Category: Opinions

Kentucky Senators speak out on treatment of coal industry

Comments from Sen. McConnell “Mr. President, hearings on the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory agenda will be held in Kentucky this week. One hearing will be held today in Frankfort and another later this week in Pikeville. Since Congress is in…

Statement from Sen. Paul

Sen. Rand Paul provided this official statement for Tuesday night’s hearing: Thank you for the opportunity to submit a statement, as the Senate calendar does not allow me to attend in person. These hearings are long overdue. As you know,…

Hatfields & McCoys: a feuding we will go

  By Jordan Thomas Hall With the recent success of the History Channel’s “Hatfields and McCoys” miniseries, I felt this the most appropriate time to suggest a trip to the actual sites. Several years ago I traveled to many of…

My Platform as President Part 2

By Rick Hall Last week I wrote about my platform were I to run for president. Here is the second part of that article. Race relationships — All citizens will be treated equally; period, end of story. Hate crimes will…

The War Years of Clark “Teaberry” Gayheart

By Jordan Thomas Hall As years go by it is important to preserve our history while first hand accounts can remain our best resource. Let this serve as an attempt to do just that. In the summer of 1946, Clark…

Surely He’s Not Going to Rant About the BCS This Year?

By Rick Hall Okay, this year that idiot, Rick Hall, cannot shout about the BCS and how it chose the Alabama Crimson Tide as its National Champion, can he? WRONG!! The key word in that last sentence was “C-H-O-S-E!” How…