May 19, 2013
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Dems benefit from statistical hoaxes
There have been many frauds of historic proportions — for example, the financial pyramid scheme for which Charles Ponzi was sent to prison in the 1920s, and for which Franklin D. Roosevelt was prai...
Mar 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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OPTIONS Winters’ school transfer bill offers fair compromise
State Sen. Ken Winters is sponsoring legislation that would allow Kentucky students to attend school in a district other than the one they reside in without paying tuition. The well-crafted bill pu...
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2012 election a prelude to what promises to be a far-more interesting 2016
WASHINGTON — Enough about the 2012 election already. Let’s talk 2016, which promises to be far more interesting — and consequential. The precise contours of that election, of course, will be sha...
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Taxpayers paying public union salaries
PHOENIX — Sal DiCiccio says he’s sorry. It is, he says, no excuse that the complex labor contracts that he, as a member of the city council, voted to ratify for city employees were presented to the...
Mar 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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PROMISE Compromise bill offers benefits for coal, nuclear
A compromise bill to narrow Kentucky’s moratorium on nuclear plants is a timely piece of legislation. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Will Coursey of Benton, has the benefit or offering something to on...
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Tech advances chip away at self-reliance
There’s a great scene in the movie “The Right Stuff” where the original Mercury astronauts are checking out the capsule for their first trips to space. They’re horrified to discover that the German...
Mar 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Efforts to restrict lobbyists may have achieved more harm than good
WASHINGTON — Steve Ricchetti is a once and, no doubt, future lobbyist. So it was inevitable that Vice President Biden’s decision to hire Ricchetti as a senior adviser would prompt howls about Obama...
Mar 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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QUICK FIX State’s prompt action to replace span welcome
When western Kentucky residents first learned that a cargo ship had taken out an entire span of the Eggner’s Ferry Bridge in January, they probably never dreamed the bridge could be repaired and re...
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NO CHOICE State pension COLAs actuarially irresponsible
The Kentucky House of Representatives approved its version of the state budget last week. It suspends a scheduled 1.5 percent cost-of-living increase to state retirees. Although we wish no ill-w...
Mar 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Romney’s liabilities will become assets
WASHINGTON — Having decided on their nominee, Republicans seem determined to humiliate him a few more times. On Super Tuesday, Mitt Romney secured more convention delegates than all his opponent...
Mar 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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