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Opinion

[$] Don't rob reserves November 5, 2009 The Franklin County Board of Education is right. Legislators should resist the temptation to raid school district contingency funds in an effort to balance the 2010-2012 state budget. Board members and Superintendent Harrie Buecker signed a resolution...  Read Story.

[$] Benefits in a bind November 4, 2009 A recent Courier-Journal story underlined the hard choices facing state and local leaders as they struggle to maintain generous benefit packages for public workers and retirees despite stagnant revenue and increasing costs. The paper reported the...  Read Story.

[$] Another merry mess November 3, 2009 What’s in a name? Apparently either too much or too little, when it comes to the biggest holiday of the year. Devout Christians have long pined for a more reverent celebration of Christmas, one that honors the founder of their faith instead of...  Read Story.

[$] A reprieve for Lock 4 October 25, 2009 Today’s Kentucky River is far different from the stream beheld by Daniel Boone when he explored these parts 240 years ago. The water would have been cleaner back then, with more forests than plowed fields along the banks and no strip mining on the...  Read Story.

[$] Old game, new moves October 22, 2009 State Senate Republicans, beginning to feel the heat from pro-gambling Democrats, apparently have decided to fight fire with fire – proposing their own constitutional amendments as roadblocks rather than expedient pathways to expansion of gaming....  Read Story.

[$] Drug fraud and reform October 20, 2009 Last week’s $14.7 million Medicaid fraud verdict in Franklin Circuit Court has mixed implications about national health care reform.On one hand, the civil jury’s finding that pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca intentionally inflated...  Read Story.

[$] How much parking is necessary? October 18, 2009 Parking, the downtown obsession that never really goes away, is back on the table.Last week’s City Commission work session addressed the easy part when it reviewed ongoing repairs to Sullivan Square, the 200-space garage on West Main Street. The...  Read Story.

[$] Texting gets out of hand October 16, 2009 Little by little, people are starting to get the message that using their thumbs to type electronic epigrams on a miniature keyboard may put their necks at risk. Face it: Cell phone texting behind the wheel can be as dangerous as drunk driving. Now that...  Read Story.

[$] Our teeth are hurting October 15, 2009 Remember “Deliverance,” the definitive tale of backwoods depravity in the Southern highlands? Before the good ol’ city boys paddled off on that horrific canoe trip down a mountain stream, there was the “Dueling Banjos” scene...  Read Story.

[$] Recovery is elusive October 14, 2009 When Gov. Steve Beshear declared a budgetary “crisis” in the 2008 General Assembly, some dismissed his warning as a ploy to promote the governor’s bid for casino gambling in Kentucky. People were starting to see their prosperity...  Read Story.

[$] A Nobel too soon October 13, 2009 In time, President Obama may prove himself worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize he won last week. We have to hope he does. Those Americans who want their president to fail, for partisan reasons, are indulging in a reckless game.However, there is good...  Read Story.