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Today's Opinions

  • Cancer comes home

    Cancer is a disease that has touched almost everyone. If not in our own lives, or in those of our families, almost all of us have had a friend or coworker touched by the dreaded disease.
    Here at the CKNJ, we are no different. Many of us have lost friends and loved ones, and we have had others in our lives to experience a scare with cancer. Now, we have been given the news that cancer has come to a member of the CKNJ family.
    James Roberts, a longtime reporter with us, has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia.

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  • Derby brings gaming issue back to mind

    The most famous horse race in the world will take place in Louisville on Saturday, and because of it, there will be plenty of people at Churchill Downs eating, drinking and enjoying the atmosphere. Oh, and you can bet many of them will be there to gamble.
    That got us thinking about how gambling is viewed in Kentucky, and how our legislators will not let Kentuckians make up their own minds about casinos and other forms of expanded gaming.

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  • Seven special sessions in a row not good

    Do you have deadlines you have to meet?
    If you didn’t have your income tax submitted by this past Tuesday, you will be penalized in a monetary fashion.
    If you turn in a paper late for a class, you will get penalized with a lesser or failing grade.

    If you show up late to work so many times, you will get penalized and eventually could lose your job.

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  • The challenges of EMS

     

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  • Should school start later?

    CKNJ Editorial Board

    It started out as a preview of year-round school, but shouldn't schools look at the possibility of starting school later than the first week of August?

    August is usually the hottest month of the year. Buses have no air conditioning and sometimes schools close down for half the day because of the heat.

    It also costs much more to keep school buildings cool during that kind of weather.

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  • Cats and Cards ready to rumble

     

    They don’t call it March Madness for nothing! You won’t find any more avid basketball fans in the nation than those in Kentucky. Whether rooting for the Kentucky Wildcats or the Louisville Cardinals, Kentuckians take their basketball very seriously. This year, fans of both programs have special reason to be proud as both schools have reached the NCAA Final Four. This year marks the first time since 1961 that two teams from one state have met in the Final Four.

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  • Travel on your own dime, governor

    When you travel, you probably pay the bill yourself.
    If you’re a sports fan, and you want to watch Kentucky, or whatever your favorite team might be, play in the SEC or NCAA tournaments, you probably buy your own airline ticket to get there.
    If these statements apply to you, then you aren’t Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, because the governor has made it all too clear that the rules don’t apply to him.

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  • CKNJ to modify TV listings

    You spoke, and we have tried to listen.
    Earlier this year, the News-Journal made a change to its TV listings. Previously, all listings were published in an inserted section in the Thursday issue of the paper.

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