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Schools, Souls, and Civitas

Gary Houchens

Essays by Dr. Gary Houchens on education, faith, and public life.

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Clawing back the Chromebooks

Last week, a school in rural northeastern Kentucky did something that more and more parents across the country are wishing their own districts would do: it pushed back on the Chromebook.

Simons Middle School in Fleming County announced tha...

10 days ago
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Guest post: Kentucky parents deserve digital library controls that actually work

For the May 24, 2026 edition of the Bowling Green Daily News, I loaned my column space to Jerry Chapman, leader of an Owensboro, Kentucky-based advocacy group called Citizens for Decency. Below is an expanded version of Jerry’s op-ed.

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Guest Post: Beware using the Bible to attack political opponents

For the May 10, 2026 edition of the Bowling Green Daily News, I offered my column space to Dr. Mark Doggett, who wrote the essay below.


Readers of the Daily News may recall an opinion piece from a few weeks ago that referenced the B...

22 days ago

Tears of Wisdom

Like a lot of people, I turned 40 with some reluctance. In my case, not because I feared getting older, but because I was beginning to understand, in ways I hadn’t before, how much I didn’t know. That admission was itself a kind of progress...

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The education record of a would-be governor

For several years I’ve been honored to serve as a scholar for the Bluegrass Institute, a nonpartisan think tank committed to advancing individual liberty, limited and transparent government, and free markets to promote lasting reform and un...

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