Editorial: Soapbox Saturday drenched with politics
An editorial cartoon accompanies this piece that pretty much makes conservative mouthpiece Glenn Beck look like a maniac in his “I?Have a Scheme” speech. In the background you see caricatures of Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln, portrayed as helpless to stopping Beck’s rantings. Beck undoubtedly saw this coming. He put himself out there for ridicule because every American has the right to say what’s on their mind —?it’s called freedom of speech — no matter how many people choose to listen and, subsequently, poke fun. But what exactly did Beck — who promoted the event as nonpolitical (an amazing reach considering 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee and potential future presidential candidate and tea party crusader Sarah Palin also spoke) — accomplish at this past weekend’s rally? Beck and fellow conservative Palin appealed to a mass of people gathered at the National Mall to help restore American values and honor King’s message.
» Full StoryEditor's column: Don’t cry for politicians, just appreciate them
Politicians aren’t exactly the most beloved people around. They’ve been known to get under people’s skin, to lie, cheat, spend taxpayers’ money foolishly, attempt to, I dunno, sell A vacant seat on the U.S.
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Rudy Giuliani, the mayor of New York at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, isn’t opposed to the building of an Islamic center in New York.
» Full StoryEditor's column: When egos need to add a notch
If you heard a huge belching sound earlier this week, don’t be frightened, it was just Brett Favre’s Shrek-sized ego.
It’s been fed.
Short takes for Aug. 20
Money for libraries
THUMBS UP: The Lyon County Board of Commissioners approved contributions of more than $50,000 apiece for library construction projects in Cottonwood, Minneota and Tracy on Tuesday.
Editorial: Take advantage of SOS
Residents of the city of Marshall and the area, you have a chance later this week and this weekend to get the most out of what’s left of summer without having to travel hundreds of miles, wasting gas and killing time on the road.
» Full StoryOpinion Poll
Do you think Gov. Pawlenty should have accepted the $850,000 federal teen pregrnancy protection grant instead of rejecting it?







