A major open-records decision: the Court got it right
The Kentucky Open Government Coalition won a major court case in the ongoing fight for government transparency. Amye Bensenhaver explains.
Commentary
Articles commenting on current events, issues, and persons from a progressive viewpoint.
Answers in Genesis: an expensive violation of church and state separation
Why is the state sending millions of dollars to a clearly religious endeavor?
Maybe we should just agree
Instead of arguing with our MAGA relatives, let’s just agree with them. And then take that agreement to its logical conclusion.
‘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?
Moderates and independents – there’s no place for you in today’s Republican Party
The election of MAGA Mike Johnson to the House Speakership means many things, but Beau of the Fifth Column points out one specific conclusion from that vote.
People, get ready for more fraud from Donald J. Trump
He’s going to commit voter fraud in 2024. How? Read on to find out.
John Schaaf: Beware a radical KY constitutional amendment in the works
Corporate school lobbyists want private operators to get a foot in the door and a hand in the pocket of Kentucky taxpayers
Would Daniel Cameron really have rolled the dice with Kentuckians lives?
Republican candidate for governor should explain his ‘implausible’ claim
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 latest media fail
The mistake here? Focusing on the initial, easy story, and missing the larger, more important point.
Bill Straub: A story of a different kind of clash between two state titans, Sen. McConnell and Sen. Paul
The facade of collegiality has been dropped, and the two senators from Kentucky are definitely not “getting along.”
What will Americans do when birth control is illegal?
Are Republicans warming up the jail cells they want to put American women into who have the temerity to continue using birth control after the GOP’s bans take effect?
COVID-19 is still testing Kentucky’s political leaders
The Kentucky Lantern did a pandemic retrospective, since it is one of the key issues in the gubernatorial race. Jamie Lucke looks back at those days, and then at today’s campaigns.
Can Cameron get voters to pay attention? Will he play the Trump card?
Cameron is still not getting the traction he needs, even after spending millions on his campaign. Why? And what can he do about it?
A pastoral prayer and prayer of confession for the Israel-Palestine war
A heartfelt prayer for peace and of confession.
