May 22, 2013
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BACKWARD Tax policy drives away American entrepreneurs
The Internal Revenue Service gave Eduardo Saverin millions of reasons to leave the United States. A pair of U.S. senators wants to give him millions more reasons to never return. Saverin, the 30...
May 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Europe a preview of our own future
WASHINGTON — Europe’s economic struggles are a consistent drag on American growth. A eurozone breakup, in chaos and acrimony, could be a Lehman-like shock of incalculable damage. For years, the ...
May 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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IF ONLY Paul’s budget sensible, so it’s DOA in Congress
Some in Washington might think it presumptuous for a freshman senator to draft his own budget for the federal government. But Rand Paul is not the sort to worry about what the political establishme...
May 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Occupational license regulations need more than trim
The randomness of occupational licensing regulations in Kentucky, especially for jobs often filled by lower-income citizens, has specific — and unfortunate — consequences. For example, the fact ...
May 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Political season generating little excitement
When my kids were young, about the worst thing they could say about something was that it was capital-b BORRRING. You know how they stretch out the word, as in why say more? When I used to work ...
May 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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