Newspaper Columns by Phil Valentine

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

 

• 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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