Howard Dillard - a funeral full of joy

Oct 04, 2022 at 11:57 am by admin

(Clinton, KY September 17, 2022) Howard Dillard spent a lot of time on our front porch, swapping stories with his high school classmate, Ivan, and catching up on doings around.... Read More

Upon the passing of Howard Dillard, a man for all seasons

Oct 04, 2022 at 10:56 am by admin

"Yes Howard, what is it?" I asked my friend Howard Dillard on Tuesday when he called me. He wanted to tell me that his first campaign ad was finished. How excited he was to b.... Read More

Do you hear what I hear?

Sep 02, 2022 at 11:15 am by admin

Overheard the Saturday evening of the first weekend of August in Graves County- Said the night wind to the little lamb - do you hear what I hear? Said the little lamb to sheph.... Read More

Charles Booker Won Fancy Farm Picnic, Republicans Failed the Test of Leadership at Fancy Farm Event

Aug 16, 2022 at 04:21 pm by admin

(Fancy Farm Picnic 2022: Who, What, When, Where) At a small crossroads of people and their way of life, called Fancy Farm, political history was made when a lone Democratic ca.... Read More

Fancy Farm 2022: Snide and Snark reigned supreme

Aug 14, 2022 at 03:54 pm by admin

The award for the St. Jerome Picnic Political Speaking 2022 Snarkiest on the Platform had to go to Speaker of the Kentucky House Rep. David Osborne (R- 59 Oldham County), the.... Read More

Fancy Farm 2022: We all didn't see the same event

Aug 14, 2022 at 03:40 pm by admin

Eight days past the St. Jerome Picnic stump speak (conducted on a shaded stage with multiple overhead fans cooling the fevered brows of the pols on the platform) I think my st.... Read More

2050 Population Projections For Western Kentucky Challenge the Region to Unite

Aug 14, 2022 at 01:05 pm by admin

A new report from the Kentucky State Data Center at the University of Louisville forecasts significant lags in western Kentucky county populations through 2050. This is notab.... Read More

KDP Chair Colmon Eldridge - Dems need to fight back

Aug 05, 2022 at 07:20 pm by admin

The first question I posed to Kentucky Democratic Party Chair Colmon Eldridge was one shared by many frustrated Democrats in Western Kentucky. "How does the Democratic Party p.... Read More

Remembering Autura Eason-Williams

Jul 27, 2022 at 10:49 am by admin

From Bishop McAlilly's Blog Posted: July 19, 2022 Words escape me today. Late yesterday, I received the news that Reverend Dr. Autura Eason-Williams was tragically and sensel.... Read More

Fooling Kentuckians

Jul 19, 2022 at 05:11 pm by admin

(political editorial) Don't you get mad when politicians lie? The lies coming from those we elected to represent us in the U.S. House and Senate from the Kentucky Majority P.... Read More

Indenture-The Reconstruction Era in Hickman County

Jul 04, 2022 at 02:52 pm by admin

Indenture in colonial America was a popular way for immigrants who could ill afford passage from the old country to the new world. Employers provided transportation in return.... Read More

Fragmentation of Kentucky Politics, the Never Ending Story....

Jun 29, 2022 at 11:56 am by admin

Part 1...Total Power Corrupts If having the power of state government as center of all (like the Sun), then modern Kentucky politics has revolved around two planets (Democrat.... Read More

SUPREME COURT RESTORATION

Jun 27, 2022 at 02:48 pm by admin

A president, facing a radically right-facing United State Supreme Court, goes to the American people calling for reforming the Court. This is President Joe Biden following th.... Read More

Wall between church and state is thinning

Jun 06, 2022 at 10:10 am by admin

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...(First 15 words of the First Amendment to the US Constitution) E.... Read More

Small Steps Led to Big Changes for Kentucky Dems

May 23, 2022 at 11:33 am by admin

The question posed by George Humphreys in his look back at the Democratic political history of Western Kentucky Where Have All the Democrats Gone? is one that has more than on.... Read More