.....Advertisement.....
.....Advertisement.....

Today's Opinions

  • Still hopeful that Medicaid shortfall will be solved

    Less than a week after the 2011 Regular Session concluded, my colleagues and I once again found ourselves at the state capitol to address the inevitable—a compounded Medicaid budgetary shortfall.
    With the projected shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year at an estimated $166.6 million, the governor exercised his ability to call the legislature back to Frankfort for an extraordinary session.
    The authority to call and to set the agenda for an extraordinary session lies solely with the governor, and he placed only two topics on the session call.

    Click here to read more...
  • The end to three very interesting journeys

    There are certain people that you just remember.
    Some you remember because they are characters.
    But then you have some people you remember just because you do.
    There are three women that have recently come to the end of their journey and left a void in a lot of lives for that very reason, at least to me.
    First is Mary Elizabeth Cammack Perry. I never knew her real name until I read her obituary. Everybody called her Lizzie. She was 100 years old.

    Click here to read more...
  • One detests bullies, the other yellow signs

    We all knew them in school, the children who for whatever reason were constantly the butt-end of jokes, taunts and in some cases physical abuse.
    They were either too heavy or thin or had too many pimples.
    They wore entirely the wrong clothes, had entirely the wrong kind of footwear and hung out with entirely the wrong crowd — if they hung out with anyone at all.
    Their grades were either too high or low, making them book nerds or “retards.” They were too short or tall, and if the latter, chastised for being too clumsy to play sports.

    Click here to read more...
  • Kentucky phrases are like music for those listenin’

    “Lord have mercy, children,” my mother would say, when something really bad was going on.
    She used another colloquialism; it was “Law-zee-day.” I spelled it phonetically because I don’t really know what she was saying. But when she said it, I knew something wasn’t right, for sure.
    I grew up in Harlan, so of course I heard plenty of colorful phrases.   

    Click here to read more...
  • Needs, including food pantry’s, continue to grow

    To the editor:
    In these hard economic times, many businesses find they have a shortage of customers. Not so at the Open Hands Community Food Pantry. We are serving an additional 60 percent more clients than we did one year ago.
    In fact, with the growing needs of Anderson County, we moved to a new building in 2010 and we’re planning to expand our services beyond the provision of food. Our larger facility will allow us to meet additional needs in the community, such as a medical clinic and soup kitchen.
    These are just a few of our communities needs.

    Click here to read more...
  • Candidates should drop rhetoric, perform duties

    In all my years of public service, I don’t remember a time that I have heard as many speeches, read as many comments in the media and listened to as many hallway conversations in which so little of value was said than this past week.
    Do I understand why people are so upset with the political process?  I certainly do.  
    I became extremely frustrated myself as to what I could say to contribute. For those who watched the floor speeches this past week, you would have noticed the absence of any comment by me.

    Click here to read more...
  • ‘Annie’ a must-see

    To the editor:
    If you have not been to see the Anderson County High School’s Act Cats production of Annie, you are doing yourself a disservice.
    You need to bring your children, your parents, your neighbors and anyone you can fit in your car and get them there to see this incredibly talented group of students put on one of the best amateur performances I have ever seen.
    My son is in the play and of course my, ahem, unbiased opinion is that he’s great, but I want to give kudos to everyone involved in this production.

    Click here to read more...
  • Honesty abounds on cart crew

    To the editor:
    Sunday evening I had left my wallet in the cart at Walmart.
    After getting a few miles down the road I realized I had lost my wallet. I went back to Walmart, went to the office and the manager said one of the guys on the cart crew had returned my wallet.
    I am so very thankful to this person.
    Emy Womack
    Lawrenceburg

    Click here to read more...