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Mountain folks familiar with making biofuel

Larry Webster

Every time Tie Rod hears the words ”clean coal,“ he thinks of Mrs. Oaks in the coal camp.

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  • Kentucky festivals offer array of wonders

    Jason Bailey

    Contributing columnist

    Kentucky is a place of hidden gems. A few weeks ago, I was returning to my car after listening to men in ties and cowboy hats playing bluegrass on the Moonlight Stage in downtown Morehead.

  • Hard to stomach ads about body parts, dysfunctions

    By Henry Rikert

    Herald-Leader Contributing Columnist

    The other night my 11-year-old son said, “Hey, Dad, I just saw a really weird commercial. What’s erectile dysfunction?”

  • City deserves first-class building on old Woolworth block

    By Richard S. Levine

    A cynical colleague used to say that ”a city gets the architecture it deserves.“

  • Amendment wasn't always first on rights list

    By Richard Labunski

    As we celebrate the nation's founding, it is also a time to think about the U.S. Constitution. Here are 10 things about it that you may not know:

  • Kentucky voices

    Unfinished business: going back to Iraq

    By Joseph Roche

    I am proud to be deploying again to Iraq. I believe in this mission, and I have served in it already. I've been out of active duty from the Army for 20 months, but recently received mobilization orders for at least another 400 days there. I am honored and blessed to have another chance to be a part of this vital mission.

  • The Declaration of independence

    When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

  • Kentucky voices

    Going green will reap green rewards

    By Tom Kimmerer

    Turn on local talk radio and you are likely to hear the modern equivalent of the flat-earthers and Luddites of yore. Fake experts, far-right bloviators and ill-informed talk show hosts are out to persuade you to ignore the massive weight of scientific evidence that climate change is real, serious and now upon us.

  • Time to reform Ky.'s juvenile justice system

    By Terry Brooks

    Every day in Kentucky juvenile courts, young people are placed in custody for disobeying their parents, cutting school or even bringing home bad grades.

  • Tethering dogs a bad idea

    By Dr. Craig J. Blair

    Jim Jordan's June 9 ”Buzz“ column praised a product called Sure Stay, which allows dogs to be tethered or chained to a stake in the ground. He wrote that ”to those of us who cut grass, Sure Stay sure is nice.“

  • States better suited to fix horse racing's problems

    By Damon Thayer

    Leave it the Herald-Leader editorial board to call for bigger government and more regulation of a sport that is already regulated at a state level.

  • Blaming Democrats getting stale

    By David O'Neill

    I've had it, too.

  • KHSAA rulings based on bylaws

    By Wilson Sears,

    The article by Valarie Honeycutt Spears and the follow-up editorial about the Kentucky High School Athletic Association's eligibility rulings show considerable naívete regarding the very complex issue of controlling recruitment among KHSAA member schools.

  • Curtail unwarranted spying on public

    Congress is on the verge of making a bad deal to expand the executive's power to conduct electronic spying and slam the door shut on efforts to find out how and why the government misled lawmakers and the public about the extent of its ambitious program to spy without court order.

  • Religion in elections | CON

    Rule keeps politicking out of pulpits

    By Barry W. Lynn

    McClatchy-Tribune

    Houses of worship exist to fill spiritual needs and bring people closer to God. But many offer much more: Their soup kitchens provide meals to impoverished families, they give counseling to couples and they sponsor youth groups, among other endeavors.

  • Religion in elections | PRO

    ElectionsTax exemption shouldn't silence preachers

    By Jay Sekulow

    McClatchy-Tribune

    The IRS is stifling the free speech rights of religious leaders in a world where most Americans understand that the intersection of faith and politics is a well-recognized part of this nation's culture and heritage.

  • Hospitals reckless to leave floors short of nurses

    By Dr. Kevin T. Kavanagh

    Much has been written about the understaffing of nurses at many health care facilities. Now, additional evidence has come from patients and nurses themselves.

  • Gay community celebrating with pride

    By Paul Brown

    Each June, the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in cities around the country and the world come together to put on pride festivals, events and parades in an effort to show the world that, yes, we are here.

  • Chavez, not Bush, upholds U.S. ideals

    Jess Rivas

    Contributing Columnist

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez often uses very harsh language when referring to President Bush. And the mainstream media in the United States always rushes to describe Chavez as ”anti-American.“

  • Kentucky voices

    Oil companies should drill on land they already have

    By Ben Chandler

    On June 6, the price of a barrel of oil increased more in one day than an entire barrel cost a decade ago.

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