Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s view of news of the week — TikTok, Spring break, potholes, Trump indictment
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in…
Voices
Read More
Kimberly Kennedy: Still time to weigh in on trans-gender rights after Governor’s veto of HB 150; contact your legislators
If you listen to right-wing talk radio even for a few minutes, you will hear plenty of flag-waving, Constitution pounding,…
Bill Straub: What the Kentucky legislature lacked was a heart and soul and a ‘true champion of the people’
Paul Mason was one of the more conscientious members of the Kentucky General Assembly back in the 1980s and ‘90s….
Al Cross: Legislature overdoes it in trying to trip up Beshear
For a few minutes on the ides of March, it seemed the legislature was really legislating. Faced with a transgender-youth…
Jamie Ruehl: It’s springtime in Kentucky — and time to see through the messge of the Beshear show
This past week it felt like we turned a page. At my house we opened the windows to get a…
Constance Alexander: Celebrating the shining light ensures governmental transparency
In her early eighties, Mother stopped paying attention to the national media in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area where…
Jason Glass: KDE will continue to support LGBTQIA+ young people despite legislature’s approval of SB150
Last week, the Kentucky General Assembly rushed to pass Senate Bill 150, a sweeping and harmful piece of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation….
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s look at news of the week — brackets, banks, forever chemicals, Aaron Rogers
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay…
Brian Weisker: Celebrating the utility workers who keep our safe, reliable natural gas service flowing
Today is Natural Gas Utility Workers’ Day. On this day, energy companies encourage communities across the nation to recognize the…
Bill Straub: Just one joke after another defines Rep. Jamie Comer as he relishes his time in the limelight
Okay. . .this is a joke, right? The good people of the First Congressional District in West Kentucky, which now…
Tanner Mobley: Dear Kentucky lawmakers, please fix real issues, stop senseless attacks on LGBTQ youth
Kentuckians are struggling to get by. Many of us are living paycheck to paycheck, some are having to ration insulin,…
Emma Curtis: State legislature’s cruel war on gender-affirming care only serve to hurt more Kyians
I am a 26-year-old woman and a lifelong resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. I have attended private, religious, and…
Constance Alexander: Chautauqua lecture series visit with midwife founder is multi-course affair
In the usual no-nonsense uniform she describes as “indestructible,” Mary Carson Breckinridge welcomes us to dinner at Wendover, her rustic…
Amye Bensenhaver: No celebrating Sunshine Week this year; there’s nothing to do but keep fighting
I will not celebrate Sunshine Week 2023. Since leaving the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office in 2016, I have pursued open…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s look at news of the week — Sunshine, Daylight Savings, Biden budget, travel?
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in…
Ken Rechtin: A permit to polute, really? EPA needs to hold Newport company accountable for air pollution
Located in Newport, River Metals Recycling (RMR), a subsidiary of Nucor (NUE, NYSE), annually obtains a “pollution permit.” It is…
Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell is no prize as party leader but what can we expect in his successor?
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the earth mother of the new, mean-spirited Republican Party, was attending some sort of right-wing confab…
Al Cross: No-compromise culture war has ruined our politics
When the Kentucky House voted to ban gender-affirming medical treatment for Kentucky minors, even if their parents want them to…
Jamie Ruehl: On abortion, an acrimonious topic indeed, agree that life is a right
Why is the issue of abortion such an acrimonious topic? On one side of the issue you see people arguing…
Constance Alexander: Celebrating Women’s History Month with Hamlet: Nice girls come in last
As an exchange student at the University of Copenhagen, I spent orientation week with other American kids residing at the…
Richard Nelson: ‘Do No Harm Act’ protects Kentucky’s children from life-altering decisions
The Do No Harm Act (HB 470) passed the Kentucky state House amid raucous opposition last week. Opponents positioned the…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s take on news of week — Dilbert, cookie time, Fox News, Pink Floyd
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in…