RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM THE HEARTLAND

The Appalachian tradition of neighbors helping neighbors especially in times of needs...

It is time for the Frankfort bureaucrats to end the politics and start making decisions that embrace the contributions of the people of the mountains.

After more than 20 years after the massive slurry spill in Martin County, Kentucky, the people are still waiting for a glass of clean drinking water.

It is time to set aside politics and pass the legislation necessary to provide high-speed internet to all Americans, especially to rural America.

For the third straight year, Kentucky has once again led the nation with the highest child abuse rate. Yet, behind the scenes Governor Beshear's Administration is quietly threatening to cut-off funding for Sunrise Children's Services for its refusal to bow at the altar of political correctness.

When it comes to Appalachian coal, it might be appropriate to borrow from that often-misquoted phrase from Mark Twain, 'the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." This is also true when one considers that the richest deposits of rare earth elements in the United States can be found in the fire clay coal seam of Eastern Kentucky.

If we are going to survive as a nation, all Americans need to understand the fundamental beliefs that caused the formation of this country.

Sadly, as a result of the events of the past years, lawmakers across America have introduced legislation intended to erode our First Amendment rights of speech and assembly. Recently the Kentucky Senate introduced legislation which makes it a crime to verbally bully a law enforcement officer.

Once the dust has settled, and we return to a post Covid-19 world, it will be time to pay the piper for the arbitrary and harsh orders which have destroyed thousands of businesses in Kentucky and across America.

It is time to end the rhetoric intended to inflame the passions to defund the police, it is time to support real police reforms.