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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, January’s unemployment dropped from an astounding 10 percent to 9.7 percent. An acceptable average is about 6 percent. If you are like most unempl...
KFC’s colonel, President Madison and the Beatles’ Lennon got it right
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EDITORIALS
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It seems, as political contests sometimes do, that the race for county judge just took a negative turn in the past week. Despite this turn of events, we expect the fiscal court will operate in a p...
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Now that there is apparent support for a smoking ban in public places in Perry County, it’s a good time for our leadership to take a hard look at whether such a ban is practical locally. While the...
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“The only thing certain in life are death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin The above quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin could do with a modern update....
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Of all of the powers of government, the one worthy of the most serious attention is that of execution. Whether one agrees or disagrees with capital punishment, surely all can agree that any time a ...
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It was in August of 2008, the same week the state installed guardrails along a stretch of roadway on Ky. 476 where two people had been killed in separate accidents, that we urged officials with the...
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It was the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr who once said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” In a day and age where the racist tendencies of America have g...
LETTERS
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My name is Sherri Williams and I am 19 years old. I think everybody from my generation should register and vote this year. The 18 to 24 year old crowd really needs to have a say in what goes on i...
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The “Friends of Coal” organization has been misrepresenting Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, trying to portray us as an enemy of coal miners and their families. As a member of KFTC for over 27 ye...
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Two times the president spoke last week, and each time I felt the need to take a shower. The president of the United States speaking to the nation and to the Republican membership of government in ...
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Last week Hazard and Perry County lost a fine citizen. Mr. Ernest Sparkman. As you all know, Mr. Sparkman loved to play Santa. I can remember as a young boy listening to WSGS for Santa to read my...
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It’s been said that the internet would single-handedly take down the newspaper industry. The end result: fear of the internet turned out to be far-fetched and the Hazard Herald exemplifies this tr...
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This letter is written in response to the editorial last week, “Time for a change in power lines.” I agree this is a time to advocate for a change, but not in how the power company delivers electr...
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There’s a saying out there that some old wise sage put forth many years ago: You get what you pay for. In the case of politics, you certainly get what you vote for. And as I sit at my desk and wri...
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Political tone deafness is contagious. Despite the message sent by Massachusetts voters last week, incumbent politicians in Washington and Kentucky don’t seem to get it. I’m beginning to wonder if...
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I had a dream come true on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On Kentucky Educational Television’s “Kentucky Tonight” Monday, I got to promote charter schools that promise to free thousands of students t...
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During the past few years, state education officials added new meaning to the term “rosy assessment” with their hand-slapping, fist-pumping claims that Kentucky’s high school graduation rate now to...
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A very interesting turn of events came out of the sate Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee last week as the committee approved a bill that aims to allow the construction of new nuclear po...
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You’ve heard of the generation gap and the gender gap. But have you heard of the “credibility gap” in Frankfort these days? An earlier use of “credibility gap” involved journalists describing form...
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