Yesterday, American Atheists, Inc. filed a brief in the appeal by the Attorney General of the finding that state laws that say our safety requires reliance on almighty god.
Remember the national embarrassment Tom Riner caused with this mess? Rachel Maddow? Editorials around the globe?
The organization is pissed that a judge in Kentucky said [...]

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SOooooo, Paulbots/Paultards/Teabaggers/Teatards: how bout it? How is it okay for Rand Paul to scream about freedom and speech and yadda yadda, only to freak the eff out when someone says something he doesn’t like? And why hasn’t he denied play-kidnapping a lady and making her smoke ganja weed and share in some sort [...]

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You should help me provide kids in rural Kentucky with some books. It’ll change their lives and improve their education. And you don’t have to agree with me political in order to help or offer suggestions. You just have to care about the future of Kentucky’s youth. [Page One]
Everybody is being so [...]

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The Federal Election Commission has launched two investigations into Ron Paul’s/Rand Paul’s Campaign for Liberty – and the elder Paul isn’t happy about it.
Here’s a bit from C4L’s latest email blast:
Dear Liberty Activist,
The FEC has launched a pair of investigations on Campaign for Liberty.
Both are meritless, but could seriously disrupt our growing program.
Please read Campaign [...]

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On Friday the Murray State University Board of Regents held a meeting. And I’m surprised all hell didn’t break loose.
During that meeting, Bill Adams (a regent) said he objected to content being published in The Murray State News, the campus newspaper. His gripes? Mostly directed at a special section of the paper [...]

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Trey Grayson says he leads Rand Paul 39 to 37. Teabaggers are set to have exploding heads any moment now. [Bluegrass Politics]
Saint Dr. Ayn Rand Paul is commemorating the Oklahoma City Bombing with his own sort of bomb on April 19th. How cute. [B&P]
Maybe Saint Rand needs a reminder of just [...]

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In late January I shared news that Todd Eklof released an interesting new book. It’s called A Gospel for Liberals: Considering the historical Jesus in light of today’s most controversial social issues. It’s nothing short of controversial (suggesting Jesus was a Democrat is so scary, apparently) but it’s definitely not the first book [...]

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Here’s the latest column from Attorney General Jack Conway:
I continue to hear from concerned parents, community leaders and school officials from across Kentucky who support our inquiry into Topix.com. Last month, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and I sent a letter to Topix.com CEO Chris Tolles asking him to provide information about his policies dealing [...]

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Frankfort wants to make “sexting” illegal.
From the Ronnie Ellis Twitter Machine, for the sake of discussion:

But what about talking dirty – in real life – to someone? Raunchy emails? Passing perverse notes?
Call me a bad seed or whatever, but I think this uproar over sexting is silly. If we didn’t have text [...]

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Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E), owned by E.ON U.S., has requested permission from the Kentucky Public Service Commission to increase rates.
Why, you may be wondering? Well, uh, to finance the construction of two new coal ash ponds in Trimble County. That’s within the floodplain of the Ohio River. 40 minutes from Louisville [...]

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