Clardy on the Cameron ads
Daniel Cameron is angry about the ads, calling them racist. Historian Brian Clardy says the ads are accurate.
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
The race America should be watching
According to one analyst, the KY governor’s race could be “a harbinger of America’s future.”
‘Speaker Mike Johnson does not stand with workers’
Johnson says he wants to get back to the business of legislating. But for whom is he legislating? It’s not for working people – that’s for sure.
On the MAGA madness in Congress and the country
The House Republicans have chosen a far-right Christian nationalist Trump supporter with a good smile and pleasant personality. What does this tell us?
Cameron blending bigotry and bonkers
According to Daniel Cameron, this race is between normal and crazy. Well, guess who’s really digging into the crazy?
The “liberal elitist” lie of the GOP
“Never before have so few with so much promised to take away so much from so many and then laugh their asses off as the so many with so little vote for the so few with so much.”
Beshear pays surprise visit to UAW Local 862 picket line
Brings sandwiches and encouragement to the union members.
Fat pitches from Cameron
In honor of the baseball playoffs, Berry Craig points out some of Daniel Cameron’s fattest pitches – including one just waiting to be smacked back at him.
Daniel Cameron, you're no Ed Morrow
Can someone run a strong campaign for governor without stooping to demagoguery? Republican “Howdy Ed” Morrow did. Daniel Cameron needs to learn from Morrow’s example.
‘A demonstration of support for organized labor apparently unparalleled in presidential history’
President Biden visited the UAW picket line, while Trump is going to visit a non-union shop. Working people should vote for the candidate that is clearly on their side.
How to start a Democratic county committee in a deep red county
If you’re a despondent Democrat in a crimson county, we feel your pain. But if we can do it, so can you.
Father Shonis has retired but he’s sticking with the union
A Catholic priest and a strong union supporter: Berry Craig tells us about Father Anthony Shonis.
MAGA high priest gets his history exceptionally wrong
Rand Paul, a high priest in the MAGA cult of selfishness, used an outlandish statement to endorse Daniel Cameron. Berry Craig corrects his ignorance.
Beshear: ‘I was grateful to shake the hands of so many hardworking Kentuckians’
Governor Beshear made his support of labor and working people very clear. And where was Cameron?
Cameron gets panned
Quoting Dr. King is one thing. Living like Dr. King is something else entirely.
History rhyming in Russia
In Russia, a brutal dictator has a possible rival murdered. Berry Craig takes us through the rhyme of history.
