May 19, 2013
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FARCE U.N. panel makes mockery of human rights review
The United Nations Human Rights Council has endorsed a report praising Libya for its human rights record. Well, of course. Libya has been liberated from long-time dictator Moammar Gadhafi, right...
Mar 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Innovation begets successes, declines
In Retreat, Sears Set To Unload Stores — The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 24 WASHINGTON — Retreat need not mean surrender. Still ... In 1886, a shipment of $25 watches from a Chicago jeweler was...
Mar 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Military ‘screenings’ little defense against mental impact of troops’ war experience
Don’t get me wrong. The killing of 16 Afghan men, women and children by an American soldier without provocation and without threat to his own life (or so it appears) was wrong. Completely wrong. It...
Mar 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Democracy functions best at local level
The bleating about broken government and partisanship continues. “Why can’t those boobs in Washington agree on anything?” We’re constantly told that the way to fix the country is to dethrone the le...
Mar 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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PROVEN Murray State Racers make Big Dance splash
Following his team’s loss to Marquette in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Murray State University head coach Steve Prohm perfectly summarized the Racers’ amazing season: “We proved that we...
Mar 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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MOVING ON Mussels appeased, riverfront project gathers pace
Environmental math is confusing. Take this example: Start with a $15 million riverfront development project; add a few dozen members of a species of freshwater mussels classified as endangered d...
Mar 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘War on women’ narrative not working
WASHINGTON — It is extraordinary how far some will go to knit the random scraps and patches of events into the quilt of a narrative. So the Susan B. Komen controversy, resistance to the administrat...
Mar 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Making cigarettes less affordable will cut down on teen smoking
The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Monday, March 11: If you go to the website of the Surgeon General of the United States (surgeongeneral.gov), you can see a new public s...
Mar 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Racial quota politics destructive
Many years ago, I learned of an episode in the life of a promising young black man that is relevant to things happening now. He had been educated at a good school, and went on to receive degrees at...
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Senate’s action a foul; UK’s decision a slam-dunk
“We’re moving in the right direction” is a phrase oft-repeated in Frankfort. But it’s not always used appropriately. Senate Republicans did anything but on the recent methamphetamine legislat...
Mar 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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