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Making cigarettes less affordable will cut down on teen smoking
The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Monday, March 11: If you go to the website of the Surgeon General of the United States (surgeongeneral.gov), you can see a new public s...
Mar 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Racial quota politics destructive
Many years ago, I learned of an episode in the life of a promising young black man that is relevant to things happening now. He had been educated at a good school, and went on to receive degrees at...
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Senate’s action a foul; UK’s decision a slam-dunk
“We’re moving in the right direction” is a phrase oft-repeated in Frankfort. But it’s not always used appropriately. Senate Republicans did anything but on the recent methamphetamine legislat...
Mar 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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U.S. should stay out of finance game
WASHINGTON — Sallie James was born in Australia on July 4, 1976, which suggests that Providence planned what happened 30 years later: She moved to Washington. She studies trade policy at the libert...
Mar 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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NO SALE Restaurant tax bad deal for local business, patrons
Rep. Fred Nesler’s bill to allow smaller cities to impose a local sales tax at restaurants is bottled up in committee. Let’s hope it stays that way. The Mayfield Democrat says the bill would giv...
Mar 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Obama tries to dodge energy record
As gasoline prices climb, President Obama’s poll numbers plummet. In February, a Washington Post/ABC poll had Obama up 6 points against Mitt Romney. Monday’s poll has him down 2. According to th...
Mar 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cole Burns deserving of Horatio Alger scholarship This is the time of year when we start to learn of scholarships being awarded to local graduating seniors
Cole Burns deserving of Horatio Alger scholarship This is the time of year when we start to learn of scholarships being awarded to local graduating seniors. Any scholarship is significant and...
Mar 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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It would be unwise to buy in to ‘1 County 1 Vision’ plan Editor: I must respond to the Feb
It would be unwise to buy in to ‘1 County 1 Vision’ plan Editor: I must respond to the Feb. 28 editorial supporting “1 County 1 Vision.” That title asserts that the upcoming Sevier Co...
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Rule-making onslaught has got to terminate
“If you have 10,000 regulations,” Winston Churchill said, “you destroy all respect for law.” He was right. But Churchill never imagined a government that would add 10,000 year after year. Tha...
Mar 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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DEBACLE Olmsted delays, overruns typical of Washington
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced it will decide soon how to build the Olmsted Dam. Wait a minute — hasn’t that project been under way since, well, forever? And now the corps is adm...
Mar 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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