The New York Times did as much as anyone to create the Trump presidency, and now they’ve published an op-ed from a White House insider who claims to be part of a double secret probation cabal that is working to prevent Trump from being an even worse disaster than
Senator, you are about to cast one of the most important votes you will ever cast as a senator. You are voting on giving someone a lifetime right to rule on issues that will affect this nation for generations. And if you vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, you will have
Only 10.7 percent of American workers belong to a union today, approximately half as many as in 1983. That’s a level not seen since the 1930s, just before passage of the labor law that was supposed to protect workers’ right to organize. Yet American workers have not given
Let me lay out a scenario for you. You are negotiating a contract between your company and another company. The other company has threatened a hostile takeover of your company, but after much blowback from shareholders, has backed off and is now talking about a partnership. You go back and
A guest essay by Bill Ellis “Daddy, I’m so sleepy, I can’t stay awake.” “That’s OK, Buck, you go on to sleep.” I am now nearly 79 years old, but when only four years old I can recall as if yesterday, my father kissing me good bye.
One challenge of covering campaigns is finding decent photos. But apparently, candidates haven’t gotten the message that visual communications matter. Why is this a problem? Well, for one thing, every post on this site (except for the PubBlog) is supposed to have at least one featured image. Other photos
Nationally, 57 percent of Democrats view socialism positively, while just 47 percent feel the same way about capitalism, according to a new Gallup Poll. The survey might raise eyebrows among Bluegrass State Democrats, more than a few of whom lean conservative. But the numbers don’t surprise Nick Conder of
What was Rand Paul doing in Moscow? Aaron Smith has an idea …
With a unanimous vote tonight, Maysville (population 8,866) became the tenth Kentucky city to adopt a Fairness Ordinance, prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations based on sexual orientation and gender identity, protecting all LGBTQ people. Situated on the banks of the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky, Maysville
Berry Craig and Bruce Maples both took pictures while at Fancy Farm. Here are those pictures, arranged in three groups: * Around and About – pictures taken around the Fancy Farm complex, including some before the crowds started arriving * The Speakers – shots of the various speakers at the afternoon “stump speech” time
For anyone, it’s a milestone when your name takes on a meaning all its own. For an elected official like Rand Paul, it can be an honor – or something else. Our junior Senator has, for some time, followed a script when it comes to major decisions in the U.
If you’re wondering why our state government keeps cutting our colleges … or wants to throw thousands off Medicaid … and wants to cut Medicare … and says it can’t take care of our teachers … because there is NOT ENOUGH MONEY … and yet supposedly our economy is going great guns and
A Vox “First-Person” story by Richard Becker On a bitterly cold day in late January, I knocked on the door of a home in Louisville, Kentucky’s Camp Taylor neighborhood. I was running for state representative in a Democratic primary and was spreading the word about my candidacy. Camp Taylor
Cruelty merged with incompetence when the U.S. government started ripping immigrant children from their parents. President Donald Trump changed the policy after it was widely denounced. Yet his administration still can’t manage to get families back together. Federal agencies appeared to be making it up as they went
My recent musing on the Wilkinson v. Sanders confrontation prompted some interesting questions from FK editor-webmaster Bruce Maples. In case you missed the column, I suggested that by not serving Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Virginia café owner Stephanie Wilkinson “unwittingly enabled the viper to play the victim.” I described Sanders as
M ike Petrilli is one of the self-appointed leaders of the corporate reform of education movement, and also has a day job as president of the Fordham Institute, a conservative think tank with a focus on education. His bio says that “he is one of the nation’s most trusted
