by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 1, 2013 | Opinion
It’s always nice to learn something new about someone, even after they’ve left this world. I can remember when pianist Van Cliburn, then a young man, won the inaugural Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, back in 1958. It was big news at the time. In...
by Joe Phelps | Mar 1, 2013 | Opinion
Amid all the game playing in Washington and in Frankfort, Ky., perhaps there is a lesson to be learned from Kentucky’s other religion: basketball. Recently, the Courier-Journal sports section questioned whether University of Louisville center Gorgui Dieng is...
by Mike Harton | Mar 1, 2013 | Opinion
In a previous column, I suggested that an assumed culture of violence prevails among many of those who are most vocal in defense of gun ownership. They are not alone, however. Even many non-gun owners live in fear, mistrust and suspicion. Therefore, I urged that...
by Larry Greenfield | Mar 1, 2013 | Opinion
Based on longstanding and widespread reports of government corruption in Afghanistan, I’m no fan of the country’s president. And it appears that Hamid Karzai is again exploiting an ambiguous situation involving the U.S. military for his own political gain....
by Aaron Weaver | Feb 28, 2013 | Opinion
When the House of Representatives voted on Jan. 2 to pass the much-ballyhooed fiscal cliff deal, President Barack Obama appeared on national television to offer a few stern words for his detractors. Toward the end of his statement, Obama called on Democrats and...
by Leroy Seat | Feb 28, 2013 | Opinion
Noted Baptist ethicist and theologian Glen Stassen was born on Feb. 29, 1936. (I’m not revealing any secrets for he has included his birth date on his Facebook page.) Even though there is no Feb. 29 this year, Glen was still born 77 years ago, which means that...
