Published Monday, September 29, 2008
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW
Gas prices
By HENRY J. WATERS III, Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune
Every time the price of gasoline drops a penny, another American consumer considers buying an SUV.
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"I was really surprised when I read in yesterday’s paper that Albert Oakland Park was never officially named Albert Oakland Park and has been referred to as Oakland Park since the ’90s.
JOHN DARKOW CARTOON
OPEN COLUMN
Palin story worth more
than Internet gossip
Editor, the Tribune: I was surprised to read in your Sept. 14 newspaper one of the e-mails that have been circulating on the Internet from people who say they know Alaskan Gov. Sarah
Palin. I have seen four of the e-mails. Three were positive, and one was negative; the negative one was published by the Tribune.
OPEN COLUMN
'Special interest group’ is in the eye of the beholder
Editor, the Tribune: I don’t understand the current hype about special interests and lobbyists. I could use current definitions.
OPEN COLUMN
Hulett’s article had
a whopping mistake
Editor, the Tribune: Joyce Hulett wrote in her Sept. 18 article "Celebrate Constitution this week," that "Thomas Jefferson was the chief writer of the Constitution." Wrong, wrong, wrong!
Government must regain people’s trust
By BILL O’REILLY
The financial meltdown will change many things in America, and we can start with campaign promises. You can say goodbye to universal health care, a cornerstone of Barack Obama’s campaign strategy. Massive medical benefits are now impossible because the bailout will take all the money.
Real conservatives need to speak up
By LEONARD PITTS JR.
So it seems George W. Bush is not really conservative. Nor are Mitt Romney, John McCain and, indeed, the vast majority of the Republican Party.
