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“Of all ignorance, the ignorance of the educated is the most dangerous. Not only are educated people likely to have more influence, they are the last people to suspect that they don't know what they are talking about when they go outside their narrow fields.” – Thomas Sowell

The “Nice” Use Of Force?         By Theresa Fritz Camoriano         I am getting very tired of “nice” people who want to put a gun to my head and force me to do things their way, all the while claiming that they are standing on the moral high ground.  They aren’t.              (click to read more)

How entrepreneurs can instill high-performance government in Kentucky           If you run a Kentucky business...or you know someone who does... that can show state government how to do any of its functions better, cheaper and/or faster, soon Governor Ernie Fletcher will want to know your name.            (click to read more)

Global Warming, College Legacy Admissions, and Disaster Bailouts        By Theresa Fritz Camoriano        Global Warming – This summer has been the mildest I can remember.  The past few August days, with nighttime temperatures in the 50’s and daytime temperatures in the 60’s, have felt like autumn weather, not the usual dog days of summer.  I am wondering whether Al Gore and his environmentalist friends will declare this summer to be an exception to the global warming trend they have been ranting about for the past several years, or whether they will now make an about-face and shift to a new theory about global cooling.              (click to read more)

Richard Lewis inquires about taxpayers being forced to fund KET       

He asks:  What compelling state interest justifies taxing Citizens so that Al Smith, Bill Goodman, Jim Lehrer and John McLaughlin can enjoy a broadcast platform that is exempt from election laws which restrict every other Citizen’s political speech?

The following are a series of letters to and from Richard Lewis, in which he challenges the constitutionality of spending Kentucky taxpayer money ($14,500,000 per year) to support political speech on KET.  His original letter to the state was passed on to Donna Moore of KET for response, which raises the question of whether she represents the state, since KET is supposed to be independent.  Moore said KET tries to keep its political speech balanced.             (click to read more)

Privatize prisons, unlock savings        By: Geoffrey F. Segal         Government reform expert and author David Osborne says “the fastest way to save money and increase value is to force public institutions to compete.” Yet when political leaders try to introduce competition into the public sector, they are often met with stiff resistance.            (click to read more)

The Bluegrass Digest Vol 2, No 8 – Taxes, Spending, Education, Development, Outsourcing

Lemonade, Anyone?       by Lady Liberty       If there's one stereotyped profession I dislike nearly as much as I loathe the stereotypical politician, it's used car salesmen. And in the midst of this presidential campaign, do you know what I've been doing? Good guess. I've been shopping for a used vehicle.            (click to read more)

Silence Dogood Letter No. 1(Editor’s note:  The Silence Dogood letters were among the first published writings of Benjamin Franklin, published while he was apprenticed to his brother’s printing business.  Ben slipped the letters under the door, and his brother, not realizing they had been written by Ben, published them.  They were very popular with the paper’s readers.  We thought the readers of Jefferson Review might enjoy reading them as well.  So, we will begin publishing them in a series, as they were published originally.)  Sir,  It may not be improper in the first Place to inform your Readers, that I intend once a Fortnight to present them, by the Help of this Paper, with a short Epistle, which I presume will add somewhat to their Entertainment.... (click to read more)

"Ever since the days of George McGovern back in 1972, liberal Democrats have been for cutting back spending on the military and on the intelligence agencies. John Kerry has voted time and again to do both. Now he is among those loudly criticizing the inadequacies of the agencies he voted to weaken. It is not just a question of cutting money to those agencies. Liberals have also voted to hamstring our intelligence agencies by limiting their scope at home and abroad." --Thomas Sowell

"I do not think a lot of modern conservatives have taken on their philosophy because they were brought up in it, schooled in it, and swallowed it whole.  And I don't think a lot of them became conservatives because they read a book by Hayek or Adam Smith and thought, 'Ah ha, this seems sound!'  I think a lot of people in our time who have become conservatives did it because they had a certain and particular kind of mind.  To choose just one facet, they have a natural respect and even sometimes love toward human beings, while at the same time having no illusions -- none -- about who we are.  Man is not perfect and is not perfectible, at least by other men.  We are what we are; God made us and gave us freedom; we use it to ill and good; man best operates through certain arrangements and traditions, and those arrangements and traditions are best animated by respect for the individual and love of liberty." --Peggy Noonan

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