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About that ‘border crisis’
BY THOMAS L. KNAPP I’m seeing a lot of back and forth lately on whether or not there’s a “crisis” at the border, with greatly increased migration and limited ability on the part of law enforcement to respond. Personally, I don’t consider it a “crisis” at all. Immigration is just people moving from one place…
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Terrible ideas + evil actions /= ‘mental illness’
BY THOMAS KNAPP “One problem I have with the whole ‘mental illness’ frame for talking about mass shooters,” Paul Campos writes at Lawyers, Guns & Money, “is that the ‘mental illness’ often appears to be garden variety authoritarian ethno-nationalist misogyny, with the misogyny being the really critical ideological lynchpin [sic].” Campos is riffing on reports…
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When one person rises out of addiction, we all rise
Treatment courts save lives and strengthen communities. Rather than continuing to allow individuals with histories of addiction and crime to cycle through the justice system, treatment courts keep them engaged in treatment long enough to be successful. The approach is no longer an experiment. More than 4,000 treatment courts nationwide will celebrate National Treatment Court…
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2024: We can do better … or can we?
BY THOMAS L. KNAPP On April 25, US President Joe Biden announced his intention to seek reelection in 2024. “The question we’re facing,” Biden says in his announcement video, “is whether, in the years ahead, we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.” “I know what I want the answer to be,”…
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Utility disconnections are dangerous, ineffective and unnecessary
BY CHRIS WOOLERY The number of Kentuckians who had their power disconnected increased by 228% last year as compared to a 29% increase nationwide, according to a new study by the Energy and Policy Institute and Center for Biological Diversity. Kentucky’s average electric bills also increased by 17%. Huge increases in disconnections and bills make…
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Will crypto-mining companies coming to Kentucky raise your electric bills?
BY JOSH BILLS A Chinese crypto-mining company is proposing to build a $250 million plant near the town of Louisa. At the same time, another crypto-mining firm is proposing a plant near Waverly, Kentucky. Kentucky Power and Kentucky Utilities propose to give them special rates on their electric bills – deals that the Kentucky Public…
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Opinion: Gender dysphoria may have a basis in human biology
BY KIMBERLY KENNEDY Most of us witnessed with horror the passage of anti-transgender bill SB150 by legislators who ignored overwhelming opposition. Since Gov. Andy Beshear is expected to veto it, our only recourse is to convince legislators not to override that veto. If you’re dubious, hear me out: We’ve left critical information out of the…
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‘LGBTQIA+ people and youth in Kentucky – we see you’
Kentucky Education Commissioner Jason E. Glass’ statement on SB 150 The Kentucky General Assembly rushed to pass Senate Bill 150, a sweeping and harmful piece of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation. Kentucky has real educational challenges that need the legislature’s attention. These include meaningful solutions to our educator and staff shortages, support to continue our academic recovery from…
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Rural communities can prosper through recreation
Rural Development can help DR. TOM CAREW, STATE DIRECTOR USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT KENTUCKY Spring is here, and what better way to experience spring than getting outside? Across this amazing country of ours, millions do just that and take part in what’s become known as the recreation economy. Recreation economies are based on tourism and outdoor…
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Systemwide failure
BY REPS. KETURAH HERRON and LISA WILLNER It takes just two words to summarize the deeply troubling problems facing Kentucky’s juvenile justice system: systemwide failure. This is not an indictment of any administration, party, branch of government, or group of children’s advocates. It’s an indictment of all of us. For years, Kentucky’s system has let…
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