June 20, 2013
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Sen. Paul needs to clarify national security views if he runs for top job
The Republican Party is sometimes described as a three-legged stool. Economic conservatives are one leg, social conservatives another, and national security conservatives the third. A GOP presid...
May 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Health law, economy to define Obama
How can it be that with Washington simmering in scandals, with Republicans (not to mention talk-show hosts) using the “I” word (impeachment) with abandon, with calls to bring back Ken Starr (of Bil...
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SERIOUS County zoning probe needs outside direction
The discovery that 500 or more properties in McCracken County may have been rezoned between 2007 and 2008 without going through the legal process is no minor snafu. At least one member of the Fisca...
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It’s naive to think terrorism will end because president says war’s over
WASHINGTON — It’s good to know that the war on terror is finally over. It was all so ugly, what with the beheadings and bombings. Wait. Weren’t we just talking about the IRS targeting conser...
May 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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GOUGE Obama’s new air fare tax takes aim at middle class
The president, who has many times broken his promise not to raise taxes on the middle class, wants to violate that pledge again. This time it is with a new tax on airline tickets. President Obam...
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Texas takes a pass on doggy tort idea
WASHINGTON — Lord Byron was, according to one of his legion of lovers, “mad, bad and dangerous to know,” but he also loved dogs, which explains his cameo appearance in a recent Texas Supreme Court ...
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Chamber: 2013 session good for business
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce claims it “provides leadership as a catalyst, consensus-builder and advocate to unite business and advance Kentucky.” One way it does so is by influencing “policyma...
May 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bullying of Apple CEO was shameful
We have truly entered the world of “Alice in Wonderland” when the CEO of a company that pays $16 million a day in taxes is hauled up before a Congressional subcommittee to be denounced on nationwid...
May 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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CURIOUS IRS stonewalling calls for special prosecutor
The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune May 23: “If you refuse to answer, you will leave us no choice but to ask for a special counsel or the appointment of a special prosecutor ...
May 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bigger IRS threat waiting in wings
WASHINGTON — Let us stipulate that now might not be the best time — with IRS officials exposed for abusing power, caught in self-serving deceptions, invoking their constitutional right against self...
May 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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