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Columns

  • Who’s that girl?

    When you pass a woman on the street, do you ever wonder, who’s that girl? Does she have a family, a nice house or a great career? Then she is gone.

    You sit next to a woman in the movie theater and she bursts out with laughter during the film; do you ever wonder who is she? Does she like comedies? Then she is gone.

    Do you ever notice the woman in the line in front of you at the grocery store? You exchange smiles and small conversation about the crowded store or the weather — then she’s gone.

  • Hard knocks of life come early

     Laboratories for human development. One way to describe our education system in America. Many of our schools — public, private and charter — are in trouble. Not only are they struggling to pay the bills in a world of escalating costs for capital construction and maintenance as well as the cost of payroll, they are facing enormous obstacles from the students themselves. Schools need help from much more than teachers and students, they also need families, politicians and taxpayers to be a part of the team.

  • Halfway through session casinos considered

    FRANKFORT — We have reached the halfway point of the 2012 General Assembly Session. There are daily committee meetings, policy briefings, visits from constituents, and meetings with various advocacy groups.

  • Don’t put celebrities on a pedestal

    When New Jersey governor Chris Christie ordered flags in the state to fly at half-staff Saturday to honor the late singer Whitney Houston, he drew quite a bit of criticism from residents.

  • Do you have to ask, ’Boo’ who?

    SHONNA SHECKLES

    CITIZEN COLUMNIST

     

    Normally, when you hear or say the word “Boo,” what comes to my mind, is something that scares or startles you or perhaps what fans (such as myself) do at a sporting event, when a bad call has been made. In this case it is not either. I’m talking about a “Boo” that has a smile as big as the earth, and a heart of giving from the word go. I’m talking about James “Boo” Brewer, head boys’ basketball coach at Bardstown High School.

  • China is serious. Why aren’t we about ours?

    China, for better or worse, is a serious country. The United States had better start acting like one.

    I got a glimpse of the future Wednesday in the vast ballroom of a Washington hotel where hundreds of august dignitaries — and some journalists as well — gathered at a luncheon in honor of Vice President Xi Jinping, who is widely expected to become China’s top leader after a year-long transition.

  • Kulturkampf as public health

    About a month ago, people who thought religious institutions shouldn’t be forced to pay for things they morally oppose were unremarkable, boring even. Now, they are waging a heinous War on Women.

  • Doing time with time

    When I was young, I felt like a captive locomotive. Time didn’t move fast enough for me. I couldn’t satiate my young appetite for the world that waited beyond my rural landscape. Today, time moves far too fast. There is just enough time in a day for regret of what I haven’t accomplished. Time eludes all reason— especially when it comes to a death.

  • Trying not to predict the future

    Humans — nearly all of us — have an obsessive desire to predict the future. The optimists rationalize why a good thing is sure to happen, while the pessimists are sure it won’t. It’s understandable why we want to do this: being able to correctly predict outcomes can be a valuable skill in a world in which wolves might lurk around any corner. But in the majority of cases, prediction isn’t a life-or-death matter anymore. The question is, then, whether it has any value in such a situation.

  • Will success come from mandatory school attendance?

    Every parent wants their children to succeed in life.  Early on, parents can help by making sure that their child can read. And they need to keep them in school. This is the parents’ responsibility, but some in Frankfort want to take that responsibility away from them by mandating school attendance until their children are 18 years old.