Op-Ed

Looking for Slemp's gift, Tie Rod was about an eighth of a mile from Plumbing, where he was hoping to get one of those machines that turns urine into water, one with a refrigerator so Slemp wouldn't have to get up for anything.

It's the time of year to make out the Christmas list. Here's what I'm wishing for this year:

The "stream buffer zone" rule has existed unchanged in the federal and state surface coal mining programs since 1983. It prohibits disturbance within 100 feet of intermittent and perennial stream unless you comply with stringent restrictions. It did not and never was intended to apply to ephemeral streams. Ephemeral streams are those which flow only when it is raining.

Tom Eblen describes two distressing demographic shifts over the past several decades: the shrinking middle class and the ever-diminishing share of the nation's wealth by the poorest segments of the population. The not-so-subtle inference being that the wealthy are the sole and sinister beneficiaries of these lamentable economic trends.

I wish to set the record straight regarding my deceased cousins, Lorena Ballard Insko. Aimerjean Ballard Traughber, and Constance Ballard Dills.

There are killjoys everywhere, and when they see someone enjoying something, they have to rain on the parade. Some folks will argue with a signpost.

If you ever doubted that arrogance is the essence of liberalism, Democratic Sen. Harry "This war is lost" Reid has certainly proven it.

A proposal has been put forth by Kentucky Community and Technical College System to cease granting tenure to all new faculty hires starting with the 2009-10 academic year. New faculty will be hired on a contract-only basis.

After almost four months since the death of Salvadoran immigrant house cleaner Ana Romero in custody in the Franklin County jail, we feel the need to be clear about who we hold to be responsible for this tragic death.

By David Leonhardt

Kentucky's current and future transportation infrastructure is in dire need of an influx of new cash to continue a strong program of new construction and to rehabilitate and upgrade our existing roads and bridges.

By David Carr

When I was a new Urban County Council member in early 2005, the first public-safety collective bargaining agreement was negotiated by the former mayor.

OK. It's a fantasy. But if I had five minutes in front of Congress, here's what I would say:

By Mark Brenner and Jane Slaughter

Do the executives of the Big Three automobile manufacturers think we're stupid?

Iraq's prime minister just did Barack Obama a huge favor.

So President-elect Barack Obama is considering Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. How should we feel about that?

On Dec. 15, the United States will endure a quadrennial ritual born in the economics and politics of slavery and the quill-pen era.

They'll be back. Don't think for a minute that they won't.