May 24, 2013
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Sandberg’s book gives insight into being a successful working mom
WASHINGTON — Sheryl Sandberg has burst into tears in the office, more than once. She has failed at such crucial Mommy Tasks as remembering to dress her son in a green shirt for St. Patrick’s Day — ...
Mar 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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SUCCESS Lawmakers got a few things right
The Kentucky General Assembly takes a well-deserved beating, sometimes on this page, for putting partisan politics ahead of the people’s business. Lawmakers failed to pass some important legislatio...
Mar 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Racial fallacies mindlessly repeated
There are so many fallacies about race that it would be hard to say which is the most ridiculous. However, one fallacy behind many other fallacies is the notion that there is something unusual abou...
Mar 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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PUNT Public pension system still broken
The Kentucky General Assembly effectively wrapped up the regular session Tuesday leaving the three most important pieces of legislation on the table: tax reform, legislative redistricting and the s...
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Susceptibility to satire exposes human tendency to misunderstand opponents
WASHINGTON — The item was too delicious to resist: New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, he of the don’t-worry, be-happy approach to the federal deficit, had been forced to declare personal bankru...
Mar 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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DEMAGOGUE ‘Common man’ Chavez was orchestrated myth
Upon learning of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez last week, Jimmy Carter hailed the dictator for his “vision to bring profound changes to his country to benefit especially the people ...
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Violence or threats of violence against Vick only makes him into a martyr
Michael Vick was all set to do a book tour to promote himself as a new and improved role model when things got ugly. “Despite warnings of planned protests, Vick had hoped to continue with the ap...
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Author recoils from blurry writing
WASHINGTON — When asked to explain the brisk pace of his novels, Elmore Leonard said, “I leave out the parts that people skip.” You will not want to skip anything in William Zinsser’s short essays ...
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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MYTH ‘Zero emissions’ only a pipe dream
President Obama’s promise to put a million electric cars on U.S. roads by 2015 keeps hitting the same roadblocks: math, physics and economics. Only 50,000 electrics were sold in 2012. Companies ...
Mar 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Filibuster illuminated core principles
I hope I’m not too late to the fight. Last week, freshman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) held an old-fashioned filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. Paul’s stated reason for...
Mar 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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