May 20, 2013
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U.S. religious views undergo big shift
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of two columns on the decline in institutional religion. WASHINGTON — There is a close relationship between culture and cult — between the shared attitudes and v...
Apr 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Emerging technology changing cultural concepts of what’s private
Two guys are at a conference, looking bored. On stage, there’s been talk about “dongles,” which, if you aren’t aware, are devices you plug in to laptops to get connectivity. Bigger ones are suppose...
Apr 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wind, the faith-based initiative of greens, compiling sad record
Maybe wind turbines would be a good investment if the things actually worked. But they don’t. Not that well. But a lot of true believers don’t care: They tell us wind is an ideal way to solve gl...
Apr 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kentucky lawmakers’ pension punt sadly predictable
In football terminology, the difference between true — and desperately needed — pension reform in Kentucky and what we actually got from self-serving politicians during this legislative session is ...
Apr 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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IMPROVED Lawmakers bent a little, passed some good bills
You may not hear this often, but the Kentucky legislature is to be commended for all it accomplished in this year’s regular session. The biggest achievement was a bipartisan agreement to reform ...
Mar 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Take a swing at these baseball facts
WASHINGTON — As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball’s return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta Manager Dave Bristol who said, “Only troub...
Mar 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marriage breakdown hurting society
Almost exactly 20 years ago, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead wrote a controversial essay for The Atlantic titled “Dan Quayle Was Right.” In case you forgot (or never knew), let me fill you in on what Qu...
Mar 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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AGREED Lawmakers in end found right tonic for pensions
The Kentucky General Assembly waited until the last minute, but they got the job done. In the waning hours of this year’s regular session, lawmakers approved a plan to solidify the state employee p...
Mar 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘Me too’ politics no answer for GOP
Many ideas presented as “new” are just rehashes of old ideas that have been tried before — and have failed before. So it is no surprise that the recent “Growth and Opportunity Project” report to th...
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bloomberg’s latest ‘nanny state’ initiative might actually do some good
WASHINGTON — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is at it again — this time on an issue even more explosive than infringing the right to a Big Gulp. Bloomberg’s latest target is teen pregnancy, with a...
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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