Cops handcuff, arrest 10 schoolkids, legitimize authority with violence
Karl Durr, police chief of Murfreesboro, Tenn. The handcuffing and arrest of 10 elementary school children in Murfreesboro, Tenn., during school on April 15 is a picture of the religious presuppositions of the modern state. Their abuse during a matter of bullying outside Hobgood Elementary school suggests how police act as enforcers not just of […]
Care for seasoned citizen teaches sons commitment to family
Life Care Center of Hixson therapists Priscilla Clemons and Sarah Burkhart train Marianne Tulis how to slip from wheelchair to auto seat. (Photos David Tulis) Last of four home educated children still getting lessons, Jacob Tulis, 13, will learn grace in helping parents tend an infirm grandmother. An important benefit of homeschooling is that it […]
Tennessee county ready to confiscate reporter cellphones, laptops as ‘weapons’
A citizen entering Lawrence County, Tenn., courthouse goes through a new screening process. Cell phones and other standard equipment of media are confiscated. (Photo Lawrence County sheriff’s department via Facebook) The brittleness of the state is evident in its precautions for the “safety” of its facilities and employees. Across the country paramilitary organizations engaged by […]
Assembly OKs bill creating Tennessee gold bullion depository
American gold Eagle bullion coins are a store of value and a medium of exchange, though buying them comes with a high premium. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 20, 2016) – Today, the Tennessee Senate unanimously gave final approval to a resolution setting the stage for creation of state bullion depository, an important first step toward establishing gold and […]
Intense aerosol injections over Chattanooga turn blue sky to dull smog
The talcum-like aerosols sprayed in the sky over Soddy-Daisy on Tuesday dissolve and create cloud cover. But the micron-sized specks fall to the earth, bringing aluminium and other nondigestibles to unprotected human beings on the ground. (Photo David Tulis) This view greets me Tuesday as I look out my bedroom window in Soddy-Daisy, looking eastward. […]
How state gains control of public right of way & innocent private activity
Clarksville, Tenn., patrolmen stop a traveler in a car, presumably with probable cause. (Photo Clarksville police department) Let’s briefly solve a mystery. How is it that state government has authority over people using the public right-of-way in cars and trucks for which they have paid for with their own money? By David Tulis How is […]
Taking care of our own people
Priscilla Clemons, a therapist, helps Marianne Tulis, 93, work a hair brush at Life Care of Hixson in Chattanooga. (Photo David Tulis) My mother Marianne is 92. She’s lived in the United States for more than 60 years, having married an American engineer whose first job was with Combustion Engineering and later the Tennessee Valley […]
Charlotte Whitaker and Jaden
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In TN, what to pray about: 6 things the Lord hates, even 7
In happier days, Charlotte Whitaker toys with son Jaden before state government kidnapped him in 2013 and severed his parents’ rights. (Photo Medicalkidnap.com) Is the state evil? Is the state the source of peril, danger, wickedness, threat, injury and death to families in Tennessee? Is the state the source of decapitalization, loss, loss of hope, […]
Reform will end immunity privilege for violent state actors
Cops have qualified immunity, protecting them against prosecution or civil claims when innocent people are killed or injured. It’s no slight matter that the legal status of Christians is increasingly under attack and that the immunities of state actors and parties favored by the state are increasing. Immunity is often in view today with repeated […]