Editorial — Called to be patriots
Our national anthem may be the only one in the world that ends in a question. That’s just the first verse, of course. Francis…
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Editorial — Take hope and comfort
When the decades begin to pile up and the sand at the top of the hour glass seems to flee more quickly to the…
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Editorial – A good start on poverty
There was a great deal of positive discussion, reporting and metaphorical back-slapping in September when the U.S. Census Bureau released new numbers showing that…
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Editorial – What makes a hero?
A group of military service veterans were enjoying each other’s company recently when the discussion of “heroes” began. The word, they agreed, is tossed…
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Editorial – The cost of war
Count the dead. That’s what most people do when it comes time to assess the cost of war. They tally up the flag-draped caskets…
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Editorial – Who are we fighting?
There really is a war being waged against Christians but it has nothing to do with the color of coffee cups at Christmastime or…
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Editorial — On being responsible
If you regularly read obituaries, as people beyond middle-age increasingly do, you’ll find an assemblage of kind and loving adjectives used to capture someone’s…
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Editorial — Take pride in our schools
Ours is a time filled with uncertainty. There is concern and consternation about the global economy and its impact on all of us. Foreign…
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Editorial – Closer to abolition
Could it be? Is it really possible that Kentucky might be ready to join the ranks of forward-thinking states and abolish the death penalty?…
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Editorial – Counting the homeless
Pope Francis knows the importance of home. He knows the value of families and how vital they are to building the church, our communities,…
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