Op-Ed – Chris McDaniel: Take time this Veterans Day to honor those who served our country
As Veterans Day approaches, I reflect on the immeasurable courage and sacrifice exhibited by our military members. The wise G.K….
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Op-Ed – Constance Alexander: Politically open-minded and still (after 35 years) getting used to KY
When I moved to Kentucky thirty-five years ago, my first official act was to get a library card. Second was…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist view on week’s news — Two States, candy, gag order, shootings, blowers
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Op-Ed – Amye Bensenhaver: Court of Appeals got it right on public business and personal emails
Open government advocates are inclined to rhapsodize about every judicial victory that advances the cause of public agency accountability and…
Op-Ed – Bill Straub: McConnell’s ‘maleable political values’ serve to deliver the power he so desires
The Rosetta Stone required to determine just what it is that makes Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell tick can only…
Op-Ed – Al Cross: Among all the candidates, who will get the most votes?
Perhaps the most telling TV commercial of this year’s campaigns comes from Secretary of State Michael Adams, the only Republican…
Op-Ed – Rand Paul: Say ‘No’ to attack on Kentucky school archery and hunting programs
I know I’m preaching to the choir when I say that the Biden Administration is waging an unprecedented war on…
Constance Alexander: Celebrating the ‘Big stories from the small places we call home’
“Flyover country” is the dismissive description some big city folks use to describe rural America. Ariel Lavery disagrees. As host…
Robert Stivers: We need our power plants more than ever and must protect our grid and coal-fired plants
Kentucky residents deserve to have their energy needs met at a reasonable cost without fear of brownouts or blackouts like…
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…
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…