Opinion
Fired CEOs get gilded goodbyes
In these times of nationwide job insecurity, with five applicants lined up for every job opening, CEOs warn workers that they’d better perform — or else. Or else they’ll be unceremoniously booted out the door...
Letters | Yes on 2H
Correction: In our Oct. 6 issue, in our coverage of the Louisville City Council Ward II race, we incorrectly stated that Dean Smith “says developers should be able to apply for a demolition permit without a development proposal.” Smith actually says developers ...
Malicious merger merchants strike again
Five men suddenly found themselves faced with an all-out attack on their territory. Five men confronted by a hostile power. But these five men looked destiny in the eye — and then they suited up and took care of business...
Funding social security without raising taxes
This year’s budget battles have at least produced two points of clarity...
Rick Perry’s ‘truthiness’
Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert points out that political statements and even political facts these days don’t have to be true — all they need, Colbert insists, is some element of “truthiness...
Playing Washington’s inside game
Do you know any of the dozen Congress critters who’re on the superpowerful deficit-reduction supercommittee? I don’t mean do you know their names, but do you really know them — know them well enough that they’ll take your call...
When Palestine declares its independence
Odds are that this week or next the Palestinians will unilaterally declare their independence. What happens next...
The GOP’s jobs debate
Now, let’s turn the Hubble telescope to the far-away galaxy where Rick, Mitt, Michele and Goofy are contending for the Republican presidential nomination...