May 22, 2013
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IMPROVED Lawmakers bent a little, passed some good bills
You may not hear this often, but the Kentucky legislature is to be commended for all it accomplished in this year’s regular session. The biggest achievement was a bipartisan agreement to reform ...
Mar 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Take a swing at these baseball facts
WASHINGTON — As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball’s return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta Manager Dave Bristol who said, “Only troub...
Mar 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marriage breakdown hurting society
Almost exactly 20 years ago, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead wrote a controversial essay for The Atlantic titled “Dan Quayle Was Right.” In case you forgot (or never knew), let me fill you in on what Qu...
Mar 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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AGREED Lawmakers in end found right tonic for pensions
The Kentucky General Assembly waited until the last minute, but they got the job done. In the waning hours of this year’s regular session, lawmakers approved a plan to solidify the state employee p...
Mar 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘Me too’ politics no answer for GOP
Many ideas presented as “new” are just rehashes of old ideas that have been tried before — and have failed before. So it is no surprise that the recent “Growth and Opportunity Project” report to th...
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bloomberg’s latest ‘nanny state’ initiative might actually do some good
WASHINGTON — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is at it again — this time on an issue even more explosive than infringing the right to a Big Gulp. Bloomberg’s latest target is teen pregnancy, with a...
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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STUNT Freeing illegal immigrants was cynical political ploy
Immigration and Customs Enforcement released 2,228 illegal immigrants from prison in February, blaming it on sequester-induced budget cuts. Among those released were 629, more than a quarter of ...
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Congress enables imperial presidents
“President Obama has arguably established the authority of the president to intervene militarily virtually anywhere without the consent or the approval of Congress, at his own discretion and for as...
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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DUTY MSU regents should release Dunn report
The Murray State University Board of Regents has still not revealed why it is forcing President Randy Dunn out. It’s past time. The public has the right to know. The regents could begin by re...
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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SOARING Obamacare producing whopping premium hikes
Health insurance premiums could double for some Americans when the Obamacare insurance mandate goes into effect next year. Don’t take our word for it. That’s what insurers, including the nation’...
Mar 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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