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WHO, ME? Obama on taxes: Do as I say, not as I do
Warren Buffett is not the only wealthy American who pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. Not that it’s the norm for high earners. Despite what President Obama would have you to believe, Buf...
Apr 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Judicial activism comes in 3 varieties
WASHINGTON — Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, a Reagan appointee to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is a courtly Virginian who combines a manner as soft as a Shenandoah breeze with a keen inte...
Apr 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Students know nerds get things done
President Obama’s re-election largely hinges on his ability to play young voters for suckers — again — and whether Mitt Romney will let him. In 2008, Obama won the youth vote by better than a 2-...
Apr 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Weeks of dieting tough, but at least there’s a sense of moral superiority
WASHINGTON — I’ve now been on a diet for 17 weeks, though it feels like it began early in the Carter administration. It was my Washington Post colleague E.J. Dionne who provided the inspiration and...
Apr 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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ILLOGICAL EPA’s arbitrary standards result in more pollution
Among the many bizarre consequences of arbitrary federal regulations is that Brazil and the United States are exchanging a virtually identical product. The U.S. imports ethanol from Brazil, and ...
Apr 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Media shames self with Haley rumor
WASHINGTON — All it takes is one little twit. Or a tweet, as the case may be — not that the two are mutually exclusive. In fact, very likely the person who recently started a rumor about South C...
Apr 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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GAMES Now that’s the Frankfort we’ve come to expect
Just when Kentuckians were starting to think the legislature was finally getting its act together, our leaders showed their true colors. Again. Legislative leaders and the governor resorted to thei...
Apr 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Random thoughts on the passing scene
How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on, and stop getting swept away by rhetoric? Why should being in a professional sport exempt anyo...
Apr 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Time to close Tamms Correctional Facility
The following excerpt is from an editorial that appeared in The (Springfield) State Journal-Register on April 10: In survey after survey, Illinoisans want to see the state’s budget balanced by c...
Apr 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Too many days are spent working to satisfy the tax man
April 9 was Tax Freedom Day in the Bluegrass State — the day Kentuckians had finally earned enough to pay off this year’s tax burden and quit greasing the palms of the Nanny State. That means we...
Apr 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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