Opinion – Danielle Amrine: Raising awareness of the suicide crisis — and offering resources
September is Suicide Prevention month – a time dedicated to raising awareness of suicide, remembering those lost and, critically, connecting…
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Opinion – Al Cross: Kentucky Republicans help make FCC back off
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish suppress views that the government disfavors.” –Supreme Court…
Constance Alexander: Frank X Walker discusses discusses what’s fake, what’s real, what’s history
During a recent presentation at Murray State University, Frank X Walker promised not to make the audience too uncomfortable. Then…
Opinion – Judy Harris — Oh, those wonderful children of my students
“Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.” Wess Stafford One of the joys of teaching non-traditional students at the…
Joe Heller: Cartoonists views — Kirk, Goodnight Sundance, soybean crops, Fall spice
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Violence won’t solve our country’s differences, neither will silencing healthy debate
The term “waving the bloody shirt’’ has its origin in the tense, post-Civil War Reconstruction era, used to denounce the…
Opinion – Al Cross: We need calm, compelling voices from the middle — and we all have a role to play
I got a surprise phone call last week from the other side of the world, where an American expatriate was…
Opinion – Col Owens: The need to explore the middle space
There are several spaces we inhabit in our lives. Most of us are familiar with the concept of outer space,…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Your name, my name . . . what might be in a name? So very much
“What’s in a name?” — William Shakespeare On a Sunday morning, he was in his place in the vestibule of…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist on the news — 911 Never Forget, RFK lottery, renaming, political violence
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Mitch McConnell: We must reject the political violence that took Charlie Kirk’s life
Charlie Kirk was a husband, a father of young children and a man of faith. His death this week is…
Opinion – Bill Straub: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire — a story already being written
Decades from now, an anonymous historian will dig through the rubble while researching his/her magnum opus, The Rise and Fall…
Opinion — Covington school board: Covington schools mark 200th year with renewed focus, bold plans
The community of Covington will celebrate 200 years of public education this school year not by taking a bow but…
Richard Nelson: Will Taylor Swift’s engagement spark a marriage boom for her millions of fans?
Taylor Swift has had an outsized influence on popular culture. With over twenty-six billion streams on Spotify in 2024, she…
Steve West: Charter schools are a constitutional obligation Kentucky must meet for students, families
When the Kentucky General Assembly passed House Bill 9 in 2022, we took a step toward delivering real education options…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Tradition — Providing security or blocking progress?
“Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.” John Greenleaf Whittier What is tradition’s place in our cultural life?…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist on news — Summer gone?, Epstein and Congress, gun violence, early holidays
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 nation’s public health system crumbles, Kennedy, Paul spew nonsense
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nation’s top public health agency, is crumbling like the walls of Jericho…
Opinion – Judy Harris: A smile, a kindness, then peace — and making friends in the process
“Peace begins with a smile.” Mother Teresa Our Fulbright summer in 1989 was spent in the former Yugoslavia. We traveled…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist on church shooting, Labor Day, Cracker Barrel, crime rates, flag burning
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion — Bill Straub: Is it really possible? Hal Rogers, 87, may face a real race for his long-held seat?
The race to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell next year is understandably grabbing the headlines both statewide and nationally, but…
Opinion – Al Cross: Rural Democrats hold a key to party’s revival
Democrats all over America are trying to fix their party. Last weekend, in 30 hours in the heart of rural…