May 25, 2013
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WHINERS Pols find they don’t like living like the rest of us
News reports Monday of a presidential proclamation declaring April “National Financial Capability Month” left many wondering if it was an April Fool’s joke. But it was real, posted on the White Hou...
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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BAD FAITH Redistricting should wait until honest effort made
Partisans in the Kentucky House of Representatives blew their chance at redistricting. They don’t deserve a second chance in a special session to correct what they botched in the regular session. ...
Apr 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Obamacare could be Dems’ Iraq war
Is the Iraq war to blame for the mess we are in? Now, I should qualify that question by explaining “mess” and “we.” By “mess,” I mean the dawn of Barack Obama’s second term, the predictably cata...
Apr 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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SENSIBLE Jerrell made good choice not dragging out lawsuit
McCracken County Clerk Jeff Jerrell deserves credit for his decision to forego further appeals in his unsuccessful lawsuit against the fiscal court. Courts at two levels had ruled against him, and ...
Apr 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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