May 25, 2013
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Thinking adults back Plan B for teens
WASHINGTON — As a mom, I can’t help but cringe. As a thinking adult, I can’t help but reconsider. I’m referring to the continuing controversy over making emergency contraceptives available, w...
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Grimes really can’t make a case for why she should replace McConnell
If Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Democrat, decides to run against incumbent Republican Mitch McConnell for the U.S. Senate next year, her announcement might go something li...
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MUM DOE’s lack of clarity on plant efforts frustrating
It’s frustrating when a federally funded project is held up for no other reason than political gamesmanship or bureaucratic indifference. Especially to the workers whose livelihood depends on it. ...
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GROUNDED NASA a shadow of its former self
NASA has become like the poor sap who has to hitch a ride to work because he can no longer start his clunker, which sits on blocks in the yard. With the space shuttles retired and nothing to rep...
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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These days one must embrace identity politics to ‘qualify’ as minority
WASHINGTON — Enough with this “enough” business. Latest to the question of whether a person is sufficiently identifiable as belonging to a particular demographic is Ted Cruz — the conservative T...
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Winning House Obama’s driving focus
WASHINGTON — Thirty-one months ago Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell affronted the media and other custodians of propriety by saying something common-sensical. On Oct. 23, 2010, he said: “The ...
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PAST DUE Comprehensive plan should be priority item
McCracken County is out of compliance with Kentucky planning and zoning laws, and has been for years. A story Sunday by Sun reporter Mallory Panuska disclosed that a statutorily required update...
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Politicians act like kids chasing a ball
If you are driving along and suddenly see a big red rubber ball come bouncing out into the street, you might want to put your foot on the brake pedal, because a small child may well come running ou...
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Indecision on Syria boxes president in
WASHINGTON — On Syria, President Obama has sometimes seemed isolated within his own administration. As the atrocities have escalated — from the shelling of neighborhoods, to airstrikes on bread lin...
May 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Self-defeating public policy holds Kentucky back in economic horse race
Kentucky does some things brilliantly. Basketball, Bluegrass music, bourbon, and thoroughbreds are among the best examples. These are big businesses, but also forms of amusement and diversion....
May 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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