Newspaper Columns by Phil Valentine

Phil's columns run weekly in The Tennessean and other newspapers across the state of Tennessee

Columns from 2008

 

• Hurricane Barack is ready to blow tax hikes your way  11/9/08
  
  
• State does nothing about vote fraud under its nose  11/2/08
  
  
• Tennessee may have its own version of ACORN  10/26/08
  
  
• Voting should be only for those citizens who know the issues  10/19/08
  
  
• Time is running out for McCain to turn this election around  10/12/08
  
  
• Land-grabbers at the MDHA met their match in Joy Ford  10/5/08
  
  
• Bailout plan rewards bad decisions  9/30/08
  
  
• It's not hard to trace this economic mess back to Bill Clinton  9/28/08
  
  
• Panic drives recent gas shortage  9/23/08
  
  
• Government bailouts something only a socialist could love  9/21/08
  
  
• Ike highlights poor energy planning   9/16/08
  
  
• Crackdown on hiring illegal immigrants is having an effect   9/14/08
  
  
• Bad decisions behind Fannie failure  9/9/08
  
  
• Democrats face formidable foe with Palin on GOP ticket  9/7/08
  
  
• Palin the perfect pick  9/2/08
  
  
• Liberals shun own successes to push government dependency  8/31/08
  
  
• Biden accentuates Obama's inexperience  8/26/08
  
  
• Fragile family ties belie Obama's talk of concern for others  8/24/08
  
  
• Illegal enablers sealing their own fate  8/19/08
  
  
• It isn't racist to insist immigrants in Nashville learn English  8/17/08
  
  
• Media asleep at the wheel on Edwards affair  8/12/08
  
  
• Nashville is great because of people's talent, not its diversity  8/10/08
  
  
• Democrats continue to deny winning in Iraq  8/5/08
  
  
• Sacrificing your SUV, personal spending won't help anyone  8/3/08
  
  
• Congress bailing out stupidity   7/29/08
  
  
• Media decisions over gossip vs. news get tangled in politics  7/27/08
  
  
• Dirt people are becoming hysterical  7/22/08
  
  
• Illegal flow from Mexico worse than any gas price concerns  7/20/08
  
  
• Illegal alien proponents creating 'safe zone'  7/15/08
  
  
• Media are wishing us toward a recession  5/4/08
  
  
• Economic hard times are psychological  4/29/08
  
  
• Rep. Briley's gall knows no bounds  4/27/08
  
  
• McCain refuses to bow to PC demands  4/22/08
  
  
• Earth Day extremists were wrong in the '70s, and still are  4/20/08
  
  
• What kids should really be taught during 'Earth Week'  4/15/08
  
  
• Democrats use twisted logic to come up with state's budget  4/13/08
  
  
• Condi bucking for VP spot?  4/8/08
  
  
• Lawmakers determined to turn scholarships into welfare  4/6/08
  
  
• Is Islam's growth cause for concern?  4/1/08
  
  
• Open gun-permit records would achieve sheer voyeurism  3/30/08
  
  
• Obama's pastor is not the problem  3/25/08
  
  
• Can't anyone on the Hill somehow stop the bunker fiasco?  3/23/08
  
  
• Is conservatism dead in America?   3/18/08
  
  
• Here's why terrorists will win with an Obama presidency  3/16/08
  
  
• Homeschooling Under Attack in Ca.  3/11/08
  
  
• College 'gun-free zones' offer up our children as targets  3/9/08
  
  
• Is the planet actually cooling now?  3/4/08
  
  
• Obama's views, not his middle name, should concern voters  3/2/08
  
  
• Is Obama allegation not as credible as McCain's?  2/26/08
  
  
• 'New York Times' proves unfaithful to its GOP endorsee  2/24/08
  
  
• Let's spend AIDS money wisely  2/19/08
  
  
• Stop banks' catering to illegal immigrants and aid economy  2/17/08
  
  
• Conservatives should demand concessions from McCain  2/12/08
  
  
• We can all learn life lessons from nature's latest outburst  2/10/08
  
  
• Stimulus package or welfare package?  2/5/08
  
  
• Bredesen keeps ship of state on course – with a few barnacles  2/3/08
  
  
• Could MRSA be the next AIDS?  1/29/08
  
  
• Maybe Fred didn't want job badly enough  1/27/08
  
  
• Networks now control presidential elections  1/22/08
  
  
• I dream of governor burying this bunker nightmare at last  1/20/08
  
  
• Another Presidential Cave-in  1/15/08
  
  
• Was New Hampshire vote tampered with in Hillary's favor?  1/13/08
  
  
• Will Change Do Us Good?  1/8/08
  
  
• Failure to act on immigration will lead to a welfare state  1/6/08
  
  
• Finding a true conservative amongst the Republicans  1/1/08
  
  
  
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