Jan Hillard: Finding our way through understanding of how we see January 6th Capitol riots
We recently marked the one-year anniversary of the most violent attack on the nation’s capital since the War of 1812….
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Jan Hillard: Top 20 most dramatic research findings — our political and social world in 2020
As it slips away, 2020 has been one of the most tumultuous year’s in our recent history. We would be…
Jan Hillard: Racial inequality in America — public suspicions about real change
There is an unfortunate pattern in the way we become aware of and process our perennial nemesis, racial inequality. Awareness…
Analysis/Jan Hillard: Conspiracy and the 2020 presidential election — how do we end polarization?
In early August, I wrote about “Conspiracy Theories and COVID 19: Better the Devil You Know Than a World You…
Jan Hillard: Healing our national fragmentation; turning to rural communities
As President-elect Biden comes into office, he will undoubtedly seek ways to unify our politically divided country. He often speaks…
Jan Hillard: The Electoral College is our quadrennial dilemma — does it need to be reformed?
Every four years following a Presidential election, there are calls to eliminate the Electoral College, replacing it with the popular…
Jan Hillard: Immigrants, fact and fiction in Kentucky, U.S.; policy should not be based on misconceptions
Throughout our country’s history, we have questioned the pace and character of immigration to the U.S. Persistent suspicions include whether…
Jan Hillard: Reopening schools and lessons learned from spring shutdown; schools face a dilemma
As Fall approaches, school districts, parents, students, and elected officials are struggling with the question of re-opening schools amidst the…
Jan Hillard: Falsehood flies and the truth comes limping after it (Jonathan Swift)
An inventory by the Washington Post finds more than 18,000 untruths told by President Trump since he took office in…
Analysis: Unfortunately, to mask or not to mask is the question for our time; choices rife with symbolism
By Jan Hillard NKyTribune data editor Scientific fact can be cold and inconvenient. Viral protection is related to wearing a…
Jan Hillard: The news media and COVID-19, political leanings, truth — and a complicated relationship
Americans have a mixed relationship with the news media. Regardless of their source of news, be it traditional or social…
Jan Hillard: The shape of things to come — What will the economy post-COVID-19 look like?
The devasting economic recession we now face is not news to anyone. We all know someone who is now out…
Jan Hillard: The meanings of my mask, which has become an object of symbolic importance
Throughout American history, inanimate objects have taken on symbolic importance. American flag stickers, peace signs, and MAGA caps are only…
Breaking bread in public is old tradition, sidelined by COVID; restaurants innovate, offer curbside service
By Jan Hillard NKyTribune senior editor Breaking bread in a restaurant is a tradition as old as communal life. Being…