Kentucky.com -- Larry Dale Keeling

Keeling: Tweedling the legislative session away

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00 EST

FRANKFORT — "Hump day" for the 2012 General Assembly arrives Thursday, according to the latest schedule available when this column was written.

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Keeling: Buzzards, penguins flock to Frankfort

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00 EST

FRANKFORT — In his wildest imagination, it's unlikely poet Robert Burns conceived of penguin poop as one of the reasons the best-laid schemes of mice and men can go awry.

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Larry Dale Keeling: Redistricting qualifies for White Trash Hall of Fame

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00 EST

FRANKFORT — After seven months spent clipping coupons and playing solitaire, interrupted by brief flurries of semi-productive labors around the house and yard, an ol' kurmudgeon's mind either turns to…

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Larry Dale Keeling: Williams, Richie not the stuff of dreams

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00 EST

Initially touted as Kentucky Republicans' "Dream Team," the gubernatorial slate of David Williams and Richie Farmer instead proved to be the party's worst nightmare of recent years.

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Larry Dale Keeling: 36 years on Ky.'s political scene

Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00 EDT

Goodbye, farewell and amen.

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Keeling: Some guffaws, little suspense in primary

Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00 EDT

This and that, the Run-up to the Run for the Roses Edition:

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New followers selective about Ayn Rand's message

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00 EDT

Ayn Rand lives again, if only in the hearts and minds of Republican politicians and elements of the Tea Party movement.

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Larry Keeling: Williams, Farmer suffer self-inflicted wounds

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00 EDT

Sometimes, when you hitch your gubernatorial wagon to a shooting star, even an "Unforgettable" University of Kentucky shooting star, the flight can get a bit bumpy.

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Political season of anarchy and backlash

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:00 EDT

Yes, dear reader, we still reserve a small space for an Opinions and Ideas section even when my alma mater, the University of Kentucky, qualifies as one of March Madness'

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Keeling: Williams' brinkmanship backfires as House says 'bye-bye'

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:00 EDT

FRANKFORT — For most of a day in the middle of last week, the "Let's drop the big one now" line from Randy Newman's satirical Political Science kept running through…

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Keeling: Little reason to be optimistic about a budget compromise

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:00 EDT

FRANKFORT — Heaven forbid I should ever give readers a reason to think I'm a pessimist. (Pause while the laughter subsides.) But I'm having trouble conjuring up any happy ending…

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Larry Dale Keeling: 2011 a rough ride for Williams

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:00 EST

FRANKFORT — When he walked onto the House floor late Tuesday after a conference committee on the Medicaid budget reached what turned out to be its final impasse, Speaker Greg…

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Keeling: A tale of two (in one) weeks

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00 EST

FRANKFORT — With apologies to Charles Dickens.

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Puzzling alliances: Messing with Constitution unnerves many

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00 EST

FRANKFORT — We know politics makes for strange bedfellows. Odd matches engage in political pillow talk rather frequently at every level of government.

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Larry Dale Keeling: Legislative hive buzzing, but don't expect much honey

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00 EST

FRANKFORT — Someone dropping in on the General Assembly session for a day last week might have mistaken the activity they witnessed for productivity.

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Larry Dale Keeling: Beshear, lawmakers make puzzling moves

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:00 EST

FRANKFORT — Senate President David Williams proposes lopping six days off the 2011 General Assembly calendar to save a bit of the state's change. House Speaker Greg Stumbo says he…

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Keeling: Kentucky exempts more taxes than it takes in

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:00 EST

This and that, the Hooray for Recess Edition Sequel:

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Keeling: Beshear snub political savvy or a mistake?

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:00 EST

This and that, the Hooray for Recess Edition:

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Keeling: Buzzards feasting on Williams' planks

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:00 EST

BUZZARDVILLE — Walking out of the Capitol Thursday, I glanced up to see a sky resembling a scene from The Birds — if the avians in the classic Hitchcock film…

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Conway's implosion

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00 EDT

To paraphrase Mamie Van Doren's line from a classic after-shave commercial, there's something about an Aqua Buddha ad. Something that proved fatal to any hope Attorney General Jack Conway had…

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