Sound Off for August 22, 2017

Which was it?

Two front page articles appear on Friday about Confederate memorial issues, but buried on page 5 was evidence of a difference of opinion about the removal. Editorial discretion or not just enough room up front?

Easy publicity

What better way to get publicity when you’re running for office that to demand the removal of a Confederate monument? Give it a rest, Tonza.

In the know

Interesting how the Alternative Education Community Advisory Committee came up with virtually the same recommendations that teachers have been recommending for years. The MCSB and MCSD should listen to teachers, the best committee they have.

OK, tough guys

Our dear leader has suggested "outsourcing the fighting" in Afghanistan. Let’s fly the gun-carrying white supremacists to Kabul and we'll see how tough they really are. Maybe Trump can lead them riding a white horse.

American valor

We've always honored the brave men (and women) who fought and died fighting our wars. It just happens to be that "we" encompasses both sides when it's the Civil War.

Voice of reason

Thank you Mayor Tomlinson, for being a firm, level-headed beacon of reason and logic in the middle of a tidal wave of knee-jerk ridiculousness.

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I’m not much of a morning news TV guy. I get most of my news from the Ledger. But now I turn on the TV to see who Trump has fired.

This story was originally published August 21, 2017 at 3:47 PM with the headline "Sound Off for August 22, 2017."