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Opinion

  • Enjoy uniqueness of Bourbon Festival

    The week of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival isn’t the easiest time of year for me. There are several night events to cover, meaning after our day shift at work is finished, we have to keep on going. Plus I live downtown, and when the flood of festival-goers arrives, parking is impossible. And this year we have construction to boot. I predict I’ll have some lengthy walks from my car to home in the next couple of days.

  • Tea Party is not over 'til it...

    Not to spoil the fun, but Democrats shouldn’t take the Republican Party’s bitter internal warfare — and the inexperienced, flaky candidates who’ve emerged from the fray — as any kind of reassurance about November. Try as it might, the GOP probably can’t defeat itself. Not this year, anyway.

  • Letter: Reader supports vote for...

    To the editor:

    While stopping for refreshments at Handy Food Mart, Billy G. Hobbs, PDC, and I discussed the “homeless veteran problems in Kentucky” with Tim Hutchins.

  • Letter: More important issues than...

    To the editor:

    Peter Trzop calls himself a Reagan conservative yet his main concern is an indoor pool. I think we have more pressing issues than an indoor  pool — improved roads, bridges to name a few.

    Michael Wheatley

    132 Highland Drive

    Bardstown

  • The chastened rebels running again

    Saying boosterish things about the Republican Party is part of Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor’s job description. On the verge of what could be a historic midterm sweep, though, the top Republican leader strikes a self-effacing note: “None of us are under any illusions that this election is turning on the fact that people are pining for Republicans. It’s all against the other side.”

  • Anxiously awaiting fall weather

    Mother Nature must have forgotten that fall is here, considering the mercury approached the 100-degree mark Thursday. What gives? Didn’t we suffer enough during the summer? Must the misery continue into fall?

    I exaggerate for effect — mostly. A record-breaking heat wave needs no fluff. It’s painful enough on its own.

  • Do we want to be a caring society?

    As I read economists these past few years, there seems to be two big lines of thought: that we need to go back to the way things are, spurring growth again OR we need to do things differently because the push for perpetual growth won’t work. Which is the wise way to go?

  • Editorial: Do your part: Register...

    In just 39 days, you will have the chance to make a difference in the way your city and county are operated. Election Day is Nov. 2. If you haven’t been satisfied with the way certain elected officials have performed their duty and they are running for re-election, Nov. 2 is your chance to give them the boot. Likewise, if your city or county representatives have performed admirably and want to continue to serve, you should do your part to keep them in office.

  • Photography a worthwhile hobby

    When I was hired at The Kentucky Standard, my job duties included taking photographs as well as writing stories. I had plenty of experience in the latter, but I was complete novice in the former.

    In addition to a lack of skill, my personal track record with photographic equipment is quite poor. I have lost at least two cameras and damaged others that did not belong to me. In my high school journalism class, I was pretty much forbidden from taking photos after I dropped one of the school’s cameras on the floor as I pulled it from a storage cabinet.

  • Letter: Time to find the best...

    To the editor:

    We have been punked.

  • Complain, complain, complain

    This week I thought I would assemble a grab bag of a few things that bother me.  Each of these subjects could probably be a column in itself, but I thought for a change just to list a few and save the details for later.

  • Letter: Reader says writer missed...

    To the editor:

    You have missed the point on the smoking ban. It is not about smoking or providing a “healthier environment,” it is about our rights as American citizens. Every time we lose a right we are a step closer to communism or the German state run by Adolph Hitler. Business owners should have the right to decide if they will allow smoking inside their place of business. Furthermore the consumer should be able to exercise his right to choose a business based on what it offers not what the government allows. This is how a democracy works. We the people decide.

  • Letter: Not all theater is meant to...

    To the editor:

    I recently read on The Kentucky Standard’s Web site that some Bardstown citizens are not happy with the community theatre’s choice of the play Extremities.

  • Bears that go bump in the morning

    Knock.

    Knock.

    Knock.

    “You guys awake?” Joe asked.

    A grumbled affirmation came from my sister, Julie. We were awake but had only been stirring for a few minutes. My sister, her 7-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, and I were sharing a room in a cabin in Gatlinburg. The cabin was being shared with three other families for the weekend. It was 7:30 a.m. and we weren’t quite ready to get up.

    Joe and his family had a room on the main floor and were already up for the day.

  • Editorial: Death penalty can be a...

    Since 1976, there have been 1,226 people executed in the United States. Since 1973, more than 130 people have been released from death row after their innocence was proven. That begs the question: Were any of the 1,226 inmates who were put to death innocent? Statistics suggest the answer is yes.

  • Hunting and everything in-between

    Last week I got to thinking. The problem with thinking is thinking. Do not misconstrue my thought on this matter. Thinking about stuff is not a bad thing, it is just problematic. As often as not, you do not know where the ruminations are going to end up.

  • Letter: Let's begin more...

    To the editor:

    For those who persist in maintaining that President Obama is a “secret Muslim,” I have two questions:

    1. Have you any confirmation of that from Israeli intelligence sources?

    2. Have you any confirmation of that from reliable American Jewish sources?

    (Note: Orly Taitz definitely does not count in either category.)

  • Editorial: Help the United Way help...

    The math says it all. Double-digit unemployment plus three new agencies and an increased demand for private sector services. It adds up to a big challenge for the United Way of Nelson County as the fall campaign kicks off.

  • Stop huffing and puffing about ban

    There is a lot of huffing and puffing going on about Bardstown’s smoking ordinance. Since mid-June, public establishments in the city limits have been required to be smoke-free. The Bardstown City Council voted on the ordinance in March with a split 3-3 vote. Bardstown Mayor Dick Heaton broke the tie and the smoking ordinance was passed. After 90 days, the ordinance went into effect. But even before the effective date, people have been complaining.

  • Sept. 11 not an excuse for...

    It’s hard to believe it has been nine years since the 9/11 attacks. It was definitely the most significant national event of my lifetime. I won’t say it had the biggest impact of any event in U.S. history, as I haven’t been around that long and am not an expert on America’s past, but one could certainly make the argument. It changed our culture — the way we perceive ourselves as Americans and our place in the world, our sense of security, the way we travel, the economy, how the powers-that-be deal with other countries, and so on.