Constance Alexander: Artist Cintia Segovia Figuero makes sense of the world through her work
“Sometimes I get myself into too many things and then I regret it.” Despite her admission, artist Cintia Segovia Figuero’s tone of voice is calm, with an undercurrent of amusement at her lack of remorse for the curiosity that compels her to explore complex ideas.
A look at her summer itinerary reveals energy that crosses many boundaries. This month, Cintia, her husband and the dog climb into...
Jamie Ruehl: Clicking off family’s ‘bucket list’ on New England road trip, remembering United We Stand
As a way to unplug after what felt like a long three years of exaggerated COVID19 responses by our governments, my family and I planned a “bucket list” trip. One of my wife’s lifelong dreams was to enjoy a vacation in Bar Harbor, Maine. We planned the trip to start right after the school year ended. Our journey commenced two hours after the kids were released from classes. We drove North from...
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s view of week’s news – debt ceiling, vacations, GOP candidates, culture warriors
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid off in July 2013. He still draws several cartoons a week and distributes them through his own syndicate. Through Heller Syndication, his cartoons regularly appear in more than 400 newspapers, making him the most successful...
Andy Furman: I’ve really missed you but had a slight setback thanks to a hip replacement
I’ve missed you.
Really, I have.
I’ve missed talking to you – meeting you and most of all writing about your interesting – and sometimes strange – life experiences.
For me – it’s been just a brief setback.
I had hip replacement surgery on the 9th of May.
If interested it was my left one – I had a new right one inserted several years ago, so I wanted a proper match.
Dr. Edward V. Lim...
Bill Straub: If you only see bad guys in public service, then, like Paul, you see bad guys despite evidence
Let’s see…Adolph Hitler, Uncle Joe Stalin, Tony Fauci, Pol Pot, Mao Tse…
Whoa. Wait just a doggone minute. Something wrong here but I just can’t put my finger on it. The list of ogres responsible for the deaths of millions through atrocities like genocide and government-based terrorism over the centuries is horrific but, thankfully, quite short. The worst people in the history of the globe...
Ken Rechtin: Volunteerism is not dead — at least not in Newport where volunteering is alive, and well
Yes, nationally the number of folks giving of their time, talent, and treasure to serve the greater good has been declining.
Many folks believe that volunteerism is dead. An example often cited is the declining number of
volunteer firefighters and volunteer fire departments. Please don’t count me as one of those who see the end of volunteering. I see a bright future if we are willing to commit to...
Jack Coleman: Remembering a 46-year-old tragedy that changed Kentucky for the better
The 46-year-old tragedy of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, recorded as the seventh deadliest nightclub fire in history, has come and gone: again. This tragedy occurred on the night of May 28, 1977, during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. A total of 165 people died and more than 200 were injured as a result of the blaze.
Sprinkler systems that weren’t in place at that time, doors...
Constance Alexander: Celebrating community identity, creative placemaking one step at a time
(Image courtesy Murray Convention and Visitors Bureau)
Besides butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers, Murray’s Downtown Farmers Market also features farm to fresh foods, arts and crafts, flowers, plants, jewelry, a portrait artist, exotic imported attire, a fiddler. The list goes on and on. Bottom line, people of all ages travel from near and far to meet and greet each other every Saturday from...
Amye Bensenhaver: What would ‘open government’ look like if Daniel Cameron is elected governor?
What would a Daniel Cameron gubernatorial administration look like through the lens of Kentucky’s open government laws?
In a word: opaque.
The proof is visible everywhere. Since taking office as attorney general in December 2019, Cameron has left a clear track record of disdain for the public’s interest in free and open examination of public records and the formation of public policy at...
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s view of news of week Memorial Day, debt ceiling, school’s out, Tina Turner
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid off in July 2013. He still draws several cartoons a week and distributes them through his own syndicate. Through Heller Syndication, his cartoons regularly appear in more than 400 newspapers, making him the most successful...
Col Owens: At one-year anniversary of Uvalde insanity, still no progress on gun limits
So now, today, we must relive the insanity of Uvalde. It is the one year anniversary of the mass shooting there that took 21 lives.
We have so many mass shootings it’s hard to keep them straight. This is the one where the police stood outside the classrooms for 80 minutes, listening to the shooter shoot, too afraid to go in.
So. So. Where can one go from that? Watch agonizing interviews with...
Bill Straub: Massie’s messy rise to GOP mainstream leaves questions about his role in party’s future
Rep. Thomas Massie, the renowned Kentucky Whiz Kid, is proving that the mountain can, indeed, come to Muhammed.
It wasn’t all that long ago that our boy Massie, R-SomewhereorotherLewisCounty, was a leper in his own party, derided by former President Donald J. Trump who referred to him as a “disaster for America.” Like a yapping Yorkshire terrier, Massie nipped at the heels of GOP House...
Jamie Ruehl: Happy Memorial Day weekend — A Generation X veteran’s perspective
I remember being a middle school boy watching my uncle don his Class-As and being impressed by his Ranger Tab with white threading. Uncle Roy was privileged to attend Ranger School between his Junior/Senior year in R.O.T.C. (Which is NOT normal). Ranger School is typically reserved for those who are already vested. Uncle Roy got to go Ranger School before he went to Medical School. I’m pretty sure...
Damon Thayer: Reflecting on the sacrifices of our fallen heroes as we approach Memorial Day
The arrival of Memorial Day each year is traditionally the start of summer, especially with students’ school years ending across the commonwealth. During the holiday weekend, families across our state gathered to begin their yearly traditions and the memory-making we all enjoy.
These moments with family and friends would not be possible without the sacrifices of many who laid down their lives to...
Randy Adams: Educational freedom will bring a brighter future to Kentucky
Teachers are important to the future of school choice and proposed “Educational Freedom” as a better slogan to capture the spirit of the movement. Many public teachers have placed their own children in private schools over the years which tells a story in itself. Now, many teachers are leaving the classroom and the industry altogether. The simple truth is that leadership is failing classroom leaders...
