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Reluctant to play ball, a boy stands to side; dad scans horizon

Dads enjoy watching sons at a regular Tuesday evening Trail Life USA gathering in  Chattanooga under a wildly white-striped sky. By David Tulis Tuesday nights at my house is Trail Life USA, a new and morally honest alternative to the Boy Scouts. We have dinner early, and head off to Clear Creek Church of Christ […]

Leadership program in Hamilton schools tips over no moneychanger carts

Adam Smith’s classic appeared in 1776. By David Tulis The growth of liberty in the hearts of hometown folk grows here, and shrivels there. On the Lord’s Day, when we hear the story of Naboth, who refused sale of his vineyard to the wicked king of Israel, Ahab, we are enlarged in our liberty. We […]

Fed, banking sector bring us centralized national economy

“(It is valuable to read forecasts published prior to a debacle such as the 2008 financial meltdown. Below is an analysis that first appeared in an important financial newsletter, The Moneychanger, published in Westpoint, Tenn., in 2005. Some of the financial details are out of date, and I have deleted the source reference links that […]

The ominous continuity of Thrive 2055

Thrive 2055 is an effort by the political establishment toward economic and social central planning. Media coverage presents it as a story with one side. By David Tulis A marketing program paid for by Hamilton County and other taxpayers plays on a theory of local economy so diluted it is effectively an argument for national […]

Former homeless man holds job, lives on own, drives car, extends mercy

Serving clients at Community Kitchen in Chattanooga are Edward Hice, left, and Emmett Allgood Jr. Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. — Ephesians 4:28 And whatever you do, do it heartily, […]

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 […]

Murky brilliance; 2 days of chemtrailing muzzy city’s skies

Wednesday, May 7, 2014, promises to be a busy day over the skies of Chattanooga as weather modification policies pour into the skies aerosolized ingredients to reflect sunlight. By David Tulis On Tuesday I saw several white streaks across the sky, including one plane that in leisurely fashion flew over Hixson as I was waiting […]

Grounds for suit: City’s gay ordinance outside legal authority in charter

Mayor Andy Berke holds a cute pup, but a poofter city ordinance he admires is a real mongrel. (Photo city Twitter feed) (An effort to oust city councilman Chris Anderson has failed by a lack of 421 signatures. Mr. Anderson is the inspiration of city government’s lugbutt (OK OK, LBGT) ordinance for domestic partner benefits. […]

How in local economy Sheriff Hammond’s superiority works against him

Hamilton County’s incumbent sheriff, Jim Hammond, left, has much experience in international policing. His challenger Chris Harvey listens at a tea party event. By David Tulis The sheriff’s contest in Hamilton County is between a greater man and a lesser, between an officer whose scale of experience is global vs. the other whose is more […]