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January 08, 2009
Malcolm Cutchins: Forecasters keep blocking weather maps
I have several New Year’s resolutions to suggest: 1) for TV weather forecasters — I will not stand in front of the weather maps this year; 2) for radio and some TV stations, and those who prepare material for them — we will repeat the exact same advertising spots only 1,000 times this year instead of the usual 10,000; and 3) for political and football-coach analysts — we will only tell what is true.
January 02, 2009
Malcolm Cutchins: New Year is a time for reflection
As the New Year rolls in today, most of us will make some kind of an assessment of 2008. The events of the past year have certainly reminded us that material things (and even football team success, for example) can vanish in a hurry and we dare not consider them to be worthy of worship or elevate them to invincible status.
December 18, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Time for Auburn fans to unite
There is nothing wrong with high expectations for AU’s football program. The problem is the bad public relations (PR) we generate by not having a more unified fan base. It hurts recruiting. It hurts us in the national media. Its cumulative effects probably kept us out of the national championship game after the 2004 season. It most likely had a lot to do with Miami leaping over AU to win the national AP title at the end of the 1983 season.
December 11, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Christmas gifts can be educational
What parent doesn’t want their children to grow up with discernment about what is important and what is not, to enjoy adventure and to learn of history? Christmas is a good time to give gifts that not only entertain but also teach some of these things.
December 04, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: When did virtue leave our behavior?
In our much-polarized country, I suspect we can nearly all agree on one observation: young men can be trained to hate, to terrorize, to do unspeakable and barbarian acts against other people.
November 20, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Media failed to ‘expose’ their chosen man
In any post mortem of our recent historic election, the failure of the national television news to expose (with their vast journalistic resources) the shortcomings, or even the record, of their “adopted” candidate has to stand at the top of the list.
November 13, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Marriage, family win on Election Day
There was some good news concerning Election Day (unfortunately no longer one day as our Constitution dictates).
November 06, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: ‘Going south’ good for area golf
The use of the phrase, “gone south or going south,” to describe something bad is ridiculous.
October 23, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Obama offers foggy plan on tax cuts
Barack Obama looked straight into the camera and said, “Under my plan, 95 percent of Americans will get a tax cut.”
October 16, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Some spoil name of voter registration
Cheating and/or making very poor decisions are not restricted to financial systems or CEOs or congressmen adding pork. Such failures are only symptoms of deeper, widespread problems.
October 09, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Obama lacks qualifications for presidency
The editor of The Weekly Standard wrote just before the Democratic Convention, “This week, the least qualified man to receive a major party nomination for the presidency of the United States in modern times will be anointed by his party.”
October 02, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Unsuccessful CEOs should be ousted
On the bailout matter, CEOs of poorly run companies are rightly to be ousted.
September 25, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: How much did Biden give back?
Voters should evaluate candidates on many issues. Here’s one. It is the height of hypocrisy for those candidates calling for huge tax increases if they themselves give very little to voluntary charities.
September 18, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Media creates campaign spin
Some of the things that have appeared in print recently or stated on talk/news shows are both sad and humorous for their obvious inaccuracies. For example, interviewer Charley Gibson asked governor and VP nominee Sarah Palin about her views on “the Bush Doctrine.”
September 11, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Fly that flag proudly today
Today is 9/11, and as I described here a week ago, “it has been designated Patriot Day and ought to be a day where every house,” apartment, school, and business flies the U. S. flag. The victims of Terrorists have paid a terrible price as has this country. Never forget!
September 04, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Media bias against GOP goes through roof
One of the videos shown at the RNC in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota described the events that led up to Michael Monsoor being awarded the Medal of Honor. He sacrificed himself to save six others in Iraq.
August 28, 2008
Rains from Fay came as blessing to dry South
In late July, an unusually beautiful rainbow stretched from horizon to horizon over our twin cities. Lately with all the rain, one had to wonder if the Biblical rainbow-promise was to be tested.
August 21, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Media distorts Obama’s poor TV performance
Presidential nominee Barack Obama did so poorly in the Presidential Forum at Saddleback Church over the weekend that his media friends have been in a frenzy ever since to distort coverage of the event.
August 14, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Freedom is beautiful and should be appreciated
Recently, while flying across this beautiful country of ours, I couldn’t help but remember the song, “America the Beautiful.”
August 07, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Looking down on creation a beautiful sight to see
There he was, not 60 feet away, a bull elk with 13 points on that beautiful rack of antlers. The digital photo turned out very well. It wouldn’t be fair to even think of hunting such a magnificent animal right in my son’s front yard.
July 24, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Don’t be fooled by false responsibility
We continue to read (locally) and hear (nationally) about matters of false responsibility.
July 10, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Lack of flags shows apathy
Could it be that too many of our own citizens and residents don’t appreciate the heritage and the sacrifices that have built this great country? Failing to put up a flag on special holidays, they encourage our nation’s decline and lack of patriotism.
July 09, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Reflections on the true meaning of the Fourth
A nation cannot be very powerful if it is divided. There has to be a certain amount of oneness, a unity that won’t break under pressure and a spirit that serves as a salve to heal our differences.
June 26, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Many positives found in today’s economy, Toomey said so
There is much more in this “Greatest Story Never Told” that began in this column last week. In contrast to all the gloom and doom we could choose to dominate our attitudes, I (and many readers, I suspect) prefer to let the positive things dominate. In that vein, let’s continue with highlights of a speech given by Harvard graduate Patrick Toomey that was printed in the newsletter, Imprimus.
June 12, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Divorce, unwed childbearing create burden for taxpayers
A recent study was released, significantly on our taxes-due date (April 15). It revealed yet another disturbing financial burden on society. The study was conducted by the Georgia Family Council, the Institute for American Values, the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, and Families Northwest.
June 05, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: Money devoted to microscope was money well spent for mankind
Former NASA Chief Scientist Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger died Memorial Day at 94. He was one of 126 scientists who came over to Huntsville with Werner von Braun at the end of World War II.
He once gave a very thought-provoking “Answer to a Nun in Africa,” who had raised the question, “Why do we spend money on space when we could use it to help poor people in Africa?”
May 29, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: ‘Arlington: Field of Honor’ DVD offers lessons for all of us each day
“ARLINGTON: Field of Honor” is a DVD currently available from National Geographic.
May 22, 2008
California judges dismiss wishes of state’s people in recent vote
Just a few years ago, the citizens of California voted 61 percent to 39 percent to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman (Proposition 22). Now, in one of the worst-ever examples of judicial tyranny, seven unelected judges have voted 4-3 to wipe out this mandate of the people. What did Lincoln write?
May 15, 2008
Degradation of the dollar can be blamed on spend-happy Congress
Recently, there have been discussions about the federal government costs of things we don’t like. Escaping the wrath of most liberal minds, however, is the hidden cost of our federal government printing more money.
May 08, 2008
Malcolm Cutchins: It seems that bad economic news dominates television broadcasts
Several weeks ago I wrote about some significant numbers – numbers that often speak volumes beyond words. Three more are numbers one, 77 and 96.
