Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of week’s news — Halloween, social media, hostages, looking bad
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
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Commentary-D. Stephen Voss: The next governor? Political science faces virulent political polarization
Last time I went to the grocery in Lexington, one of the stock clerks began tailing me. He held his…
Bill Straub: Jamie Comer keeps making promises about ‘evidence’ — and keeps failing to provide it
More and more it seems our boy, Tail-Gunner Jamie Comer, is morphing from the congressman most likely to be mistaken…
Sarah Ladd: I’ve reported about COVID for three years and finally tested positive myself. . .
For more than three years, I’ve written about COVID-19. The people who caught it and those who kept it longer than they…
Kelly Taulbee: Shopping for health plans, beware; protect yourself from scammers
One in three Kentuckians are going through the Medicaid renewals process for the first time since they were paused in…
Constance Alexander: From concert halls to football fields, tubas are big brass in the music world
Rodney Dangerfield of brass instruments, the tuba does not always get the respect it deserves. So when a tumult of…
John Schaaf: Beware a radical KY constitutional amendment in the works for ’24 ballot; be informed
If you’re tired of endless political ads on television, radio, and social media, just wait until next year when corporate…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of weeks news: Gag order, House chaos, early shopping, Gaza strip
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
John Schickel: Theft is a real crime, and lessened penalties have had tragic consequences
It has become fashionable for the soft-on-crime crowd to talk about theft as if it is not a serious crime….
Bill Straub: A story of different kind of clash between two state titans, Sen. McConnell and Sen. Paul
While wars rage in Ukraine, Gaza and other hot spots around this weary globe, a clash of a different, lower…
Al Cross: Can Cameron get voters to pay attention? Will he play the Trump card?
As it nears its final fortnight, the Kentucky governor’s race might seem one of the biggest wastes of money in…
Mitch McConnell: ‘Israel’s fight is the fight of the entire civilized world’
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks to a gathering of American Jewish leaders regarding support…
Constance Alexander: In search of relevant news? Lantern, Tribune, Chronicle & Sentinel light the way
The time and effort it takes to stay up-to-date on news of the state of Kentucky is best conveyed in…
Commentary: Ford Kentucky Truck plant’s 8,700 workers in Louisville join United Auto Worker’s strike
By Jason Bailey KY Center for Economic Policy The United Auto Workers’ (UAW) Stand Up strikes came to Louisville last…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s look at news of week — Hamas, lottery, scariest pumpkin, low ground
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Bill Straub: Whiz kid Massie up to his old tricks as Republicans muddle toward leadership disaster
Wonder Boy Thomas Massie is at it again. Massie, the Republican congressman from SomewhereorotherLewisCounty with a fancy degree from MIT…
John David Dyche: I apologize, KY; party of Lincoln is at great risk — Trump is both dangerous and evil
I owe Kentucky an apology and should have made it before now. You may remember me as a “conservative” political…
Bluegrass Wildlife: Deer disease reveals the ethics of science
By Howard Whiteman Murray State University “Ricky told me that some scientists fudged data, and that CWD isn’t as widespread…
Constance Alexander: From books, children learn what parents (and others) don’t want to talk about
I was twelve when my mother left a pamphlet titled, “Now You are Ten” on my pillow. Fortunately, my older…
Dr. Val Slayton: The prescription for good health starts with selecting the right Medicare plan
As a physician, the last thing I want is for a patient to make decisions about their health and well-being…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of week’s news — a fraud trial, daddy-daughter game, McCarthy, the wall
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Craig Williams: An unlikely alliance with Sen. Mitch McConnell proves there’s always common ground
If you watch cable news, you may feel dispirited by the current state of our political affairs. We are constantly…