May 20, 2013
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Empty rhetoric substituting for thought on topic of race
If there is ever a contest for words that substitute for thought, “diversity” should be recognized as the undisputed world champion. You don’t need a speck of evidence, or a single step of logic...
May 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Alcohol too often passed off as ‘excuse’ for men’s assaults of women
The report from the Arlington, Va., Police Department is, on its face, hardly newsworthy: “SEXUAL BATTERY, 05/05/13, 500 block of S. 23rd Street. On May 5 at 12:35 am, a drunken male subject app...
May 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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RIGHT IDEA Improper zone changes merit outside review
McCracken County Sheriff Jon Hayden is correct when he says that a disinterested third party ­ should investigate whether hundreds of county properties were rezoned illegally between 2007 and 2008....
May 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Benghazi ‘fog’ served political ends
WASHINGTON — In some cases, the fog of war is initially thick, then dissipates. Following the Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens...
May 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Identity politics selectively off limits
At an investment conference last week, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson created a huge mess for himself. He glibly speculated that maybe because economist John Maynard Keynes was a childless, “effe...
May 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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RETHINK Wilson should relinquish seat on city commission
We agree that the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce made an excellent choice when it selected Sandra Wilson as its new president. We do not, however, agree with the chamber and Wilson herself that i...
May 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thinking adults back Plan B for teens
WASHINGTON — As a mom, I can’t help but cringe. As a thinking adult, I can’t help but reconsider. I’m referring to the continuing controversy over making emergency contraceptives available, w...
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Grimes really can’t make a case for why she should replace McConnell
If Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Democrat, decides to run against incumbent Republican Mitch McConnell for the U.S. Senate next year, her announcement might go something li...
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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MUM DOE’s lack of clarity on plant efforts frustrating
It’s frustrating when a federally funded project is held up for no other reason than political gamesmanship or bureaucratic indifference. Especially to the workers whose livelihood depends on it. ...
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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GROUNDED NASA a shadow of its former self
NASA has become like the poor sap who has to hitch a ride to work because he can no longer start his clunker, which sits on blocks in the yard. With the space shuttles retired and nothing to rep...
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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