Administrative bloat, piles of student debt hint colleges a legacy system
The courtyard outside the library at UTC. The average debt load for students at the government university in Chattanooga is around $14,000. [This essay appears in the April 1 edition of Esprit newsletter, serving hundreds of homeschool families in the Chattanooga area. — DJT] By Charles Hugh Smith Once we accredit the student, not the […]
From ‘religious organization’ to church; dissolving the corporate charter
(Bob Parsons in The Moneychanger) 3 brief letters to Nashville shed the artifice of the corporate church in an entanglement with the state; how to dissolve the corporation [Note: Nothing in this essay should be construed as legal advice. The material is based on my own reading of the statute and background reading of the […]
Lessons from Laish, a biblical city left defenseless by depraved ways
The Levite carries his slain concubine after she is sodomized to death in the lawless town Gibeah (Judges 19). Gibeah was a lawless domain of the sons of Benjamin. Laish (in chapter 18) is seized by the sons of Dan. (Image from Dore´s illustrated Bible book) By David Tulis I have been thinking about Laish, […]
Minority report in Chattanooga media; my work thus far
Lenders along Highway 153 reflect the end stages of long-term decapitalization of the American economy. I cover the scavenger economy on this website, Nooganomics.com, and pray for your support. And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel. So He delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them; and He sold them […]
Key cultural indicator: Poverty in prayers of confession bodes ill for U.S.
Grief at sin prompts the woman at the Pharisee’s house to weep and wash the feet of Jesus while he is at table (Luke 7). [I first published this essay in November 2012. — DJT] By David Tulis The low estate of Christianity is evident in public prayers that see man as coequal with God, […]
Sheriff Hammond’s program catches flak, but tells of localist orientation
Sheriff Jim Hammond explains the origins and duties of his office in a video. By David Tulis As American policing continues its long road away from peace-keeping and toward a sort of paramilitary occupation, it is refreshing to consider a development that hints at a localist — versus a federal or national — perspective on […]
Detached retina case: Judge blind to federalism, gay theory blurs equality
A federal judge orders the state to yield to 3 guy-guy and gal-gal couples. By David Tulis The rulings in U.S. district courts against state constitutions that define marriage as being between one man and one woman are a form of proposed blindness that the judges expect will be imposed on the citizens of the […]
Working around roadblocks; money by phone in Africa
These slum children in Nairobi, Kenya, are listening to gospel teaching. (Photo Englewood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., website) [Leave it to Africa to find a way around the government regulation that is strangling innovation in America. I’ve known Ken Griffith for nearly 20 years. He started a land development in Virginia for people looking […]
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Decentralization lets national, state power devolve to locale
Weston Wamp, a Chattanooga candidate for federal office, would perhaps be more interested in a county commission seat if decentralization were to gain steam in the U.S. His wife’s name is Shelby. (Photo westonwamp.com) By David Tulis Events in Ukraine are generating a great deal of huffing and puffing in Washington, as if its government […]