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It’s time for the government to release information on UFOs
BY KYLE LOVERN Tennessee Republican congressman Tim Burchett has accused the U.S. government of a “huge cover-up” following a rise in “unidentified aerial phenomena” or UAP, widely known as UFOs (unidentified flying objects). UFOs are not just reported by two guys driving down a country road drinking a six-pack. There used to be a stigma…
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KYGA bill would give you new charges for medical records
HB 51 would end the practice of hospitals having to give patients one set of records at no cost BY AMYE BENSENHAVER Move along, folks. Nothing to see here. Just another attempt by Kentucky lawmakers to take from the poor and give to the rich. The pretext for this most recent money grab is the…
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Renting or buying, which is best for you?
DR. GLENN MOLLETTE A retired minister and his wife had never owned a house. They had spent all their married lives living in housing provided by churches. At age 65 they bought a house and financed it for 15 years. They had been frugal and had saved a good downpayment. They paid for the house…
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What comes around goes around
BY KYLE LOVERN We’ve seen it for years. Many things from the past – clothing and fashion styles, toys, TV shows, movies and more things seem to come back and have a resurgence. One of the popular trends today is vinyl records. They have made a huge comeback. We just called them albums back in…
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Yes, government is a business. No, you’re not the customer.
BY THOMAS L. KNAPP On Dec. 15, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report on the Internal Revenue Service’s failings in “providing customer service to taxpayers.” Are taxpayers “customers?” Let’s have a look at that idea. “For years, George Ochenski writes at CounterPunch, “we’ve all heard politicians claim they should ‘run government like a…
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Kevin McCarthy, President Joe Biden and Congress must work to solve problems
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Recently, in a Mexican restaurant in Houston, Texas, a patron shot and killed a man robbing other patrons. The robber was masked and brandishing what appeared to be a pistol. If the man who shot the robber is charged with murder for protecting himself and others from a potentially lethal threat,…
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Did you make any New Year’s resolutions?
BY KYLE LOVERN I’m a little late to the party, but if it was a New Year’s party, I was asleep by 11 p.m. Forget about being up for the countdown at midnight. Those days are over. So I’m also late for writing a column about New Year’s resolutions. I’m not one to make those…
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U of L Health should repay all its state loan, not just half
BY JIM WATERSBLUEGRASS INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY SOLUTIONS The University of Louisville Cardinals men’s basketball squad gave its fans a timely stocking stuffer Dec. 14 with the team’s first win of the season, beating the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at the KFC Yum Center. U of L’s health-care system should follow suit and offer taxpayers some…
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