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Final queries for Judge Kavanaugh

WASHINGTON – Four decades ago, New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, an intellectual Democrat, observed with amazement and…

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NAFTA is dead – long live NAFTA

WASHINGTON – When the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect in 1994, it was widely regarded –…

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Hemp good way to grow state’s economy

Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles and U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell are both doing the state’s economy a…

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In wake of grand jury report, Cardinal Wuerl must go

WASHINGTON – In 1972, Pope Paul VI warned that “the smoke of Satan has entered the Church of…

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Challenge to Marsy’s Law disappointing

Marsy’s Law, a proposed change to the Kentucky Constitution to establish specific constitutional rights for crime victims, is…

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Omarosa tries to channel Anita Hill

Where have we seen this play before: A woman comes forward to accuse a conservative of inappropriate behavior…

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A cure for urban violence right under our noses

Cities have multiple personalities. I am reminded of that with bracing clarity by what some Chicagoans are calling…

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Trump’s failure to condemn the bigots of the alt-right tars his presidency

WASHINGTON – How can a president as successful as Donald Trump be so unpopular? Fueled by his historic…

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Prison reform: An unlikely Republican issue

Prison reform has normally been an issue embraced by Democrats, not Republicans. But, perhaps, like so many other…

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New agency leadership ends Obama-era abuse

The Securities and Exchange Commission quietly put an end to one of the more troubling abuses of the…