Christians, Jews, in soft moment, embrace Muslim bramblebush
A dozen people gather outside the Chattanooga Muslim temple Friday to express unity with Muslims worshiping inside the building. At left, the Rev. Carol Howard Merritt; center, the Rev. Brian Merritt. (Photo Beth Foster. See other photos on Facebook) By David Tulis A group of Christians, jews and secularists gathered for prayer and commiseration Friday […]
UT gently prods ‘genderlessness’ onto tips of Tennesseans’ tongues
The University of Tennessee’s Pride Center seeks to bring common parlance into a phase of genderlessness. (Photo University of Tennessee) [Our text is not intended to create in your mind a spell of fun-making at those who “struggle over identity” or live outside the “gender binary” that is a corrupting influence from the physical world […]
Abortionist is right: Constitutional right can’t be taxed, regulated
Moms ready to destroy boys and girls are checked in this room at The Women’s Center in Nashville carefully designed to prevent vertigo. (Photo The Women’s Center) By David Tulis A constitutional right cannot be taxed or regulated, even if that right involves the killing of an innocent person. Thanks to Roe v. Wade and […]
The new slave trade; how national economy sucks us dry
(Cartoon The Moneychanger) We are all, North and South, engaged in the White Slave Trade, and he who succeeds best is esteemed most respectable. It is far more cruel than the Black Slave Trade, because it exacts more of its slaves, and neither protects nor governs them . . . we will . . . […]
Crony capitalism in Chattanooga; Sharp explores incestuous corporate dealings
Commercial government is a mix of private/corporate interests on one side and civil authority on the other. Helen Burns Sharp teases out the conflicts of interest and the lack of public accountability in “jobs creating” “economic development” in Chattanooga. 90 minutes. Tweet Pin It
Shadow on the field of your inheritance
By David Tulis You googled “abortion chattanooga” because you are searching. You have liberty to do so. Some long while ago the Supreme Court issued a decision, Roe something-or-other, that makes abortion a fundamental right. You have a sense of thankfulness for the judges, two rows of elderly, black-robed men and women with serious, dignified […]
Why I refuse to marry couples under state license
Many couples marry under the authority of a state license rather than exercising common law rights. (Photo Ginger Sumerlin photography, Chattanooga) By Matt Trewhella Every year thousands of Christians amble down to their local county courthouse and obtain a marriage license to marry their future spouse. The file their paperwork with the state unquestioningly. They […]
Same-sex ordinance highly discriminatory
Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream Chattanooga’s domestic partnership ordinance is highly discriminatory. It reduces the value of marriage, making of it nothing more than a convenient and moralistic fiction lacking any rational basis. Simultaneously it elevates homosexual acts and guy-gal shackups to make these equal to the honorable estate of marriage. 18-minute analysis. Tweet […]
Tennessee justice says social order, peace depend of Sabbath rest
Christianity offers culture a day of rest — the first day of the week — during which people are to refrain from ordinary thinking, speaking and commerce, and instead worship God and rest in Him. This photo is along Brainerd Road in Chattanooga. It is appropriate to offer a cogent analysis of the Lord’s Day […]
Selling local economy by gazing skyward, lamenting a failed god
(Cartoon The Moneychanger newsletter) By David Tulis For the past two weeks I have been raising capital for Nooganomics.com and related labors. It requires me to give “elevator pitches” for local economy and to explain why my theory of local economy and free market is profitable enough to deserve investment dollars. Yet a story I’ve […]