June 19, 2013
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FOLLY Little good can come from EU carbon tax
China and India are advising their airlines not to pay a newly imposed carbon tax on commercial airline flights landing in European Union countries. The world’s two most populous nations have be...
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Sometimes we discover grace at unexpected times amidst pain, suffering, loneliness
I opened the garage to back my car out on Saturday morning and silently cursed at the car blocking part of my driveway, making a difficult task (backing out onto a busy street, something I never th...
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OVERTAXED This is a distinction the U.S. doesn’t want
The U.S. can now claim an ignominious distinction: highest corporate tax rate in the developed world. Japan, trying to jump start its own stagnant economy, lowered its corporate tax rate from 39...
Apr 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘Moderation in all things’ no longer expresses desire of hyper-partisan American public
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — As the sun rises and dabs Caesars Palace with morning rouge, irony struts down the strip of casinos, shops and nightclubs. What better place to contemplate moderation, the topi...
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Ryan makes irreplaceable contribution
WASHINGTON — The first time Rep. Paul Ryan presented his budget, it was supposed to be fatal for the GOP. Ryan, after all, was not only touching the entitlement third rail but licking it. Even to s...
Apr 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Obamacare may be wrong answer, but affordable care solution needed
WASHINGTON — By now you’ve heard it plenty: The Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka “Obamacare,” is like the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This creative bit of dot-connecting began with President Obama, and...
Apr 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Public ill-served by closed-door budget negotiations
A flurry of activity at the end of state budget sessions is as much of a ritual in Frankfort as madness is in March. Unfortunately, part of this routine involves negotiating critical decisions c...
Apr 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Winters’ proposal for extending foster care deserving of passage
The following excerpt is from an editorial published in The News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown, Ky., on foster care legislation (March 23): While some 18-year-olds might be well-prepared for self-su...
Apr 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Think you know baseball? Try these
WASHINGTON — Think you’re ready for Opening Day? Prove it. Name the person or persons who: 1. Hit the most home runs in the 1960s. 2. In 2011, joined Hank Aaron, Brooks Robinson and Pete Rose...
Apr 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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A taxing problem
Buying goods and services online to avoid paying sales taxes is a time-honored practice for many consumers, but it doesn’t make it right. Tax dollars are used to build roads, provide police protect...
Apr 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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