PIE IN SKY Sentencing reform can’t wish away hard realities The real test of criminal justice reform in Kentucky is not whether it saves as much money as state officials predict but whether it lives up to ...
Foreign automakers next on union Godfather’s hit list To save his crumbling empire, Bob King, president of the United Auto Workers union, offered foreign automakers a deal “they can’t refuse.” But if they happened to decline the offer, King recentl...
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Jim Waters The Bluegrass InstituteThe Paducah Sun
Message from Republican hopefuls switched from economy to morality WASHINGTON — On paper, Tim Pawlenty may be the most formidable Republican challenger to President Obama in 2012. Too bad he’s running as somebody else. At last week’s first cattle call of the GO...
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DANA MILBANK Washington Post Writers GroupThe Paducah Sun
Column a tribute to Broder’s character EDITOR’S NOTE: The following column written by David Broder in May 1992 is reprinted in tribute to Mr. Broder who died Wednesday at the age of 81. This column stands out because it shows Mr. Brode...
MOTIVATED Union call to arms could backfire Union leaders say labor owes a debt of gratitude to Wisconsin Republicans and especially Gov. Scott Walker. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Walker has ear...
REALIST President learns value of Gitmo President Obama found himself the target of criticism from unlikely quarters this week. The president surely anticipated the reaction he got Monday when he ...
Journalistic mega-star a reporter at heart WASHINGTON — When Fred Hiatt, the editor of The Washington Post editorial page, offered me the chance to write a weekly column, the first person I turned to for advice was Dave Broder. I headed ...
RECKLESS Democrats refuse to cut deficit
The federal spending plan Senate Democrats proposed would have cut $4.7 billion from current spending levels. That’s about what Washington borrows every day.
Bu...
Unions: myths and fundamental facts The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for corporations and politicians are for politicians.
Nothing shows the ut...
CELEBRATE Fireworks ban did little to protect public safety
The Kentucky Legislature has lifted a decades-old ban on fireworks that explode or shoot into the air. It was overdue; the ban had little effect...