Berry Craig

Lifelong Kentuckian Berry Craig is an emeritus professor of history at West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah and a freelance writer. He is a member of American Federation of Teachers Local 1360, recording secretary for the Western Kentucky AFL-CIO Area Council, webmaster-editor for the Kentucky State AFL-CIO, and a member of the state AFL-CIO Executive Board. His ninth book on the history of his state, “Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor: Stories from the Day of Infamy,” was published by the University Press of Kentucky in November 2020.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Berry Craig

Opinion

Republicans’ working class hero re-branding isn’t fooling anyone
February 24, 2021 By Berry Craig
It's time to put up or shut up.
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Opinion

Profiles in cowardice: Mitch McConnell
February 18, 2021 By Berry Craig
Mitch McConnell and 42 fellow Republicans who acquitted Trump earned their niche in history, right next to the jurists at Hitler's 1923 Beer Hall Putsch trial.
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Labor

Labor, aiming to oust McConnell, campaigns hard for Grimes in Kentucky
October 8, 2014 By Berry Craig
"A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one," legendary former U.S. House Speaker Sam Rayburn famously once observed.
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Berry Craig

LATEST ARTICLES BY Berry Craig

Republicans’ working class hero re-branding isn’t fooling anyone

Profiles in cowardice: Mitch McConnell

Labor, aiming to oust McConnell, campaigns hard for Grimes in Kentucky