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Ky. Voices: To build Ky. economy, invest in our children
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Support bill to study mining's health impacts
The Herald-Leader editorial is spot on. We need leadership, not political kowtowing to the coal industry.
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Ky. Voices: Clark County must not set up students to fail
In response to the June 3 commentary regarding the Clark County School Facilities Plan: I do not believe that state education officials Kay Kennedy or Robert Tarvin used intimidation or bullying to force acceptance of the facilities plan.
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Ky. Voices: Many reasons sex offenders not welcome in churches
James Robert Ross, who described himself as a marriage-and-family therapist and as a "professional credentialed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky to assess and treat sex offenders," berated his church leaders for not welcoming sex offenders and attempted to argue how wrong they were.
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McConnell: Reining in government spending my priority
I read the June 4 opinion piece, "Despite posturing, senator enabled government's growth," with amusement at the contention that America is in debt because they're not being taxed enough. It assumes every dollar earned in our economy is the sole property of the government and what the wage earner...
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Ky. Voices: Secret courts, deception, data mining aren't justified
"This is wrong," Lucius Fox murmured in The Dark Knight when first presented with the secretive spying data dump covertly accessing the cell phones of millions of innocent citizens.
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Ky. Voices: Treasure the role of fathers, protect against liberal assault
Fathers matter. Fathers committed to lifelong and monogamous marriages, who care and provide for their families. The man-boy who flees when grasses look greener is not a father, and neither is the baby-daddy.
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Ky. Voices: New Stolen Valor law balances respect for military, justice
Last month, board members of the Korean War Veterans Association of America asked its president to resign for wearing military decorations that were not his.
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Ky. Voices: Let's bring music, and fans, to downtown streets
Lexington is full of musicians. It just isn't as evident as it could be. That can change right now, and in a fun way that is actually sanctioned by city ordinance.


