Jamie Ruehl: What can I control? Feeling helpless in wake of mandates, take governorship from Beshear
My alarm goes off, I rub the sleep out of my eyes and try to start my day with vigor….
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Constance Alexander: MSU students demonstrate skill, perseverance, and vision in group exhibit
The elevator door slides open. A gentle bell dings. From a distance, the space ahead resembles a cathedral with a…
Steve Rawlings: A legislative update on new bills/resolutions related to families and children
As the dust settles on the legislative session, I find myself reflecting on the bills and resolutions we passed. This…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s view of news of the week — Trips, Teachers, Taxes, Judges as Pharmacists
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in…
Bill Straub: That loud noise you are hearing from McConnell about Trump is the ‘Sound of Silence’
That’s not Simon &Garfunkel you hear singing “Sounds of Silence” somewhere back in the echoes of your mind, that’s Senate…
Nick Rechtin: Who will control change to Newport’s Buena Vista neighborhood, preserve historic pride?
The Buena Vista Neighborhood (the West Side of Newport) is one of the most proximate and least expensive residential neighborhoods…
Constance Alexander: Celebrating National Poetry Month in April, one poem at a time
For the seventeenth year, WKMS-FM, the National Public Radio affiliate in Murray, has celebrated April as National Poetry Month with…
Jay Miller: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, time to honor our child protective service workers
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. It is during this time that families and communities recognize the importance of working…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s look at week’s news; Trump, climate change, Easter eggs, Stormy, happy Easter
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay…
Richard Nelson: The hope of Easter goes well beyond colorful eggs, jelly beans to a story much sweeter
Easter is nearly upon us, and behind the Cadbury eggs and jelly beans is a story sweeter to our souls…
Bill Straub: In classic game of ‘Who’s playing politics,’ three top finalists; a tribute to Dick Wilson
You may have heard — it’s been all over the news — that some rich, orange-tinted dude, formerly from the…
Al Cross: Would-be governors, seeking votes, fall in line for Trump
Kentucky’s political system, largely run by Republicans these days, has thankfully avoided copying other red states’ mischief with their election…
Jamie Ruehl: Gun ownership is not the problem — but will you be a part of the solution?
I grew up naive towards the kind of violence typical in mass shootings or school shootings. Unlike most of the…
Constance Alexander: They ran, they voted and they won — make way millennial and Gen Z candidates
Time to quit whining about the good old days because, face it, they were not especially good. Everyone was not…
Amye Bensenhaver: Breathing a sigh of relief as lawmakers depart, leaving swath of injustice
“Adjourned sine die.” The sweetest phrase in the legislative lexicon. Open government advocates on March 30 breathed a sigh of…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s look at the news of the week — David, Easter, taxes, another shooting
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in…
Letter to the Editor: Student leader advocates more help for hospitals in rural communities
The severity of the impact that COVID-19 has had on the Commonwealth, especially its rural communities, cannot be overstated. Because…
Bill Straub: Einstein was right about insanity, and we’ve allowed the same thing for far too long
Audrey Hale was a law-abiding citizen. Until she wasn’t. Hale, apparently a transgender person who reportedly went by the name…
Teri Carter: Unfortunately and sadly, this is how we live — and we call it living?
About the same time a person opened fire inside The Covenant School, a Christian elementary and preschool in Nashville, Tennessee,…
Letter to Editor: To Governor, legislators, citizens re Senate Bill 150 from League of Women Voters
An Open Letter to Governor Beshear, Kentucky’s Legislators, and Citizens of the Commonwealth: On behalf of the League of Women…
Constance Alexander: NOW offers progressive candidates tips to navigate conservative districts
Marcus Flowers decided to run against Georgia incumbent Marjorie Taylor Greene because of January 6, 2021. “Accountability was at the…
Term limits on members of Congress? University of Maryland study shows five-in-six Americans in favor
An in-depth study conducted by the University of Maryland finds that five-in-six Americans favor a constitutional amendment to impose term…