Newspaper Columns by Phil Valentine

Phil's column runs weekly in newspapers across the state of Tennessee

Columns from 2007

 

• Limited torture on known terrorists can produce results  12/30/07
  
  
• The truth about Kwanzaa  12/25/07
  
  
• Our misery is Gore crowd's happiness  12/23/07
  
  
• Pardon me, Mr. President, but what about Ramos and Compean?  12/18/07
  
  
• Get ready for state government to try again for income tax  12/16/07
  
  
• Dirt People Want to Tax Babies  12/11/07
  
  
• Huckabee won't be savior for those wanting immigration fix  12/9/07
  
  
• Bali is Another Kyoto Scam   12/4/07
  
  
• U.N. scam shows Marxism at heart of warming movement   12/2/07
  
  
• Lott's career a blown opportunity   11/27/07
  
  
• Bredesen's pre-K plan takes away parental responsibility   11/18/07
  
  
• Put a Pledge Where Your Mouth Is   11/20/07
  
  
• Al Gore is like Jim Jones, and we're drinking his Kool-Aid   11/18/07
  
  
• Military Deaths Down from Peacetime   11/13/07
  
  
• Advocacy Group for Homeless Isn't Helping the Homeless at All   11/11/07
  
  
• Despicable Speech is Still Protected  11/6/07
  
  
• With Witching Hour Past, We Can Make a Sensible Preds Deal  11/4/07
  
  
• Dems Haven't Learned Lessons of Tax Cuts  10/30/07
  
  
• Intrusive Home Construction, Not Global Warming, Fans Fires  10/28/07
  
  
• Putting Staph Scare In Perspective   10/23/07
  
  
• Dictating What's Healthy Isn't the Role of the Government    10/21/07
  
  
• Al's Inconsistent Truth    10/16/07
  
  
• Fans Have Been Fooled Into Believing Nashville Needs Pro Sports    10/14/07
  
  
• Obama Flagged for Anti-patriotism   10/9/07
  
  
• Democrats Want to Control You Through Health-care 'Rights'   10/7/07
  
  
• Learning The Lessons of Quotas    10/1/07
  
  
• Leave Our Tax Dollars Out of Convention Center Conversation    9/30/07
  
  
• Finding the Truth in Jena, La.    9/24/07
  
  
• Right Thing Would Have Been to Demand Briley Resignation    9/23/07
  
  
• Fredheads Unite for Homecoming    9/16/07
  
  
• Border Injustice, Government Shame    9/7/07
  
  
• PC at School - Where Are the Grownups?    8/31/07
  
  
• A Bird in Hand is Worth $27 Million?    8/24/07
  
  
• 'Fair Tax' Could Be Fred's Issue    8/17/07
  
  
• Global Warming Stats Found in Error    8/10/07
  
  
• Bridge Collapse Should Be a Wakeup Call    8/3/07
  
  
• Is Islam a Religion of Peace?    7/27/07
  
  
• Global Warming Fails Scientific Method    7/20/07
  
  
• First Your Smokes, Now Your Food    7/13/07
  
  
• 'Woodenstock' Shows Hypocricy    7/6/07
  
  
• Amnesty Denied    6/29/07
  
  
• Muzzling Talk Radio    6/22/07
  
  
• Amnesty: A Path to a North American Union    6/15/07
  
  
• The Media's Paris Fixation   6/8/07
  
  
• Is Fred The New Reagan?   6/1/07
  
  
• Immigration Bill: The Devil In The Details   5/25/07
  
  
• GOP's Deal With The Devil   5/18/07
  
  
• Hollywood's Smoke Screen   5/11/07
  
  
• The Great Gore Scam   5/4/07
  
  
• Playing Games With Iraq   4/27/07
  
  
• Despite Blacksburg, Guns Are Good   4/20/07
  
  
• Lessons Learned From Imus   4/13/07
  
  
• Chinese Checkers   4/6/07
  
  
• Fredheads Long For A True Conservative   3/30/07
  
  
• Cut and Runners Don't Represent America    3/23/07
  
  

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