May 23, 2013
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Law of the Sea Treaty deeply flawed; U.S. stands to lose billions in royalties
It’s bad enough when American tax dollars are blown on government-created debacles such as Solyndra and “Operation Fast and Furious.” But at least in those instances the expenditures carried a bare...
May 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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FEC ignores potentially corrupting influence of unlimited campaign contributions
WASHINGTON — The prosecution has rested in a case that should never have been brought: the ghastly soap opera better known as the criminal trial of John Edwards. The testimony has been salacious, m...
May 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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EXTENDED USEC gets chance to show promise of re-enrichment
The announcement that the Department of Energy has agreed to allow re-enrichment of spent uranium here for one year was obviously great news for Paducah and the regional economy. But all the fanfar...
May 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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OVERKILL How many studies are enough?
The federal government recently released a study of a study of other studies and determined that more study might be needed. Only in Washington. Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson quipped on...
May 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Civil forfeiture law looks like robbery
TEWKSBURY, Mass. — Russ Caswell, 68, is bewildered: “What country are we in?” He and his wife Pat are ensnared in a Kafkaesque nightmare unfolding in Orwellian language. This town’s police depar...
May 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Press censors racially-motivated attacks
When two white newspaper reporters for the Virginian-Pilot were driving through Norfolk, and were set upon and beaten by a mob of young blacks — beaten so badly that they had to take a week off fro...
May 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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No such thing as ‘great generations’
This is the season of generational twaddle. At graduation ceremonies across the country, politicians, authors, actors and businessmen take to the stage to tell young people they are fantastic simpl...
May 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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PROVOCATION Group burns its bridges with Reidland flag display
The Paducah City Commission took the rare step Tuesday of voting to condemn a war memorial. But this is no ordinary war memorial. The Sons of Confederate Veterans plans to raise an enormous Conf...
May 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Press censors racially motivated attacks
When two white newspaper reporters for the Virginian-Pilot were driving through Norfolk, and were set upon and beaten by a mob of young blacks — beaten so badly that they had to take a week off fro...
May 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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FEC ignores potentially corrupting influence of unlimited campaign contributions
WASHINGTON — The prosecution has rested in a case that should never have been brought: the ghastly soap opera better known as the criminal trial of John Edwards. The testimony has been salacious, ...
May 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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