Integrity, The Pillar for Governance

Integrity, The Pillar for Governance

The Premise The founders of the United States of America believed that there is a necessary role for a strictly-limited governance. The purpose of such governance is to secure individual rights. While not anarchists, the Founders understood that governmental power tends to overstep its rightful limits, such that checks on power and balances across different…

Pfizer Gives Republican Party of Kentucky $1,000,000

Pfizer Gives Republican Party of Kentucky $1,000,000

As reported by the Kentucky Lantern, in December 2022 the controversial drugmaker Pfizer gave the Republican Party of Kentucky (RPK) $1,000,000. While corporate donations direct to a party’s executive committee are against the law in Kentucky, a loophole allows for unlimited donations to a party’s “building fund.” An additional $650,000 from other big corporate donors…

The Kentucky Republican Party Takes Aim at Itself

The Kentucky Republican Party Takes Aim at Itself

To kick off the new 2023 legislative session, we might expect the Republican “super-majority” to focus on core bread-and-butter Kentucky Republican issues. We’d all likely unify around lowering taxes, relieving some regulatory burdens on small businesses, or disentangling our schools from onerous ideologies. Many voters are concerned about election integrity, which is an obvious problem…