June 18, 2013
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President charts middle ground, but Republicans not reasonable
WASHINGTON — The conundrum of President Obama’s budget is that he has produced a “come let us reason together” proposal aimed at a Republican Party that has demonstrated no interest in being reason...
Apr 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Report puts infamous case on trial
WASHINGTON — From Tom Paine’s “Common Sense” to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” American history is replete with examples of print...
Apr 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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CRUMBLING Climate scientists concede warming theory is failing
The globe is not warming, an alarming state of affairs for those whose livelihood depends on rising global temperatures. It’s amusing to watch them scramble for an explanation. The Economist, a ...
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INSPIRED Great stories accompanied Louisville’s hoops success
The University of Louisville’s defeat of the University of Michigan in the NCAA championship game was one of the most exciting victories in tournament history. But this year’s national champs will ...
Apr 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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MYTH Idea oil companies get sweet tax deal debunked
President Obama has called special tax breaks to Big Oil “inexcusable.” “I am asking that you eliminate this oil industry giveaway right away,” he said last year. “You can either stand up for th...
Apr 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Protecting sources often necessary
In a hearing earlier this week, the judge presiding over the trial in Colorado of accused mass murderer James Holmes deferred deciding whether Fox News reporter Jana Winter should be forced into th...
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‘Iron Lady’ turned back socialist tide
WASHINGTON — She had the eyes of Caligula and the lips of Marilyn Monroe. So said Francois Mitterrand, the last serious socialist to lead a major European nation, speaking of Margaret Thatcher, who...
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thatcher, like Reagan, showed that being underestimated can be useful
In 1975, when asked to explain why Margaret Thatcher was poised to take over the Tory Party, the irascible British satirist Malcolm Muggeridge replied that it was all due to television — and the fa...
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BALANCE County on right path with tweaks to dog law
The McCracken County Fiscal Court is taking the right approach by strengthening the county’s animal control ordinance rather than imposing a city-style leash law. The fiscal court’s approach would ...
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Nations that abuse women usually same ones that threaten world peace
NEW YORK — The striking juxtaposition of the preternaturally perfect Angelina Jolie, waifish and wispy in a ghostly gown, and the scrappy Pakistani schoolgirl Malala, her face cruelly misshapen by ...
Apr 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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