Editorials

New Year - New Challenges - New County Judges

Jan 06, 2015 at 04:40 pm by admin

The changing year on January 1st is the construct that has little or no meaning in nature. If we were to follow nature, we would start anew on the first day of the change of s.... Read More

Right to Work a Crap Shoot

Jan 06, 2015 at 04:40 pm by admin

Apologies for a letter rather than personal appearance before the Fiscal Court. A prior engagement in Arkansas prohibits my attendance.I object to the "Right to Work" Ordi.... Read More

Low Road Economy No Path to Prosperity in Kentucky

Jan 06, 2015 at 02:46 pm by admin

The effort to pass a so-called right-to-work law in Kentucky has now moved to the local level with the first such ordinance passed in Warren County. While the proponents of th.... Read More

Dems, It's Time to Dump Dixie - The Daily Beast

Dec 09, 2014 at 03:52 pm by admin

"With Mary Landrieu's ignominious exit, the Democrats will have lost their last senator in the Deep South. And that's a good thing. They should write it off--because they don.... Read More

What Price American Democracy? The Midterm Elections of Campaign 2014

Nov 11, 2014 at 03:06 pm by admin

(Clinton, KY November 4, 2014) - I won my race, but did America lose its future? At 6:00 pm the polls closed. At 6:48 an elderly lady made her way to the windows of the Hickma.... Read More

Senator McConnell's talking point on the War on Coal puts Kentucky on the Wrong Side of History

Oct 27, 2014 at 02:44 pm by admin

For the past year, Senator McConnell of Kentucky has waged a 50 million dollar media war against Democrat candidate Allison Lundergan Grimes. McConnell has been trying to make.... Read More

War, What Is It Good For?

Oct 15, 2014 at 09:01 am by admin

The Geopolitics of Syria Turning into a Low Level World War IIIEditorial(Clinton, KY. October 9, 2014) "War, What Is It Good For?" is a song title from the forgotten wars of.... Read More

Will a 53% voter advantage be enough for Grimes?

Oct 02, 2014 at 03:51 pm by admin

On the wall, the sign reads "When Women Vote, Democrats Win." That turned out to be the case in 2012 when Barack Obama beat Mitt Romney by 10 points among women voters nationa.... Read More

The Chicken Littles of Power Production predictably predict doom

Sep 22, 2014 at 08:49 am by admin

There is a move afoot for the EPA to require a 30 % reduction in carbon pollution from 2005 levels in power production. This is a timid rule as most electrical power producer.... Read More

The Journey

Sep 11, 2014 at 09:06 am by admin

The JourneyAlong a dark and dusty roadThe Mighty One does stride,His eyes as endless as the stars With no one by his sideHe looks not right nor left but straightHis face a fro.... Read More

Critical Thinking - A Lost Art?

Aug 21, 2014 at 11:02 am by admin

8-14-14Some Notes From a Detached Observer. For a long Period of Observation within my collective community, I have pondered the actions of my friends and fellow man... These.... Read More

Of Donkeys, Jennys and Jacks

Aug 21, 2014 at 11:02 am by admin

A major change occurred in Kentucky just a few years ago. For 350 years the population had been rural, the change came when city and environs populations outnumbered others. O.... Read More

A white rabbit moment at Fancy Farm

Aug 06, 2014 at 04:21 pm by admin

   

Senator Paul wastes chance to rise above herd.

Aug 05, 2014 at 05:05 pm by admin

There once was a Senator from KentuckyWho thought with a poem he’d be luckyBut trying for rhymes With Lundergan GrimesLeft half of the crowd feeling yucky. (Fancy Farm, KY- A.... Read More

New Access to Health Care Will Be an Economic Driver

Jul 30, 2014 at 02:54 pm by admin

8/6/14 Editor's Update: According to a Gallup poll released this week, Kentucky’s uninsured rate dropped from 20.4 percent in 2013 to 11.9 percent halfway through 2014 for an.... Read More