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  • I (state your name)

    The first public oath I ever took was for service in our country’s military. A young lieutenant had us hold up our right hand and said “Repeat after me – I, (state your name…”) and then we repeated the remainder of the oath of office, as we were prompted. What is it that I was asked to pledge in that oath? You might think it was to defend America’s shores, or support the American people. But no, it was “I, David Floyd, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America…”

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  • Living at the speed of sound

    Have you ever felt someone was watching you or that someone was in the room with you even though you were obviously alone?  According to Thomas Merton, writer and former monk at Gethsemani in southern Nelson County, if you sit still long enough in silence you find that you are not alone.  The awareness is you, your own thoughts and the reality that there is a person living inside your body.  

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  • First day of spring: Sun with a side of flurries

    Today is March 20 and the first day of spring. The forecast for today is partly cloudy with a high of 43 and a low tonight of 24. For the rest of the week we are looking at temps to stay in the mid to high 40s and lows in the 30s.

    Now that you have your forecast, you can plan out the rest of your week. Well, not really, being from this part of the country you never know what’s going to happen from one hour to the next, nevertheless a day.

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  • Questions from a ‘Dirty War’

    They are impolite questions, but they must be asked: What did Jorge Mario Bergoglio know, and when did he know it, about Argentina’s brutal “Dirty War” against suspected leftists, in which thousands were tortured and killed? More important, what did the newly chosen Pope Francis do?

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  • Mayor Bloomberg’s soda folly

    New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ban on large-size sodas at certain establishments, colloquially known as the soda ban, is a lesson in how to make your cause look ridiculous.

    Bloomberg hoped the ban would spark a nationwide crackdown on sugary beverages. Instead, it became the subject of widespread mockery, inspired an instant-classic New York Post headline (“Soda Jerk”) and got struck down by a New York judge this week as “arbitrary and capricious.”

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  • N.T. Wright: Heaven is not our home

    Note: This is the third in a weekly Lenten series on Christianity and pop culture.

    “This world is not my home.

    I’m just a-passin’ through.

    If you grew up in the South in the late 20th century, chances are you’ve heard this old hymn.

    “The angels beckon me from heaven’s open door,” the choir sang, “and I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.”

    It isn’t very joyful, is it? No wonder critics have called Christianity the opiate of the people.

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  • Ready to make the most of spring

    I woke up Saturday with my Sunday column finished, but once I stepped out the door I knew it had to change.

    It was 60 degrees outside. The redbud tree across the street had seemingly bloomed overnight. A trio of runners jogged down the street, followed a minute later by another. The green shoots of my lilies were poking through the mulch, following closely on the heels of the daffodils that have been in full bloom for the past week or so.

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  • Social media: a place for political rants?

    During Sen. Rand Paul’s marathon of a filibuster, I couldn’t help but notice all of the ranting tweets and Facebook statuses my friends and acquaintances posted — negative and positive.

    Obviously, as a writer, I’m a strong believer in freedom of speech, which sometimes gets me in trouble, but when you post obnoxious opinions on your personal social media websites, odds are you are probably offending several people.

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  • DNA doesn’t belong in hands of government

    CHAD MCCOY

    Citizen Columnist

    dcm@mccoylawoffices.com

     

    On February 26, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of the State of Maryland vs. Alonzo King. At issue before the court was whether the state of Maryland has the right to take a DNA sample from a person arrested, but not yet convicted of a crime, to be used to see if he committed other unrelated crimes.

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  • It’s all a matter of perspective!

    Peggy Smith
    Association Executive
    Old Ky Home  Board of Realtors
    okhrealtors@bardstown.com

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