May 21, 2013
E-EDITION
SUBSCRIBE/RENEW
MANAGE PRINT SUBSCRIPTION
Letters
Raising tax rate on super-rich would lower debt Republicans left
EDITOR: Your good paper’s editorial said Obama spent $746 billion on welfare. But why? The top 2 percent hold 50 percent of our nation’s wealth and it may go to 60 percent if the super-rich are ...
Nov 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Market House Museum offers fascinating glimpses of Paducah
EDITOR: The November/December issue of “Paducah Life” contained a story about the gunboat USS Paducah. It mentioned a sterling silver service set donated by the citizens of Paducah in January 19...
Nov 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Discernment dictates Obama not worthy of a Christian’s vote
EDITOR: The letters of Nov. 7 and 11 rebuking someone who questioned how a Christian could vote for Obama invoked the concept that we are not called to “judge” another who claims to be a Christi...
Nov 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Budget4All plan charts a path to responsible deficit reduction
EDITOR: With the “fiscal cliff” looming just around the corner, it’s appropriate to revive JFK’s famous words during his inaugural speech back in 1961: “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what...
Nov 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Prescription drug problem worse in Kentucky than national average
EDITOR: In the past year, 6.6 percent of Kentuckians have used prescription pain killers for non-medical reasons. The national percentage for abuse is 4.9. From 1992 to 2003, the 15.1 million...
Nov 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s allows best treatment possible
EDITOR: November is recognized as National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. In the United States alone, as many as 5.1 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. The number is predicted to m...
Nov 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Judging another’s faith inappropriate, but tenets of Christianity are clear
EDITOR: I read with not a little amusement Mr. Joe Burchard’s letter of Nov. 7 about judging someone’s faith in relation to those they support in politics. I agree wholeheartedly. I cannot and w...
Nov 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Early diagnosis of diabetes can prevent serious health problems
EDITOR: November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Education about the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes is critical because Type 1 can easily be mistaken for more common illnesses, such as the flu. Eac...
Nov 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Newspaper wasting space by duplicating articles
EDITOR: What do Paducah Sun stories about steaks soaked in coffee, pets starting house fires and the death of artist Thomas Kinkade have in common? If you read the Sun, you know the answer. T...
Nov 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Focus needed on improving future of western Kentucky
EDITOR: Now that the voters have crushed the proposal to merge the city and the county government, I believe it’s time for some wise, local, non-political people to focus introspectively on impr...
Nov 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Weather
Click for Paducah, Kentucky Forecast
Sponsored By:
National Video Feed