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Today's Opinions

  • The Postal Service: Congress is its worst enemy

    Recent publicity about closing post office and mail processing plants, and massive financial losses, has Americans wondering if the Postal Service is an anachronism living on borrowed time in the electronic age. The answer is “maybe.” There is no shortage of opinions, for sure.

    I’d like to share some background from my perspective of 28 years as the postal chair of the National Newspaper Association.

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  • Savor your graduation day

    It was hot the day I graduated high school.

    I remember sweating under my white robe as we waited for the ceremony to begin and the entire class to file onto the stage. Having a last name that was near the end of the alphabet meant I was in the back of the group but also that I was one of the first on the stage as we came out in reverse order.

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  • Bardstown is my kind of town

    SHONNA SHECKLES

    CITIZEN COLUMNIST

     

    I love my town.

    Yes, I said it, but it is not for the reason that most would expect. It is not for its historical value, bourbon industry, or for the summer months that are filled with tourists on our streets. It is about the people who make up our town.

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  • Last dance for Donna Summer, Chuck Brown

    The soundtrack of my youth is fading. That’s hardly an original observation, but self-indulgence is a columnist’s inalienable right and music has unique power to summon unbidden waves of nostalgia. I’ll spend the rest of the day listening to the “Queen of Disco” and the “Godfather of Go-Go,” and saying goodbye.

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  • The time-wasting network

    “If time be of all things the most precious,” Benjamin Franklin said, “wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.” But he had never heard of a status update.

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  • Reader looking for lost columns

    To the editor:

    When I lived in Nelson County I wrote religious articles for The Kentucky Standard. I did not save any copies. If any of you have copies, could you please send them to me?

     

    Sister M. Gemma, V.H.M.

    300 Berry Ave.

    Versailles, KY 400383

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  • Reader upset school won’t take responsibility

    To the editor:

    Parents  and school personnel are the best role models  to teach children responsibility; such as, if while playing baseball their ball crashes through a neighbor's window they are responsible for replacing the window. A responsible school system abides by this basic tenet of taking responsibility for what our actions have caused. 

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  • Reader responds to recent letter

    To the editor:

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