Today's Opinions

What does too much stress do to your heart?

Stress in itself is not unhealthy. Stress is just your body’s response to any physical or emotional demand.

But too much unrelieved stress can lower your body’s resistance to disease, contribute to disorders such as stomach ailments and insomnia, and may cause changes in the body’s chemistry that can directly affect your heart health.

The stress response is your body’s physical reaction to a stressful situation.

Are there still people who hare without electricity in Bullitt County a week after the ice storm hit?

Yes.

Will there be residents who may be without power this time next week?

We should hope not.

But despite the many discomforts felt by those left without power, those who helped get life back to normal should be praised.

The electrical crews have been wonderful. No, we still don’t understand when you neighbor has electric but the rest of the block doesn’t.

FRANKFORT – With our thoughts understandably focused on what has been called the most widespread natural disaster in Kentucky’s history, my legislative colleagues and I returned to the Capitol early last week to begin the main portion of the 2009 Regular Session.

We spent our opening days learning more about the recent storm’s damage and the unprecedented response that followed.  It has unfortunately claimed more than two dozen lives so far, and at its peak, more than 760,000 homes were without power.