Opinion – Judy Harris: Marking 5th anniversary — and remembering COVID and missed team seasons
“To be a champion requires more than being a strong player, one has to be a strong human being as…
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Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of news — Spring Break, group chat, Opening Day, Greenland visit
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Barr, Comer avoid tough questions, turn tail and run from own constituents
Congressmen Andy Barr and Jamie Comer are pissed off… at their constituents. The lawmakers, Barr, R-Lexington, and Comer, R-TheFrankfortLoop, are…
Opinion – Al Cross: Elected Republicans fear Trump, Musk, money and voters
For 236 years the United States has benefited from a government built on effective checks and balances among its three…
Opinion – John Schaaf: Shifty Barr betrays McConnell to get Musk cash
Kentuckians watching their Washington politicians are witnessing Representative Andy Barr betraying his friend and mentor Senator Mitch McConnell in a…
Opinion – Alex Herring: Calling on Congress to make sure Kyians can access advanced cancer screenings
“Terminal cancer.” At only 34 years old, that was the last diagnosis I expected to hear from my doctor. For…
Opinion – Judy Harris: TMU dance teams — student-athletes with perfect synchronicity, perfect symmetry
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” Martha Graham 5-6-7-8. Perfect synchronicity. Perfect symmetry. They are Thomas More University…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of news — March Madness, Hysterical Markers, astronauts, Tesla
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Col Owens: Do we face a constitutional crisis?
It is hard not to be preoccupied, if not obsessed, with political events of the day. Whatever one thinks of…
Opinion – Bill Straub: DEI is about a level playing field — and is a lost cause worth fighting for
It was the great defense attorney Clarence Darrow who was credited with positing that lost causes are the only ones…
Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: KY Lawmakers display alarming misunderstanding of police, transparency
There’s a picture that apparently exists in the minds of the majority of Kentucky lawmakers. It’s a picture of a…
Letter to the Editor: Take note of Sen. Rand Paul’s leadership on TikTok; it helps many people
TikTok has become an outlet for me to connect with my community. Unfortunately, it seems like few lawmakers understand how…
Opinion – Howard Whiteman: Stand up for science — and soar like an eagle
I watched the bald eagle with awe. Circling endlessly above my head, looking for her next meal, she effortlessly moved…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Happy St. Patrick’s Day — with a blessing and a greeting
“May your troubles be less and your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness come through your door.” — Irish…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view on news — caffeine, eggs, seeing green on St. Pat’s, and tapping-saps
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Suzanne Barker Griffith: Congress should start with MRA allowances if serious about cost cutting
In these austere times, the old saying, “The pot calling the kettle black,” sure fits as DOGE, the Department of…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Thomas Massie, brushing aside Trump’s threats, stands ground in true ‘Massie’ fashion
Rep. Thomas Massie is the sort of guy who drives the wrong way down a one-way street simply because he…
Opinion – Jim Waters: Will Kentucky shut down a school serving thousands of students?
Accountability for academic performance is suddenly all the rage among Kentucky’s anti-education-freedom bureaucrats and politicians, but only because it involves…
Opinion – Richard Nelson: Eliminating waste, more efficient government shouldn’t be controversial
According to a CBS News/YouGov poll, 51% of Americans approve Pres. Trump’s cuts to the federal workforce. Altogether, 87% of…
Opinion – Guy Hamilton-Smith: Restoring the right to vote is sound social and fiscal policy
It has been five years since Governor Beshear restored my right to vote in 2019 through an Executive Order. A…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Ode to my kitchen — even by myself, I am never alone; what sweet memories
“On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s view of news — Totally useless, tariffs, coming back, a Natural Resource
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…