May 20, 2013
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SETBACK GOP, state hurt by corruption allegations
As Republicans chipped away at Democratic hegemony in Frankfort over the past two decades, they did so in part by promising to clean up the cronyism and corruption that permeated state government. ...
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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GOP needs to address substance first
WASHINGTON — Because of the grotesquely swollen place the presidency now occupies in the nation’s governance and consciousness, we are never not preoccupied with presidential campaigning. The Const...
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Conservative, libertarian ideas overlap
“At CPAC, the Future Looks Libertarian,” read a dispatch on Time magazine’s website. “CPAC: Rand Paul’s Big Moment,” proclaimed The Week magazine. Meanwhile, the New York Times headlined its story ...
Mar 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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HACKS House playing games with redistricting plan
The gerrymandered redistricting plan approved by the Kentucky House of Representatives in this year’s regular session would pit 1st District Rep. Steven Rudy against 2nd District Rep. Richard Heath...
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MISGUIDED Washington to blame for latest pain at pump
When you fill up your gas tank this summer and curse Big Oil for the high prices, your anger might be misdirected. Oh, there’s no denying the oil companies are making a tidy profit. But they are...
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ovarian cancer treatment deserves same attention given to breast cancer
The last thing someone diagnosed with a serious cancer wants to hear about is politics. It’s bad enough to think that whether or not you will live to see your child graduate from college may depend...
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Expectations play big role in success
A remarkable book titled “Gifted Hands” tells the personal story of Benjamin Carson, a black kid from the Detroit ghetto who went on to become a renowned neurosurgeon. At one time young Ben Cars...
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marriage Act case of federal overreach
“Under the Constitution, the regulation and control of marital and family relationships are reserved to the states.” U.S. Supreme Court Sherrer v. Sherrer (1948) WASHINGTON — The Defense o...
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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BLUNDER PPS customers paying for board’s ambition
It may be that Paducah Power System customers 30 years from now will look back and applaud the board’s decision to drop TVA as its power supplier and invest in Prairie State Energy Campus. Not m...
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Catholic Church remains bulwark against the devaluing of human life
WASHINGTON — All things considered, I’d rather be in Rome. Isn’t everyone? Tout le journalism monde has descended on Rome since Pope Benedict XVI’s surprise retirement last month. The ensuing Va...
Mar 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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