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An adage warns us to avoid discussions about religion and politics. But these days, that gets harder and harder to do.

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I spent Saturday at a pre-Independence Day party hosted by a close friend of my nephew. Seven or eight families attended, almost all with two or three kids, ranging in age from infants to the oldest — my nephew Cole — age 5.

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I kept an eye on the stories in my newspaper to see how long it would take for the BP PLC oil-spill story to move off the front page.

It took about two weeks before I saw a Page 1 without a BP story. Maybe that’s because the tar balls have not reached Kentucky — yet.

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