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Hillbilly Stereotypes Spark Controversy in Kentucky Election

Don McNay | Posted 08.22.2011

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Don McNay

Just like in other recent political scandals, the first bit of news breaking from YouTube and social networks on Bob Farmer's jokes about Eastern Kentuckians has sparked a flood of additional information about Farmer on the internet.

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Elvis and the Definition of Happiness

Don McNay | Posted 11.17.2011

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Don McNay

"I believe the key to happiness is someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to." -Elvis Presley The King had it right. If...

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Wisdom From a Wealth Wizard

Don McNay | Posted 06.09.2011

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Don McNay

I've spent nearly 30 years around the financial business. I've known a lot of "paper gurus" who can talk a decent game but really don't practice what they preach.

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Wealth Without Wall Street

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

If you trace the history of almost any national company, you'll find that somewhere along the way a story in a publication put that company in the spotlight.

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Mitch McConnell's Homestate Paper Thrashes Him For 'Unabashedly Courting Wall Street Bankers For Political Money'

Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is "unabashedly courting Wall Street bankers for political money" and "happy to scratch their backs if ...

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Empathy for Society's Child

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

I want someone on the United States Supreme Court who can look back at actions that were wrong, feel a sense of injustice and make amends, even if the act happened forty or fifty years ago.

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Jeff Bezos, Factory Worker

Lexington Herald-Leader | Jim Jordan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bezos, one of the world's wealthiest entrepreneurs, happens to look a little like a friendly leprechaun. He arrived unannounced in Lexington to wor...

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