A native reports on Mayfield
Berry Craig, a native of Mayfield, tells of visiting his home town on Sunday.
Berry Craig
Berry Craig is a professor emeritus of history at West KY Community College, and an author of seven books and co-author of two more. (Read the rest on the Contributors page.)
Arlington, KY
A photo gallery from Mayfield
Berry Craig went to Mayfield for an ecumenical church service outside the destroyed Presbyterian church. While there, he took these pictures to share with us.
Remembering Pearl Harbor 80 years later: the story of Paducah man, James Vessels
One of our contributors, Berry Craig, also writes for numerous other publications, including the Courier-Journal. In honor of Pearl Harbor Day, he wrote a remembrance of a local person who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Thomas Massie versus the spirit of Christmas
Nazis were notorious for perverting Christmas. Thomas Massie is giving the Hitler worshippers a run for their money by posting on Twitter a photo of him and gun-toting family members all grinning and posing for a photo in front of a Christmas tree.
Jenkins: Dems are ’READY TO FIGHT for what Kentuckians believe in. Period.‘
Rep. Joni Jenkins sent out a fund-raising letter that sounds more like a call to battle. "It's past time to take the fight TO Republicans and their lies and misinformation. It stops now!"
A must-read: Where Trump and the GOP are taking the country
It’s past time for the Democrats to start reminding voters — loudly, clearly and unceasingly — precisely where Donald Trump and the Trumpian Republicans are steering the country: Straight toward white supremacy and authoritarianism.
No, the Democratic Party isn't socialist. It's just what GOP voters want to hear.
Republicans count on their followers missing the distinction between Sweden and North Korea by trying to convince them that social welfare bills such as the Build Back Better Act will draw us closer to the latter rather than the former.
Michael Dyson “makes everyone mad,” then gets standing ovation
The Paducah-McCracken County NAACP invited the best-selling author, well-known pundit, and Vanderbilt University professor to town Sunday afternoon for a program billed as “Glory: An Evening with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson.” He did not disappoint.
Tilton to McConnell: 'You will never be a hero'
I’d love to see the expression on Mitch McConnell’s mug when he reads Toni Tilton’s constituent letter. If he does read it, he might put on Kevlar gloves first.
Rally for voting rights in Paducah
Paducah is in deep western Kentucky, Donald Trump-Mitch McConnell country. But about 20 people rallied outside McConnell's local office Wednesday to protest his opposition to the Freedom to Vote Act.
Hurt to KDP: Bring on the billboards
Kentucky Democratic activist Daniel Hurt has a warning for his party: "Don't let the Republicans who voted against the infrastructure bill take credit for the construction projects when the groundbreaking starts."
It‘s not the Democrats‘ message – it‘s the Republican sewage
If you read the headlines, you would think Democrats really messed up last Tuesday, and the ceiling is caving in on them. But Democratic agony and Republican ecstasy from last Tuesday might be a tad premature.
The operative word is not ‘critical’ and it’s not ‘theory,’ – it’s RACE.
What we saw in Virginia in the closing days of the Youngkin campaign was the Republican playbook for 2022 in the midterms, in 2023 in Kentucky against Gov. Beshear, and certainly in 2024 against President Biden.
Dear GOP Never-Trumpers: It's time to walk away
The GOP is now owned by Trump and the Trump cult. It's time for true conservatives to find (or build) a new home.
Booker raises a glass to unions – and you can do it too
Charles Booker is raising a whiskey glass to organized labor. The union-made tumbler is available to anybody who chips in $20 or more to his campaign, and part of the proceeds will go toward supporting the workers who won a recent contract with Heaven Hill.
Here's what KY teachers should do if KYGA passes a Texas-style anti-CRT bill.
GOP lawmakers in the Lone Star State passed legislation banning critical race theory from K-12 classrooms and warning teachers who teach contentious topics not to "defer to any one perspective." Some of their Republican Kentucky kindreds have pre-filed anti-CRT [https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/G8EFC5yw29hMmrjYQF2u70n?domain=kentucky.com]
