Nicholas Brake: Investment in schools, infrastructure correlate to Kentucky’s economic competitiveness
The topic of political discourse over the past few weeks is the president’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan. As with…
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Commentary: In wake of Derek Chauvin trial and George Floyd’s death, all grieve — we must do better
April 20 is a day that never should have had to come to pass and did so because a murder…
Georges Benjamin: If we want to rebuild public health stronger, out planet can no longer be sidelined
The COVID-19 pandemic brought our public health infrastructure to its knees. As we enter a slow period of recovery, now…
Brian Joslyn: Significant racial disparities in marijuana arrests in Kentucky
In today’s complex world, we’re all aware of the pitfalls of how information and opinions are shared online and within…
Bill Straub: Bipartisan commission on Supreme Court should perhaps consider term limits
Now that Republicans have made hash out of the supposedly non-political U.S. Supreme Court with a series of underhanded maneuvers,…
Commentary: Converting the state’s K-12 bus fleet to electric would be a good use of Ky’s relief funds
By Arivumani Srivastava and Andrew Brennen Kentucky Student Voice Team Imagine if our public schools were responsible for poisoning elementary…
Constance Alexander: Isabel Duarte-Gray’s first book of poems features voices of Western Kentucky
Every detail on the cover of Isabel Duarte-Gray’s first book of poems, Even Shorn, draws the viewer in. First, the…
Mitch McConnell: Vaccine doses filled with hope, optimism — every eligible Kyian should get the shot
We’ve witnessed a modern, medical miracle over the last twelve months. Multiple safe and highly-effective COVID-19 vaccines are helping Kentuckians…
Billy Reed: In mourning for a building up for sale and full of memories — the Courier-Journal building
I suppose most of us have some buildings we are nostalgic about. It could be houses that we’ve made homes….
Jim Waters: Liberty is not a luxury — it is an inalienable right
“Give me liberty or give me death,” Patrick Henry thundered. Not much gray area there. No modifier, either. Nothing like…
Commentary: During Crime Victims’ Rights Week, Kentuckians can celebrate progress
By Emily Bonistall Postel and Alex Otte When the pandemic brought everything to a screeching halt, it brought with it…
Al Cross: Republican legislature grabs wheel from Democratic governor; voters will have a say in 2022
When Kentuckians elected Andy Beshear in 2019, they created a recipe for partisan conflict between a legislature with a recent,…
Bill Straub: Sing it to ‘Which Side Are You On’ and call it the ballad of Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul
The gossip sheets and the tabloids are constantly filled with reports about individuals who work closely together for years but…
Nicholas Brake: Pandemic relief and other federal government proposals will uplift children
One of the greatest moral stains from the last decade is how U.S. policymakers at the federal and state level…
Constance Alexander: Immerse yourself in poems this April in celebration of National Poetry Month
In Murray, poems are popping up like daffodils: free, wild, and suffused with hope after a winter that swallowed a…
Richard Nelson: Self-identified gender ideology meets Christianity in post-truth arena
CNN reporter Devan Cole created a stir last week when he said, “It’s not possible to know a person’s gender…
Billy Reed: All-Star Game moved from Atlanta but there’s surely a way to call attention to Georgia mess
By now just about everyone knows that Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, has ordered the All-Star Game…
Jim Waters: School choice will help Kentucky ‘step up’ its education game
Since COVID-19 arrived, measures to expand educational freedom and opportunity have been introduced in more than half the states in…
Ray Daniels: New legislation will help clean up Kentucky’s outdated criminal justice laws
For many years, criminal justice advocates have been pleading with the General Assembly to take stock of outdated laws and…
Bill Straub: The Theater of the Absurd as poor Mitch keeps getting understood perfectly for plain-speaking
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has spent so much time backing-and-filling over the past few days that he could have…
Constance Alexander: Smithsonian exhibition and civic engagement are cures for what ails us
Outside, the sun is bright. Tulips and daffodils bow and flutter in a gentle spring breeze. It would be a…
Eli Capilouto: We must deal with a complex set of questions that often are in tension with each other
President Eli Capilouto sent an email to the University of Kentucky community reiterating UK’s support of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts….