A response to those who say they "did their own reseach"
If you call out someone on their obvious use of debunked claims, and they say "I did my own research; you do yours!" then here is a meme you can send them in response.
Commentary
Articles commenting on current events, issues, and persons from a progressive viewpoint.
Josh Douglas: Disbar Trump’s lawyers who tried to steal the election
Dr. Josh Douglas of UK's law school weighs in on the Trump lawyers, and concludes they should be disbarred.
Yes, they are a "bunch of partisan hacks"
War is peace, freedom is slavery, and the Supreme Court is a dispassionate nonpartisan branch of government free of bias — this is the Orwellian fable that Justice Amy Coney Barrett is now asking Americans to believe.
A cowardly act: Republicans sacrifice our children on the altar of ignorance and petulance
In an act combining cowardice, petulance, and ignorance, the Republican members of the General Assembly abandoned their responsibilities as elected officials and passed the buck for our children's safety to anyone else willing to take it.
“Eventually they‘re going to shut this carnival down.”
An overwhelming majority of Americans are sick of being held hostage by an ignorant, belligerent, anti-science minority. And that loudmouth minority are about to find out what the majority really thinks of them.
"How do we teach Kentucky history without talking about race?"
We are required in Social Studies to include Kentucky connections to units we teach. It has left me wondering how we will teach several important events, places, and people from Kentucky if we are not able to discuss race as a historical factor.
It's all over but the shouting
My father used this expression whenever there appeared some situation that appeared insolvable. However, unbeknownst to you and I at the moment, there may be a solution in the future.
We need a Wall of Shame for the recently-ended special session
Whose pictures would go on our Wall of Shame? All those leges who voted to put our children's lives at risk.
Kentucky legislature’s half-baked attempt to address COVID-19 puts the state’s children at risk
Bill Straub says the General Assembly is gambling with children's lives, sending them back to school without protection.
Voting with their faces while making deadly decisions – but the real issue is lack of political courage
Al Cross talks about "gutless wonders" and the actions of the KY legislature in the special session.
Dear KY Repubs - you are going to get someone killed
The first bill in the special session in the KY Senate is to get rid of masks in schools. Here's what is going to happen if that bill passes as it is now.
On this Labor Day, consider the two dimensions of freedom
As we celebrate Labor Day, we need to also celebrate the two dimensions of freedom. Don't know what those are? Read on.
They're anti-science, anti-rational, and paranoid as well. Why?
“...From the response to Covid-19 among Republican officials — especially the opposition to lifesaving vaccines — it’s hard to escape the conclusion that the paranoid, anti-rational streak in American politics isn’t as bad as we thought; it’s much, much worse.”
Covidiots protest mask mandates and practice 'freedumb' while more Kentuckians die
COVID-19 has produced the Covidiot, which some internet websites define as “a person who acts like an irresponsible idiot during the COVID-19 pandemic, ignoring common sense, decency, science, and professional advice leading to the further spread of the virus and needless deaths of thousands.”
UK vs The Kernel – closure and lessons
The Kentucky Kernel’s six-year legal battle with the University of Kentucky has come to an end. Here is a look at the final result, and what it showed.
A Not So Novel Idea in a Novel Time
Political candidates and politicians around the country sure do a lot of talking about the pandemic – telling people what they should and should not do – but what they should be doing is activating their campaign apparatuses to wipe out the disease.
