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Local economy avoids brittleness, interlocking credit monoliths in national sector

A confidence crisis in the bar, left, caused the 2008 meltdown. What about the bar at right? What’s that? (Graphic DanielAmerman.com) By David Tulis If you are like me, you value small steps toward greater financial independence. You are progressing in plans to start a small home-based business. You are less intimidated by shaky prospects […]

Piranha marketing pits chain stores against local economy shops

This flier in the Times Free Press newspaper offers a 110 percent price match to beat back local economy players who have lower prices. By David Tulis The eighth commandment (“Thou shalt not steal”) is framed as a negative. Like all God’s commandments it imposes positive duties, as well. It requires that we “endeavor, by […]

Weekley scandal highlights power of marriage, its secure place in society

Jimmy Weekley resigned as coach at Baylor school after being trapped in a prostitution sting. (Photo WRCB TV3) All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina By David Tulis The arrest of private school soccer coach Jimmy Weekley on charges of solicitation […]

With sell-low, buy-high theory, city buys shares in gay economy

Jerry Mitchell, in a campaign photo, made a bold move this week to support homosexual unions as a city ordinance. By David Tulis Please indulge a speculation as to the price of shares in two economies. One is the gay economy, whose shares come with a premium today and whose valuations are sky high. The […]

Siding with guy-guys, Mitchell, others on council unwittingly oppose diversity

Christians such as those at Stuart Heights Baptist church favor diversity across the line of sex, whereas gays favor a sterile monoculture. By  David Tulis The vote in Chattanooga in favor of gay partner benefits for city employees is sold to the city council and the public as an expression of diversity. Accepting the gay […]

If stealing country were a tort, getting it back might be ‘action in replevin’

Wendell O’Reilly, Chattanooga attorney The difficulty in strengthening local economy comes from the economic and political interests whose success is crowned by centralization. The government school. Federal welfare. Total surveillance. The usual suspects. By David Tuls Thanks to Uncle’s control of entire marketplaces it sometimes is inconceivable that Chattanoogans will ever be their own masters. […]

The next time you get ticket, ask questions a la Scarlet Pimpernel

(Photo Chattanooga Police Department annual report 2011) By Franklin Sanders A friend of mine, the Scarlet Pimpernel of Low-Key Anti-Tyranny, lives in another state. He has a very low tolerance for the petty blue light tyranny practised on us daily — police stopping you for a tail light out (when the law says you only […]

What the dads wrote on the brown napkin

[Originally published in August 2012. — DJT] By James Hindman Christian dads, especially homeschoolers, place a huge burden on the shoulders of their wives. Each morning most of us leave our often chaotic home with its timetables, unit studies, book laden tables for the quiet confines of our offices or place of employment. Many of […]

From hands of few into hands of many; free market aids Chattanooga

Public schools, like this one in Bradley County, Tenn., are a legacy system being supplanted by the free market and the World Wide Web. (Photo Bradley County schools website) The prospect for liberty in my hometown, Chattanooga, and yours is brighter. This assertion rings true despite almost daily reports about the rising police state. A […]