http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/opinion/?track=rss Headlines from centralkynews.com en ©2013, centralkynews.com Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:42:00 -0400 By JOHN DAVID DYCHE http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/opinion/amn-john-david-dyche-america-could-use-another-coolidge-20130617,0,5837795.story?track=rss He could be quiet, but not as much as his nickname Silent Cal suggests. He was also ambitious, hardworking, humble, intelligent, loving, philosophical, self-confident, and witty. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:42:00 EDT By JOHN DAVID DYCHE http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/opinion/amn-john-david-dyche-tyranny-in-the-open-20130617,0,4784047.story?track=rss Remember the 2008 Democratic convention stadium rally in Denver?  The one with the faux Greek columns and rhythmic chanting of nominee Obama’s name?  Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:39:00 EDT By JOHN DAVID DYCHE http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/opinion/amn-john-david-dyche-mcconnells-halfcentury-of-hardball-politics-20130609,0,1530351.story?track=rss The big news at the University of Louisville in the spring of 1963 was the school’s strong showing in the College Bowl academic quiz show. Of lesser note, but perhaps more lasting significance, Mitch McConnell was elected president of U of L’s Arts & Sciences student council. Sun, 9 Jun 2013 10:50:00 EDT http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/opinion/amn-editorial-thumbs-up-thumbs-down-20130608,0,7136569.story?track=rss Thumbs down: City of Danville's agency allocation process  Sat, 8 Jun 2013 22:41:00 EDT By JOHN DAVID DYCHE http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/opinion/amn-john-david-dyche-education-commissioner-gets-high-marks-20130607,0,446362.story?track=rss Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday, Ph. D., has two qualities essential for success in his demanding post: brains and guts. He has recently displayed both by boldly challenging powerful elements on the political left and the political right. Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:09:00 EDT By JOHN DAVID DYCHE http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/opinion/amn-kentuckians-must-demand-better-government-20130604,0,3851503.story?track=rss Kentucky remains at the wrong end of too many rankings of states in measures of education, health, and prosperity. The commonwealth occasionally makes modest, incremental improvements, but real progress requires bolder action. Tue, 4 Jun 2013 12:09:00 EDT BY DAVID BROCK http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/opinion/amn-column-anonymous-heroes-help-get-recovery-started-after-a-disaster-20130525,0,7783371.story?track=rss “WE R OK.” Sat, 25 May 2013 20:59:00 EDT By JOHN DAVID DYCHE http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/opinion/amn-john-david-dyche-kentucky-democrats-need-to-find-a-new-bert-combs-20130525,0,3009582.story?track=rss In the documentary “Bert Combs, Governor from the Mountains,” the late Thomas D. Clark, Kentucky’s most eminent historian, said that Combs dragged Kentucky into the 20th Century against its will. Sadly, that century was 60 years old before he did so. Even sadder, Kentucky is still stuck there well into the 21st Century. Sat, 25 May 2013 20:53:00 EDT By JOHN DAVID DYCHE http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/opinion/amn-john-david-dyche-summer-reading-for-conservative-students-20130520,0,6642351.story?track=rss Rush Limbaugh frequently makes bombastic radio references to his Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies. One wishing to learn about conservatism can occasionally glean a morsel of wisdom from Limbaugh’s talk, but there are better teachers. Mon, 20 May 2013 14:40:00 EDT By JOHN DAVID DYCHE http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/opinion/amn-john-david-dyche-medicaid-expansion-evidence-and-alternatives-20130516,0,4133339.story?track=rss Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s decision to expand Medicaid came mere days after the most significant study of the issue concluded that extending Medicaid coverage to the previously uninsured “generated no significant improvements in measured physical health outcomes in the first two years.” Thu, 16 May 2013 11:02:00 EDT