May 21, 2013
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EXAMPLE Eggner’s Ferry a success others could learn from
Success has many fathers. Plenty of state and local politicians were on hand for the reopening of the Eggner’s Ferry Bridge a week ago. The Louisville construction company that got the bid to re...
Jun 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Friend always right about what matters most — the love of friends, family
It’s her voice that I keep hearing in my head. “Susan,” she would say, in that quiet, commanding tone she had, before explaining something to me: how to deal with the Irish boys in politics in the ...
Jun 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Spending debate opportunity for Romney
Here’s a simple suggestion for Mitt Romney: Admit that the Democrats have a point. Right before the Memorial Day weekend, Washington was consumed by a debate over how much Barack Obama has spent...
Jun 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Classifying jobs as ‘menial’ an insult
“Education” is a word that covers a lot of very different things, from vital, life-saving medical skills to frivolous courses to absolutely counterproductive courses that fill people with a sense o...
Jun 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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ANTIPATHY Obama’s dislike of profits translates into bad policy
President Obama’s disdain for business profits is frightening for anyone who understands that the freedom to pursue profits through hard work and wise investment is the foundation of American prosp...
Jun 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Unbridling speech hasn’t brought disaster
WASHINGTON — Montana uses an interesting argument to justify defiance of a Supreme Court decision: Because the state is particularly prone to political corruption, it should be trusted to constrict...
May 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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RESULTS Focused police strategy reducing property crimes
Property crimes are down in Paducah and McCracken County. And the reduction appears to be tied to smarter law enforcement tactics. Local police have begun “flex team” patrols in which groups of ...
May 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Romney has a few things to learn before becoming next education president
Mitt Romney is right about one thing: Too many American children do receive what he this week called a “Third World education.” A disproportionate number of them are children of color. It is indeed...
May 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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TRAITS Science found not central to climate change views
Global warming skeptics are anti-science, right? That’s what Al Gore and his fellow believers within the climate change community want you to believe. Anyone who respects science knows that huma...
May 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Big business gets Hollywood treatment
Jack Andraka, a 15-year-old kid from Maryland, just won the world’s largest high school science competition by creating a new test for pancreatic cancer, one of the nastiest and most lethal forms o...
May 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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