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Mid-century modern building is worth saving

In late October, the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation took the unusual step of asking the Fayette Circuit Court to overturn what we believe is an incorrect and precedent-setting decision to allow demolition of a functional and contributing building in a local historic district.

Migrants from Central America yell through a border wall at a U.S. Border Patrol agent after he pulled down a banner Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, in San Diego. Migrants approaching the U.S. border from Mexico were enveloped with tear gas Sunday after a few tried to breach the fence separating the two countries. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Op-Ed

Trump guts refugee system in time of great need

We have only to look at our southern border to confront some of the most troubling problems of our era: Displaced people attempting by drastic means to escape poverty, abuse and dysfunctional governments that threaten their rights as human beings and even their very lives.

Op-Ed

Kentucky endangers workers by underpaying inspectors

Worker fatalities and corresponding governmental failures were detailed recently in “Fatal Flaws: How Kentucky is failing its workers,” a series produced by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting and published in the Herald-Leader.

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Reading, violence and fools

Practice is key to reading

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., carried her baby, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, when she went to Senate floor to vote on April 19.

Opinion

We cannot allow US to become a war zone

Josephine Gay loved to spend her summers running her own lemonade stand.

What happens when the government shuts down?

Editorials

Here’s an idea: Give Trump a ‘pretend’ wall then Congress should fund real needs at the border

Instead of acceding to the toddler in chief’s demands for a boondoggle of a wall, Congress should respond to Customs and Border Protection chief’s calls for preventing more deaths of immigrant children in U.S. custody

Opinion

Trump’s artless deal: The president’s Syria decision will have long-term consequences

On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to “destroy” ISIS, which hasn’t happened. And won’t with Americans’ departure. So, mission accomplished it isn’t, no matter how many times you say it.

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Improve gun checks; Veterans deserve respect; McGrath hurt herself

Gun check ineffective

Syrian Arab trainees practice firing their small arms at an undisclosed training range in northern Syria on Saturday, May 21, 2016. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, the top U.S. commander for the Middle East has secretly visited Syria for a first-hand look at efforts to build cohesive alliances of Arab, Kurd and other local fighters to defeat the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Don’t abandon the Kurds in Syria; Mexico will not pay for wall; Open the borders and let liberals see consequences

Don’t betray the Kurds

Op-Ed

Data is clear: States with lowest-performing schools do the most paddling

Corporal punishment may not be a direct cause, but it certainly is not helping educational attainment

Op-Ed

‘If only in my dreams;’ dealing with loss during the holidays

Recent dreams reinforce urgency of embracing our families, friends

Op-Ed

Kentucky legislature sets new milestones for diverse leadership

In 1921, when Kentucky’s Mary Elliott Flanery became the first woman in the South elected to a state legislature, she famously said: “I can hold my own with the boys when I get to Frankfort.”

Op-Ed

Oh, concierge?... Health care, please

The rich have health care at whim. What happened to health care Trump promised?

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Open all of renovated courthouse to public; Responses to local columnists, letter writers

Dome disappointment

Op-Ed

At Figgy Puddin’s: gold, frankincense and oxygen for black-lung victims

Figgy Puddin was thoughtful in designing her annual Christmas party to fit the needs of her customers. She sells clean urine shipped in from Utah by tanker, and throws an annual party.

Letters to the Editor

Letters: City can’t build a community for seniors without amenities; Kentucky children need our help

Senior moment on zoning

Editorial Cartoons

McClatchy editorial cartoons for the week of Dec. 24, 2018

McClatchy's award-winning editorial cartoonists offer their views on the week's news

Editorial Cartoons

Jack Ohman’s 2018 cartoons in review

Some of the best of 2018 by The Sacramento Bee's Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist.

Editorial Cartoons

Kevin Siers cartoon slideshow: 2018 in Review

A look back at this year's local, state and national issues in the news, as viewed and captured by the Observer's Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, Kevin Siers

National Opinions

Trump is The Grinch who has lost his mind

’Tis not the season to be jolly, thanks to Donald Trump.

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