http://www.thetimestribune.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 16 May 2008 10:49:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_137105032.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_137105032.html Put Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio in charge of Kentucky State Parks. Thu, 15 May 2008 10:41:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_136104146.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_136104146.html During the Vietnam War there were 9 million men and women who served, and a third of those were volunteers. As my husband, who was a professional soldier for 22 years, says, “A real soldier goes where Uncle Sam sends him without question.” Tue, 13 May 2008 11:05:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_134110644.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_134110644.html John Eckberg asked in his book, “The Success Effect,” what book business leaders had by their bedside and what music they were listening to. I posed the questions to a number of well known Kentuckians. Fri, 09 May 2008 12:05:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_130120856.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_130120856.html I may have the best reason yet for Kentucky lawmakers to not raise cigarette taxes: Higher cigarette taxes pay for terrorism. Thu, 08 May 2008 11:14:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_129111738.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_129111738.html I don’t know about you, but I’m tired. I’m tired of television reruns. I’m tired of waiting for summer to get here. I’m tired of cold days and rainy days and cloudy days. I’m tired of not fishing, not playing tennis and not playing soccer. Wed, 07 May 2008 11:41:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_128114047.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_128114047.html There’s something about flowers. Some of them evoke emotions and take me back to my childhood — a calmer, gentler time in my life. Fri, 02 May 2008 10:13:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_123101547.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_123101547.html Surely, Northern Kentucky University land-grabbers don’t think they can use eminent domain to seize private property for a new athletic complex. Or do they? Thu, 01 May 2008 11:09:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_122111115.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_122111115.html “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice. . . .do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” The above paragraph as drafted and ratified nearly failed to live up to its promise. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:54:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_121095440.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_121095440.html My son Dana and I just returned from the Gulf of Mexico for the last time until at least fall break. It was sad to see the small motels vanishing and the high rise condominiums taking over the beach properties. It will soon be like Hilton Head Island, S.C., where beach access is all but impossible. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:18:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_120111912.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_120111912.html Legendary Kentuckian Al Smith came to visit me  last week. For a guy who is supposedly retired, Al stays awfully busy.  Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:04:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_116090533.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_116090533.html I cannot escape the irony that the same politician who killed a bill offering more and better educational options for all of Kentucky’s 109,000 special-needs students also sponsored an amendment this year that legalized a charter school for a privileged few. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:10:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_115101049.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_115101049.html My wife, Vaunene, (V.H., in the copyright material) and I were on honeymoon 18 years ago this week. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:53:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_114105449.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_114105449.html Children who have no voice need someone to speak on their behalf and to present their desires and needs where they will be heard — and persist until those needs are satisfied. They need an advocate, if you will. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:17:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_113091641.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_113091641.html A person’s taste in music and books tells me a lot about who they are. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:04:00 +0000 http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_109110557.html http://www.thetimestribune.com/editorials/local_story_109110557.html