May 18, 2013
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Tax code absurdly complex; flat rate would solve problem
EDITOR: It boggles the mind how our legislators can make things so complicated. A good example is the 2013 tax code consisting of 73,954 pages! No wonder a long form tax return could be complete...
Apr 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Illegal residents have rights Americans citizens don’t
EDITOR: The city of San Francisco allows undocumented workers to drive throughout the city without California driver’s licenses. In other words, if they get pulled over for a driving offense the...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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We are sacrificing our future for peace, easy living now
EDITOR: Jehovah told King Hezekiah to set his house in order, for on that day he would die. After prayer to God, 15 years were added, but after that Judah would go into captivity and the king’s ...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Obama cuts vital programs while living extravagantly
EDITOR: I appreciate Marie Hamilton’s letter April 7 questioning the amount in the budget for the Obama family vacations. Do we even have a budget? In any case, they’re spending millions. Air Fo...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tilghman House contains wealth of historical info
EDITOR: Too often we are guilty of neglecting to recognize the amazing things that are in our own backyard. Many have traveled to Nashville or St. Louis to visit a museum but have never visited ...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Liberals bemoan gun deaths but defend abortion deaths
EDITOR: America’s liberal, biased news media have jumped aboard the latest bandwagon, spewing their opinions about gun control in America. What draws my ire the most are those so-called Hollywoo...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Oil, gas could be tapped but for environmentalists
EDITOR: Southern Illinois and, I should think, much of western Kentucky most likely have reserves of oil and natural gas waiting to be tapped. This would mean much-needed jobs and income for lan...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Soldier long listed as MIA will finally get honor due
EDITOR: I want to thank Nicholas Reside for his article on William T. Carneal. I am a veteran of World War II and was on the flagship USS Indianapolis CA-35. We had Admiral Raymond Spruance aboa...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Set aside funds annually to maintain duck island
EDITOR: The Paducah City Commission should not automatically derail the landmark duck island’s existence. Perhaps with further research, some grant money for the entire project of the lake wa...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Governor sides with for-profit companies over Kentuckians
EDITOR: While I was picking up my daughter from the hospital because insurance was refusing to pay for her care, the hospital attempted to reassure me that a bill had recently been passed in the...
Apr 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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