May 23, 2013
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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...
Mar 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
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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...
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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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SACRIFICE White House wants you to feel the pain
The White House, angling for another tax increase, has tried to make the sequester cuts as painful as possible. The administration was embarrassed last week by a leaked Department of Agriculture...
Mar 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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GOP embraces immigration reform
WASHINGTON — When they wrote “Immigration Wars” last year, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Clint Bolick were pushing the boundaries of the GOP’s internal policy debate. The book is a tight, effect...
Mar 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Yahoo’s powerful CEO caught in crossfire of mommy wars that never end
WASHINGTON — Excuse me while I roll my eyes over the latest “mommy war.” It’s not that I don’t care about the substance, but because I’ve lived long enough to know how it turns out. Some wars ca...
Mar 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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