It’s enough to make even the stodgiest of ramrods loosen the collar.  Can you feel it?  It’s the thick syrup making your windows fog and your skin steam – the rising heat and humidity of this year’s election season.  As the apocalypse draws ever closer, the smallest and seemingly most insignificant things take on an electrifying pulse: every button becomes a “hot button” and every dinner table, a political arena.  There are few amongst us (or perhaps it is just I) who possess the constitution to withstand all th

Children are our future, or so we keep saying. 

It seems as though lawmakers in Kentucky, and Jefferson county specifically, are focused on ensuring that adults' political and financial interests come before the interests of our children.

In saying "our children," the implication here lies specifically on black children living in the commonwealth of Kentucky. 

If you’ve heard of Zogby Polls—the opinion polls that have correctly predicted presidential election trends for the past two decades—you will have the opportunity to meet the man behind the research—and hear his thoughts on the 2012 race—this coming Thursday, November 10 at Bellarmine University.

Want to meet your Kentucky gubernatorial candidates—at least a couple of them? This Sunday, September 11, candidates for Kentucky governor will speak at a public forum organized by the Yearlings Club-University of Louisville discussion series. The format differs from a debate in that each candidate will have at least a half hour to talk individually about his views and plans for the state.