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Uncommon Sense: Don’t miss the opportunity to celebrate Mother’s Day
BY GLENN MOLLETTE Celebrate Mother’s Day any way you can, but don’t miss the opportunity to honor Mom. The opportunities pass us by. While mom is alive is the time to do something for her. Too often, someone dies, and we want to make sure we attend their funeral and buy flowers. We talk about…
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Why I voted for Option 2
BY NINA MCCOY At my first meeting as a newly appointed member of the Martin County Water and Sanitation Board of Directors on April 26, I faced a decision that I did not think should be controversial at all. At issue was the long-awaited loan that had finally been secured from Kentucky Rural Water Association…
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Uncommon Sense: Finding hope, life before death
BY GLENN MOLLETTE Most of us have wondered about life beyond the grave. Many today are in search of life before the grave. Given what many people traditionally believe about heaven, eternity and life beyond, it would certainly seem very valuable to think about a life beyond. However, what about life here? The Ukrainian people…
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Child sexual abuse plagues Kentucky
Using it as a political ploy is disgusting BY LINDA BLACKFORDLEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER If you vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson, you’re “pro-pedophile,” according to QAnon darling Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene, and if you talk about acceptance in Estill County, you’re a groomer, according to my Twitter feed. That’s what it seemed like this week, in Kentucky,…
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What does it take to be important in America?
BY LEE H. HAMILTON Maybe it’s the perspective a long life brings, but I eye with some skepticism the glut of “personal brands” that assault us every day. Celebrities, politicians, journalists—all are “important” in terms of the attention they garner. But who’s really important, and why? My own list would start with some obvious choices.…
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Global food shortages: How does your garden (or pantry) grow?
BY THOMAS L. KNAPP “President Joe Biden and other leaders of the world’s major industrialized democracies pledged action March 24 to address food shortages caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine,” Politico reports. Biden says food shortages “are going to be real,” although he seems to see them as an opportunity to increase US grain production…
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