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  • Seizure of phone records insult to free press

    Distrust of government secrecy has been elevated to an exceptional level with the disclosure the Justice Department covertly examined two months of Associated Press phone records to determine who leaked details to the AP about a foiled terrorist plot.

    May 17, 2013

  • EKU Regents latest to lose touch with reality

    We criticized Murray State University’s Board of Regents for not doing the public’s business openly regarding the future of President Randy Dunn.

    May 13, 2013

  • Beshear makes right call on tree nursery

    Thank you, Gov. Steve Beshear, for a decision that will positively affect Kentucky’s woodlands for decades to come.

    May 10, 2013

  • Let citizens draw districts, not politicians

    We say “amen” to our colleagues at the Lexington Herald-Leader who have called for a new method of realigning legislative districts to balance population changes from census to census.

    May 6, 2013

  • UK’s secrecy sending the wrong message

    Someone in leadership at the University of Kentucky must have forgotten about higher education’s historic commitment to a free and open search for truth.

    May 3, 2013

  • Morehead Tomorrow is worth keeping

    It was established in 1998 under the name of Morehead Downtown Association, Inc., and changed its name in 2005 to Morehead Tomorrow, Inc. (MTI).

    April 29, 2013

  • Time for the other MSU to shape up

    “No man can serve two masters.” That timeless, Biblical advice is found in the sixth chapter of Matthew. In the case of Murray State University today, that advice might be paraphrased to say that no institution can be served by two presidents.

    April 26, 2013

  • Farmer building new ‘Unforgettable’ label

    University of Kentucky basketball fans who fondly remember “The Unforgettables,” the 1991-92 edition of the Wildcats, may need to edit those good memories.

    April 22, 2013

  • Which Mitch will be on the ballot next year?

    We seldom agree with his policies or his tactics but we make no secret of our admiration of Mitch McConnell’s political survival skills as the senior U. S. senator from Kentucky.

    April 19, 2013

  • Building a ‘money bomb’ to help charities

    In our opinion, nothing better demonstrates the awesome power of the Internet than its capability of raising millions of dollars in as little as 24 hours.

    April 15, 2013

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