June 18, 2013
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GROUNDED NASA a shadow of its former self
NASA has become like the poor sap who has to hitch a ride to work because he can no longer start his clunker, which sits on blocks in the yard. With the space shuttles retired and nothing to rep...
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These days one must embrace identity politics to ‘qualify’ as minority
WASHINGTON — Enough with this “enough” business. Latest to the question of whether a person is sufficiently identifiable as belonging to a particular demographic is Ted Cruz — the conservative T...
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Winning House Obama’s driving focus
WASHINGTON — Thirty-one months ago Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell affronted the media and other custodians of propriety by saying something common-sensical. On Oct. 23, 2010, he said: “The ...
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PAST DUE Comprehensive plan should be priority item
McCracken County is out of compliance with Kentucky planning and zoning laws, and has been for years. A story Sunday by Sun reporter Mallory Panuska disclosed that a statutorily required update...
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Politicians act like kids chasing a ball
If you are driving along and suddenly see a big red rubber ball come bouncing out into the street, you might want to put your foot on the brake pedal, because a small child may well come running ou...
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Indecision on Syria boxes president in
WASHINGTON — On Syria, President Obama has sometimes seemed isolated within his own administration. As the atrocities have escalated — from the shelling of neighborhoods, to airstrikes on bread lin...
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Self-defeating public policy holds Kentucky back in economic horse race
Kentucky does some things brilliantly. Basketball, Bluegrass music, bourbon, and thoroughbreds are among the best examples. These are big businesses, but also forms of amusement and diversion....
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IDEOLOGUE Poll: Obama, Americans at odds over Keystone XL
Pressure is mounting on President Obama to reverse his 2012 campaign-season decision blocking construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. A comprehensive new poll shows a healthy majority of both Ame...
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Universities indoctrinate rather than teach students to think for themselves
While it is not possible to answer all the e-mails and letters from readers, many are thought-provoking, whether those thoughts are positive or negative. An e-mail from one young man simply aske...
May 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jim Waters
Sen. McConnell right to press EPA for timely action
During recent stops in Pikeville and Hazard, Sen. Mitch McConnell took aim at the Environmental Protection Agency’s rope-a-dope policy that Kentucky’s senior senator rightly describes as an “illegi...
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