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Social Security due bill is at hand
WASHINGTON — Procrastination is rarely a cost-free strategy. That is true when it comes to fixing Social Security — as much as the Obama administration and, even more forcefully, its all...
Feb 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Serious cost discipline only cure for Medicaid’s woes
Some highly publicized proposals made during the current legislative session offer stark reminders that state lawmakers remain very good at treating symptoms but do a remarkably poor job of curing...
Feb 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Quotes of note
Some of the notable comments by people in the news in the Sun during the past week: “But with this opportunity, they learn that they not only can attend but be successful in a college and unive...
Feb 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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DISTINCT
Paducah’s attributes gain national notoriety Folks in Paducah have always known they lived in a pretty distinctive place. But it’s still nice to get some recognition. The National Trust for Hi...
Feb 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cowardice in leadership apparent on both sides of the political aisle
WASHINGTON — Failure of political leadership knows no party. The past few days have offered an unfortunate demonstration of this sad maxim: House Speaker John Boehner ducking his appropriate role ...
Feb 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Will Republicans give up sacred cows?
WASHINGTON — The wrestling room at Graham High School in St. Paris, Ohio, where Jim Jordan, now 47, began the athletic career that took him to the University of Wisconsin and two NCAA wrestling ch...
Feb 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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PUNT
Quinn’s budget doesn’t deliver promised cuts Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn delivered his budget to the legislature Wednesday. Any similarity of the budget to his description of the budget is purel...
Feb 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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GOP must develop knockout punches
Rocky Marciano was the only heavyweight champion who never lost a single fight in his whole career — and, at the time, he seemed the least likely fighter to do that. In many a boxing match, he was...
Feb 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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RAISE BAR
Low dropout age costs Kentucky Requiring high school students to remain in school longer would be expensive. But not as expensive as continuing to let them drop out early. Gov. Steve Beshear s...
Feb 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Big changes will require a broad majority
WASHINGTON — At first, the banquet audience at the 38th annual Conservative Political Action Conference paid Mitch Daniels, Indiana’s Republican governor, the conventional compliment of frequently...
Feb 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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