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Having been raised in the coalfields of central Appalachia, coal miners hold a special level of honor in my life. Mining is hard honest work. Appalachian coal powered America's unprecedented growth during the 20th century and there is plenty of coal still in reserve. No one I know...

With regards to the vice-presidential debate held last night, Congressman Paul Ryan was too deferential when responding to several assertions made by VP Joe Biden. The Obama administration has promoted a false narrative concerning the terrorist attack on the consulate in Benghazi. This planned...

This young lady is just 12 years old??? I have clothes older than that. The buzz in Eastern Kentucky is Ms. Turner has been catching a lot of attention from talent scouts in Nashville. Who knows? Give her some time to mature. video: I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt (Cover by...

This is one more federally guaranteed loan program poised for collapse. Did anyone envision the student loan industry would reach $1 trillion dollars? Again, our government must get out of the business of guaranteeing loans.

With the Muslim Brotherhood now running Egypt's government, who believes they would grant the US any flyover privileges during a military conflict in the Middle East? If war breaks out in the Middle East while Obama is in office, we will have a very conflicted president.

America's well-educated chickens are coming home to roost. U.S. Student-Loan Debt Swells - Businessweek

Natural gas will be cheap only so long as it has to compete with coal. The moment natural gas has no rival, the price of natural gas will increase dramatically. It is in our national interest to use all available sources of energy. Let the free market pick winners and losers.

I submit no modern society could exist without a functioning government. Try living in a world without government. No government is perfect, but is much preferrable to the law of the jungle. Every society I am aware of has some governing hierarchy in place. Every society, to my knowledge...

We have an estimated 200 years reserve of unmined coal in the United States. Lots of time to work on replacement alternatives. We have to balance present needs against future wishes. Presently, we have an abundance of coal. Clean coal technology improves steadily as does mining safety. Coal...

Can we agree that societies need government? To govern is to control. Government is the central controlling authority in our lives. If it is widely agreed that government is necessary, the question becomes which philsophical approach to government should be dominant. In Western...

More than ever, we live in global economy and must compete with cheap labor from all over the world. The unemployed, but highly skilled, machinist in Ohio or Michigan might not realize the work he was doing previously is now being done at one-fourth the labor cost in India or China or the...

Military service is an option for young adults. Excellent benefits, lots of travel, opportunities for advancement based on merit, develops leadership skills. Plus, there is the lifelong satisfaction of having served your country in a meaningful way. Pay is low relative to hardship involved...

The United States fought a 40-year Cold War against the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) to contain and prevent socialism from taking root in the political stucture of our country. Notice the key word in the acronym USSR is "Socialist." Socialism is the midwife and happy face of...

If the GOP cannot defeat Barack Hussein Obama, it has no business operating as a national party. I simply cannot fathom how Obama is leading in Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. Has some kind of mass hypnosis swept over our nation such that we are eager to embrace socialism? We have...

Why would anyone be surprised at Romney's lackluster performance as a campaigner? This is the logical outcome when a moderate is nominated. The GOP Establishment simply never learns. The GOP should have nominated a fiery, in-your-face candidate capable of putting the heat to Obama. Instead...

21c.... would you be so kind as to explain the "misunderstanding of what the real issues are" ??? This "misunderstanding" of issues perplexes me. I submit the American people know exactly what is at stake in this election. If you have the time and inclination, please enumerate the...

Obama's destruction of the coal industry is one campaign promise he kept. No way Obama will carry coal states like Kentucky or West Virginia in the upcoming election. Pennsylvania and Ohio produce coal on a smaller scale and their pro-coal voters are greatly outnumbered by UAW workers and...

What typically happens in Eastern Kentucky is a UMWA rep will approach non-union miners and convince them they need union representation. More often than not, a mining operation which votes in union representation becomes less productive, less coal gets mined, absenteeism goes up and profit...

Obama's attack on the coal industry will cost Democrats some seats in Congress. Here in central Kentucky, Congressman Ben Chandler (D), held onto to his seat by some 500 votes in 2010. This time around, Andy Barr might knock out the incumbent. campaign video: AndyBarrForCongress - YouTube

Mortgage rates are near historic lows because the banks are flush with cash. Thanks to quantitative easing, the Fed keeps increasing the money supply. However, the Fed can do nothing to increase the universe of well-qualified borrowers. So, banks sit on the cash unable or unwilling to lend...