As reported previously, coal exports to Europe, India, and China are set to break some major records in 2012. In fact, Europe is burning coal at its fastest rate since 2006. Such realities reveal yet another tool Kentucky’s energy sector can use against the unilateral mandates of the Environmental Protection Agency – international demand. Although…
By Jim Waters You’re either a maker or a taker. A free marketplace – which used to operate with much less government interference – allows makers to turn rocks into roads, crops into meals and ideas into patents. Without makers, takers don’t have a paycheck, pension or food stamp. With fewer takers, makers could keep…
In any state-to-state education comparison, student demographics matter In its zeal to portray Kentucky’s public education system in the best possible light, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has issued a 2012 update to its on-going “Top 20 by 2020” reports. But, Prichard still doesn’t get this right. Prichard simply ignores advice, readily available in…