Opinion – Judy Harris: A sobering reality, learning sad lessons of racial prejudice but friendship can prevail
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility.” Khalil Gibran February’s Black History Month began in 1970. Since its institution, I find…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist views on news — those eggs!, it’s groundhog day, ICE, DC flights
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Andy Beshear: World Economic Forum puts our ‘New Kentucky Home’ on a global stage
Last week, business, government and academic leaders from 125 countries traveled to Davos, Switzerland, for the annual World Economic Forum….
Opinion – Bill Straub: Enter Kentucky’s Andy Barr, being ambitious and currying favor with Lord of Mar-a-lago
Sycophancy runs as wild in Washington DC as the wildfires in Los Angeles and the time-honored practice is being pursued…
Opinion – Terry Brooks: ‘Say What?’ Kentucky’s kids deserve legislators they can depend on for support
“Say what?” Merriam Webster describes this idiom as “a way to express surprise or disbelief at what someone has said…
Opinion – Judy Harris: What is given to the sport, and how character is revealed
“Sports do not develop character; they reveal it.” John Wooden 2018 What a winter. As I made a stop at…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist on the news — Executive orders, pardons, TikTok, southern snow
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Bill Straub: True, believers? Trump says he was ‘saved by God to make America great again’
Ladies and gentlemen, behold the prophet from Mar-a-Lago. For weeks now, the United States has been operating under the misassumption…
Opinion – Col Owens: Where do we go from here?
January 20, 2025, was a day of mixed yet deeply meaningful significance. On the one hand, it was Inauguration Day…
Opinion – Al Cross: Three heroes, 80 years ago this week, echo today
Eighty years ago this week, on successive days a few miles apart in eastern France, three rural Americans risked their…
Opinion – Brady Hall: How can writing centers encourage kind of work employers want to see?
Universities assume all students can write, and write well, after a first year sequence of composition courses. Those who engage…
Opinion – Judy Harris: A one-in-11-million meeting — and an amazing coincidence
“Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.” Albert Einstein Summer 1985 I was in Japan on a fellowship for…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s look at news — MLK, Greeneland, Orange Guy, cold, facts, Uecker
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Bill Straub: California fire tragedy is devastating — but Republicans want to place the blame
Never ones to let an overwhelming tragedy pass without milking it for every conceivable political advantage, Republicans in Washington are…
Opinion – Student Voice Team: Why we are suing the Commonwealth for right to ‘quality education’
By Ellen Mueller, Ivy Litton, and Khoa Ta Student Voice Team We’ve just left the Franklin County Court House after…
Opinion – Judy Harris: The essence of a champion — team culture
“To be a champion requires more than being a strong player, one has to be a strong human being as…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of news — LA Fires, Peter Yarrow, Bird Flu, January
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Gov. Andy Beshear: The Commonwealth is strong and growing stronger
Earlier this week I delivered my fifth State of the Commonwealth Address to Kentucky families and reported that Kentucky is…