June 18, 2013
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Political language changes simple words
Since this is an election year, we can expect to hear a lot of words — and the meaning of those words is not always clear. So it may be helpful to have a glossary of political terms. One of the ...
Jun 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Definition of cruel punishment changing
“Even if it could be demonstrated unequivocally that (public flogging and hand branding) were not cruel and unusual measures in 1791 ... I doubt whether any federal judge SEmD even among the many w...
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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TAPPED OUT Stockton a poster child for overpromised benefits
Stockton, Calif., this week became the latest and largest American city to declare bankruptcy, due in no small part to soaring costs of city employee and retiree benefits. The city of 290,000 fa...
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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VISION Fountain Avenue project having positive impact
Thousands of commuters who drive past the Fountain Avenue neighborhood every day on their way to and from downtown Paducah might not notice the transformation. But those who take the time to drive ...
Jun 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Obama lies liberally in book about self
It’s becoming increasingly clear that President Obama is not burdened with too heavy a commitment to honesty. This is hardly a shock about any politician, but revelations of dishonesty hurt some...
Jun 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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U.S. aid keeping Liberian children alive
MONROVIA, Liberia — A young woman named Princess, already a refugee from civil war, was diagnosed with HIV in 2008. She began treatment but stopped taking her medicine. After an AIDS-related infect...
Jun 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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ABUSIVE Voter ID opposition latest Holder political misdeed
During the 2008 election, members of the New Black Panthers Party, dressed in paramilitary uniforms, one carrying a nightstick, stood in front of a Philadelphia polling place threatening voters wit...
Jun 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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After three strikes, EPA should be thrown out the game
The crowd that traveled to recent public hearings in Frankfort and Pikeville for showdowns with the visiting Environmental Protection Agency overwhelmingly supported the home-team coal miners. T...
Jun 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Random thoughts on the passing scene
Many people may have voted for Barack Obama in 2008 because of his charisma. But anyone familiar with the disastrous track record of charismatic political leaders around the world in the 20th centu...
Jun 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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American sovereignty LOST casualty
WASHINGTON — There they go again. Like those who say climate change is an emergency too obvious and urgent to allow for debate, some proponents of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Se...
Jun 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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