May 25, 2013
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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 ...
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STAGNANT Federal policy behind chronic unemployment
The unemployment rate dropped to 7.6 percent in March, the lowest since George W. Bush occupied the White House. But the current occupant isn’t boasting about the jobless rate. That’s because it...
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U.S. shouldn’t show its hand on Korea
Since when has it been considered smart to tell your enemies what your plans are? Yet there on the front page of the April 8th New York Times was a story about how unnamed “American officials” w...
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School choice gets big win in Indiana
WASHINGTON — The school choice movement — which germinated 50 years ago in free-market economist Milton Friedman’s fertile mind — recently counted its largest victory. The Indiana Supreme Court una...
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STEADFAST Free world needs leaders like Margaret Thatcher
When Margaret Thatcher became British prime minister in 1979, the once-greatest empire in the world was a shadow of its former self. Britain was in decline after years of government expansion. P...
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Corps plan to barricade fishing area irrational; nation has greater needs
With spring officially here, many Kentuckians will soon be spending more time doing the outdoor activities they love. For those living along the Cumberland River, this will almost certainly include...
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Obamacare: When federal money runs out, what then?
There’s not much protection — and even less affordability — for Kentuckians in President Obama’s misnamed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as “Obamacare.” Temporarily,...
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Federal Reserve doesn’t have to raid bank accounts to spend your money
The decision of the government in Cyprus to simply take money out of people’s bank accounts there sent shock waves around the world. People far removed from that small island nation had to wonder: ...
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