Commentary
Articles commenting on current events, issues, and persons from a progressive viewpoint.

Worker safety and health is under attack
And if the attacks succeed, we could be looking at another tragedy.

The best resistance is to get the names right
We need to change DOGE to DOGI – here’s why

The shameful treatment of Zelenskyy by Trump and Vance
Putin may as well have been in the room – he was certainly pulling the strings

Wannabes lining up to replace McConnell and advance American un-exceptionalism
And the process involves a whole heap of Trump derriere-kissing

The greatest threat to Social Security in its 90-year history
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are planning to utterly demolish Social Security’s workforce to pay for billionaire tax cuts.
Kentucky Senate’s definition of ‘religious liberty’ is actually the opposite
Even so, the “Jackpot Justice” bill will probably become law.

Restoring voting rights helps everyone
An important perspective from someone who has been there
Anybody got a chicken suit?
They need one for Jamie Comer’s office. UPDATE: They got four!
Dear DNC – Stop asking us for more money
WE’RE NOT GIVING IT – until we hear your plan to address the main reason we lost the 2024 election.

An existential threat to Kentucky’s community newspapers
A bill in Frankfort will put many papers out of business

Brett Guthrie has an $800 billion problem
And how he handles it will affect the lives of over a million Kentuckians

I cancelled my WAPO subscription
“Democracy Dies in Darkness” become “Oligarchy Lives Here”
