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‘Ain’t America grand?’
Editor: The Cambridge Dictionary defines “gullible” as being easily deceived or tricked and too willing to believe what other people say. Americans must surely be the most gullible people on the planet. We pay a big price for jeans that are ripped to shreds and call it fashionable. We work for multinational corporations for free
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How many friends do you have?
How many friends do you have? Possibly more or less than you think. Your real friends show up when everyone else has walked away. We have many acquaintances in life but not that many close friends. How many people know you and still love you and want to be around you? So many of our
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Opinion: All lawmakers and the governor agreed: SB 181 is necessary. We will make sure it’s clear and effective
BY SEN. LINDSEY TICHENOR Now that Senate Bill 181 is in effect, having passed 137-0 and been signed into law by the Governor in April, lawmakers have received questions about its implementation and overall necessity. The law requires school staff and volunteers to use traceable, district-approved platforms for direct communication with students—tools that parents can
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U.S. 23: The Country Music Highway that changed American music
Running through seven eastern Kentucky counties, the Country Music Highway is a unique stretch along U.S. 23 that has produced more top-selling singers and songwriters per capita than any other region in the United States. The adventure begins in Greenup County and concludes in Letcher County, passing through Boyd, Lawrence, Johnson, Floyd and Pike counties,
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Is church a waste of time?
Is church a waste of time? Is it a waste of time for you to refuel your car? If you do not stop occasionally at the convenience store or fueling station, your car will just be a piece of metal beside the road. Your automobile requires gasoline or a charge to keep going. Your automobile
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When going outside to play was fun
What is it about today’s younger generation? You pretty much have to force them to go outside and play. When “baby boomers” were young in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, our parents had to make us come back inside – especially in the summer months. I know kids and teenagers today have computers and expensive
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What makes you happy?
Peace and happiness have many variables. We are not happy when we feel we do not have enough and then burdened if we have too much. We fret over not having enough money or worry about what we will do if we have too much money. Most of us do not have the latter problem.
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Congress must act to help the new postmaster general pull USPS back from the brink
BY MARTHA DIAZ ASZKENAZY The United States Postal Service is on the brink of a self-induced collapse. The failed policies of the Delivering for America Plan have driven away customers through a combination of sky-high rate increases and degraded service. David Steiner, who will take over as Postmaster General on July 14, 2025, has a
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Why Kentucky should help restore the Martin Himler House
Hidden in the hills of Martin County, Himlerville (now Beauty) stands alone in Kentucky as the only location with a direct and authentic connection to Holocaust history and Jewish immigrant heritage on Kentucky soil. It deserves a prominent place in Kentucky’s cultural memory—and as efforts continue to restore the Himler House, the Commonwealth of Kentucky
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What is it about our memory?
If you are like me, you get up and go into the kitchen, but something distracts you, and that quickly makes you forget what you went in there to get. Memory seems to be a peculiar thing for many of us, especially as we get older. I can recall things that happened in grade school
