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Rotarians and Marshall County arts
My hat’s off to the Rotary Club. This time, they’ve pulled out their checkbook to match any and all contributions to the Faces of Marshall Campaign up to $12,500. I wrote the story about it in last...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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The terrible cost of irresponsibility
The scene never fails to move me. A mangled car in front of Marshall County High School is a very telling message: Don’t drink and drive. I was young once, too. I did my share of dumb stuff. We all...
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tolerance and the First Amendment
Come July 4, we as a nation will have been wrestling with it for 237 years. I’m not sure we’ve gotten any better at it. Satisfactorily defining liberty, that is. Especially when it comes to those i...
May 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Technology: A force for good or evil?
An old friend and I engaged in a timeless debate earlier in the week. Does technology help or harm society? There are plenty of wonderful things about technology. An entire library of music or book...
Apr 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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24 hours of relentless repetition
My wife had the best idea last Monday, after the bombs went off. She said to me, “Alan, can we turn off the news?” It was a great idea, and I immediately found the dumbest thing we could possibly w...
Apr 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Paging Doctor Kissinger, we have a crisis
Perhaps Henry Kissinger could figure out how to handle North Korea’s belligerence. I’m at a loss. When I hear stories about North Korea, I wonder what has prompted their angry rhetoric. What do the...
Apr 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bizarrely, extremely puzzling weather
Took a little walk down memory lane last night. I read my Facebook posts from just one year ago. Mainly, what I was looking for were my gardening posts. I wanted to know when I planted last year. L...
Apr 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Growing, sustaining business
On economic development: I love working in Marshall County. I meet interesting people every day. Some of the scenery is truly beautiful. If I had the means, I would live on the lake and be on my do...
Apr 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘Old thinking’ about hemp
Old thinking has again doomed a measure that could have provided another cash crop for Kentucky’s beleaguered farmers. Hemp cultivation remains illegal. Continuing measures like public education an...
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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A question of priorities
Every man and woman in the uniform of our Armed Forces deserves respect. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. They sacrifice their time and sometimes their health and risk their lives so we m...
Mar 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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