May 24, 2013
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IF ONLY Paul’s budget sensible, so it’s DOA in Congress
Some in Washington might think it presumptuous for a freshman senator to draft his own budget for the federal government. But Rand Paul is not the sort to worry about what the political establishme...
May 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Occupational license regulations need more than trim
The randomness of occupational licensing regulations in Kentucky, especially for jobs often filled by lower-income citizens, has specific — and unfortunate — consequences. For example, the fact ...
May 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Political season generating little excitement
When my kids were young, about the worst thing they could say about something was that it was capital-b BORRRING. You know how they stretch out the word, as in why say more? When I used to work ...
May 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Law of the Sea Treaty deeply flawed; U.S. stands to lose billions in royalties
It’s bad enough when American tax dollars are blown on government-created debacles such as Solyndra and “Operation Fast and Furious.” But at least in those instances the expenditures carried a bare...
May 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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FEC ignores potentially corrupting influence of unlimited campaign contributions
WASHINGTON — The prosecution has rested in a case that should never have been brought: the ghastly soap opera better known as the criminal trial of John Edwards. The testimony has been salacious, m...
May 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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EXTENDED USEC gets chance to show promise of re-enrichment
The announcement that the Department of Energy has agreed to allow re-enrichment of spent uranium here for one year was obviously great news for Paducah and the regional economy. But all the fanfar...
May 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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OVERKILL How many studies are enough?
The federal government recently released a study of a study of other studies and determined that more study might be needed. Only in Washington. Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson quipped on...
May 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Civil forfeiture law looks like robbery
TEWKSBURY, Mass. — Russ Caswell, 68, is bewildered: “What country are we in?” He and his wife Pat are ensnared in a Kafkaesque nightmare unfolding in Orwellian language. This town’s police depar...
May 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Press censors racially-motivated attacks
When two white newspaper reporters for the Virginian-Pilot were driving through Norfolk, and were set upon and beaten by a mob of young blacks — beaten so badly that they had to take a week off fro...
May 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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No such thing as ‘great generations’
This is the season of generational twaddle. At graduation ceremonies across the country, politicians, authors, actors and businessmen take to the stage to tell young people they are fantastic simpl...
May 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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