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Today's Opinions

  • Heartland's new date brings new challenges

    It’s hot here in August.

    It’s also when the Kentucky State Fair is held, and, traditionally, Hardin County’s Heartland Festival.

    People faced the dilemma of attending the festival or the fair, but often, we suspect, sought air-conditioned diversions.
    So the decision to move the Heartland Festival to the first weekend in June seemed ideal.

    The average high in June hovers around 82 degrees. But this is not a typical weather year. The heat seems to be following the festival.

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  • Drive smart this summer

    The issue: Driver awareness
    Our view: Use caution and slow down

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  • Heeding the call of garage sale season

    I was so deep in thought — reading a book about evil and the justice of God, that when my cell phone rang, I flinched. It was my wife, Lori.

    “I thought this weekend would be a great time for a garage sale,” she informed me.

    It wasn’t the news I wanted to hear.

    “Why?” I pleaded, glancing at the book about evil and the justice of God, trying to resist the temptation of associating the first word of the book with garage sales.

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  • June 1, 2011: Our readers write

    Hooray for ‘Hooray for Heroes’
    Saturday evening my daughter, three grandchildren and I attended the Hooray for Heroes program at Stithton Baptist Church. It was absolutely fantastic. I was filled with pride for the recognition of my 30 years of active Army service and 15 years as a first responder and for the service of my brother and sister veterans. Likewise, I was proud of the recognition of the brand new soldiers in the making who filled the pews.

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  • Rapture: Cashing in on the Apocalypse

    Oops. He missed it again —- the date for the rapture, that is. But that’s OK, miscalculating the date for the end times is nothing new for Harold Camping.

    In 1992, he published his book, “1994?” in which he predicted Sept. 6, 1994 as the beginning of the end. Undeterred by that non-happening, Camping did some re-calculating and published another book in 2008, “We Are Almost There!” He conveniently forgot to mention his 1994 prediction’s failure to launch.

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  • A gift more than money

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  • May 29, 2011: our readers write

    Bravo, State Theater
    I want to say “Hats Off” to Emily West and the State Theater. I went to the Mark Chesnutt concert this past weekend and cannot say enough how much I enjoyed the show (and this coming from a person who is not a country music fan). The show had the caliber of entertainment one would find in Louisville or Nashville. The venue was great and there wasn’t a bad seat in the house.

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  • With our neighbors in war zones, we remember

    The issue: Memorial Day
    Our view: Even more meaning this year

    What are your plans for celebrating Memorial Day? Will you relax, visit friends, have a picnic or take in the Louisville Bats game Monday afternoon? All are enjoyable things to do, but don’t miss the importance of this observance.

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