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Today's Opinions

  • Feb. 23, 2011: Our readers write

    Undermining the process

    A medical school classmate of mine, Dr Nicholas Trotta, was an optometrist who wanted to do eye surgery. He went to medical school, did an ophthalmology residency, became board certified and now practices ophthalmology in Philadelphia. Any Kentucky optometrist could do the same.

    However, Kentucky optometrists chose to do otherwise. They chose to buy our legislature to the tune of over $400,000 or about $300 per legislator. Surely they anticipated the optometrists wanted something.

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  • Feb. 22, 2011: Our readers write

    Make cuts wisely
    There is a debate in U.S. Congress about cutting the budget. That’s fine, if they cut out wasteful or unnecessary spending. It’s atrocious to suggest cutting public broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts subsidies. They both provide meaningful and social benefits enjoyed by most of our society. We as a nation cannot survive if we lose these social graces, such as enjoying music, plays and other entertainment provided by public broadcasting.

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  • Area wrestlers shine on big stage

    The issue: Local grapplers compete at State
    Our view: State champ, finalists perform admirably

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  • Feb. 21, 2011: Our readers write

    Multiculturalism judged unworkable
    In pronouncing multiculturalism defunct, French President Nicolas Sarkozy joins German Chancellor Angela Merkel, former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Spain’s former Premier Jose Maria Aznar and British Prime Minister David Cameron in heaving the failed policy of multiculturalism onto history’s trash heap. The practice wound up giving tolerance to intolerance and has been determined to be unworkable.

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  • Bid process must be protected

    ISSUE: Public/private partnerships
    OUR VIEW:     Good for us all

    Recently, Scotty’s Contracting and Stone Co. extended a financial hand of generosity to Kentucky. In a move unprecedented in the contracting world, Scotty’s has agreed to complete necessary paving on Interstate 65 and to finance the work.

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  • Boldly going to visit a museum exhibit

    Warning: The following may seem a bit geeky.

    Recently, I bought an $18 ticket and paid another $5 to park for the opportunity to sit in an oversized chair and stand on a lighted Plexiglas platform. It all was part of the Louisville Science Center’s History of the Future exhibit.

    The “history” is a tour through one of modern entertainment’s more influential creations: Star Trek.

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  • Feb. 18, 2011: Our readers write

    Opposition to opposing alcohol sales
    Regarding the Feb. 15 article, “Group Opposes Expanded Alcohol Push,” I believe Will Stolz and the Hardin County Christian Coalition are doing the community a disservice by campaigning to prevent this pressing economic and social issue from being voted on by the public

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  • Teens must be accountable for responsible dating

    No means no. Whether it is said to a toddler about to touch a hot stove or a teenager refusing advances on a date, the word has a simple and exact definition and should be respected.
    Parents lovingly tell children no from an early age to keep them safe and teach them right from wrong. Children learn to obey out of respect even if they do not agree or fully understand. Respectfully obeying authority is a foundation necessary for teenagers to learn healthy boundaries to internalize and later develop thier own understanding of right and wrong.

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