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Schmidt’s work exemplified simpler times in America

You wonder how these things begin. For Harvey Schmidt, co-writer of the longest-running musical in history – who…

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Easy doesn’t do it

WASHINGTON – Dear world: Please pay no attention to the man behind the golden drapes. He doesn’t mean…

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Bevin should drop this legal fight with Beshear

Kentucky’s government has no riches to spare, which is reason enough for Republican Gov. Matt Bevin to drop…

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Mass shootings prompt soul searching

Ours is an era in which the dam can break quickly. Information rockets around the world almost as…

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GOP should reform entitlements, not expand them

One in five Americans is on Medicaid, and Medicare and Social Security will require huge future tax increases.…

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Boldly going like no president before

Of all the promises candidate Donald Trump made during the 2016 presidential campaign, none will be more difficult…

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Wakanda whenever? Black to the Afro-future

Wakanda forever! No, I’m not talking about Wauconda, the Illinois town whose switchboard recently has lit up with…

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America is drowning in debt, thanks this time to Republicans

In “Hamlet,” Shakespeare pens one of the most familiar lines – and best advice – ever written. Before…

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Dems falsely tout Obama’s role in prosperity

Democrats have a new narrative. Forced to acknowledge that the U.S. economy is finally roaring after President Donald…

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Governing with the enemy

WASHINGTON – When White House staff secretary Rob Porter resigned Wednesday amid allegations that he abused his two…