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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...
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Need for constitutional, not situational, restraint a constant
Ever since John Adams, America’s second president, tried to force individual states to deport some non-citizens and punish “seditious language” unfriendly to his administration, Washington has encr...
Mar 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Academia in denial over job outlooks
It is fascinating to see people accusing others of things that they themselves are doing, especially when their own sins are worse. Academics love to say that businesses are not paying enough to...
Mar 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Businesses provide ‘game-changing’ leadership training for state’s principals
If there is one area where businesses and schools need exactly the same thing, it is competent leadership. The importance of strong leadership is clear to the business community. Motivated, well...
Mar 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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PROGRESS Convention centers taking right financial steps
The Paducah-McCracken County Convention Center Corporation expects to ask the city commission and fiscal court for $80,000 each for the fiscal year that begins July 1. If you’ve followed the saga o...
Mar 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lawlessness grows with government
WASHINGTON — Two policies of the Obama administration illustrate an axiom: As government expands, its lawfulness contracts. Consider the administration’s desire to continue funding UNESCO and to de...
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Super Tuesday observations lead to 10 questions for politicial parties
1. What were the Republicans thinking when they “reformed” their system to look more like the Democrats’ system? (Meanwhile, the Democrats have been trying to reform their system to give more power...
Mar 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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