Marshall County Tribune: Opinion

Valentine: Liberals' job is to get out of the way (02/05/10)
President Obama's promises to create jobs and balance the budget seem to be in direct conflict with one another. In his State of the Union address he spoke of the urgency of bringing spending under control while in the same speech he proposed a jobs creation bill which his press secretary is now saying will cost $100 billion. Yes, that's 100 billion with a "B" as in "Oh, Boy!"...

Confehr: Morning sun clears early fog for us all (02/05/10)
Driving east to Lewisburg before the snow, there was a tranquil calm before the well-predicted storm. An invisible breeze rolling over the ridge pushed a farmhouse stove fire's smoke northward and parallel to the ground. Sunlight beyond the horizon illuminated the cloud ceiling, implying a bright day, even though our modern monitoring devices warned of that larger weather system to the west...

Tyrades! Super Bowl, Super Controversy (02/05/10)
According to the Associated Press, a coalition of women's groups is demanding that CBS block a 30-second Super Bowl commercial featuring 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and mother Pam. The reason? In the ad, paid for by the conservative Christian group Focus On The Family, Mrs. Tebow expresses gladness that she ignored medical advice to terminate her pregnancy and instead gave birth to the Sugar Bowl-winning quarterback...

Columnist: Government by chip on the shoulder (02/05/10)
Lewisburg City Council's vote to abolish the Police Advisory Board has really stirred up a myriad of feelings around town since the 3-2 vote on Jan. 26. In a letter to the editor members of the PAB stated "some councilmen had no comment on why they'd eliminate the board," the letter asked "residents to demand accountability from the Council."...

Valentine: Media don't understand Tea Party (01/29/10)
I was reading a piece from the LA Times about how the tea party movement is still disorganized and still doesn't have a leader. They opined as to how the movement "struggles to find national unity." Now, think about something for a moment. Did the American Revolution have a leader? I'm not talking about the war. ...

Letter: Police Advisory Board has importance (01/22/10)
To the editor: The Police Advisory Board was created by the City Council in November 2007. The Board is appointed by the mayor, and serves without pay. The Board meets monthly and care is taken in the ordinance to assure that: 1. the public has access to the Board to hear concerns and...

Letter: Use common sense in war on terror (01/22/10)
To the Editor Each of us as Americans should be concerned at the administration's decision to try terrorists, who have confessed to planning 9-11, as common criminals in civilian court in New York. To add insult to injury, the security costs alone will approach $100,000,000 of taxpayer money...

Valentine: We're doing our fair share in Haiti (01/22/10)
The left seems preoccupied in portraying the United States as the devil incarnate, even in the face of a massive relief effort in Haiti. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused the U.S. of using the earthquake as a pretext to occupy the small island country. But, he's not alone and many who feel the same way are right here in America...

Tyrades! Mirror, Mirror On The Wall... (01/15/10)
According to CNN, BeautifulPeople.com (an international Internet dating site with a strict ban on "ugly people") has expelled about 5,000 members for having the temerity to gain a few extra pounds over the holidays. That's right. Members didn't become any less desirable for things like driving drunk along a crowded parade route or snarling "Bah, humbug!" at starving orphans. No, they got kicked out on their semi-plump keisters for daring to drink an extra glass of boiled custard...