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The day was warm and bright: A spring refresh in local economy

A child reaches for a flower in an exploration outdoors. (Photo Rochelle Marshall) The sun shone and my children frolicked in the sunshine on the broad path. Rue anemone and trillium lined our way as we journeyed along the stream, up towards the majestic falls. Past the broken log bridge, with the delightful tale of […]

Regaining lost legal status as natural persons on other side of debacle

Katie and Channing Kilgore in Whitwell, Tenn., are starting a family. They’d like their children to belong to them, not the state. It’s hard to fix into the same spot questions about the coming national debacle and your personal legal status. If my reading of economic theory and free markets is accurate, the republic faces […]

Popular insurrection using Trump to defy statist establishment

Donald Trump By Thomas Ertl March 18, 2016, Newswithviews.com — On Feb. 29, 2016, the day before Super Tuesday, I attended a Trump rally in Valdosta, Georgia. I was not prepared for what I was to see. I have followed presidential races since 1964, in the days of Johnson and Goldwater, and I must say […]

Hirsch gets probation, F$2,000 fine for courageous stand

A Tennessee motorist has been charged for driving without a license. (Photo Interstatedrugbust.com) By David Tulis A constitution-minded laborer who offended members of a jury was sentenced to probation and a fine for his exercise of rights forgotten by Tennesseans since the 1930s. A judge who had blithely ignored his challenges over jurisdiction and who […]

Memo from editor: ‘Let me help you so I can get back to my microphone’

I am at Memorial Hixson today with my mother, Marianne, 92, who fell and broke a hip Monday afternoon. With great thanks do I consider your subscription to Nooganomics.com or your regular visitations over these pages. I count it an honor to be its editor for four years and to post a worthy essay nearly every […]

Do we bribe students to perform? Let’s develop intrinsic motivations

By Jeannette Tulis Lately I have been doing a lot of thinking about how we motivate our children to do what is right, whether it be to do their homeschool lessons, how they relate to other family members, or go about their chores. I find much inspiration at Mystie Winkler’s helpful blog SimplyConvivial. She kindly […]

If we were a free people, who would pay?

Reflections on the conviction of Arthur Jay Hirsch for the exercise of constitutional rights in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Dec. 11, 2015. You may also enjoy these related essays by David Tulis and Roger Roots Free-range motorist seeks to vaporize charges, asks they be heard ‘in agency’ ‘Fiddle man’ vows appeal after jury rejects constitutional protections Hirsch […]

March sets record for aerosol geoengineering over Chattanooga

Aerosol geoengineering is in evidence today over Chattanooga, as here a sky claw over Hixson. (Photo David Tulis) Disturbed skies as seen from McCallie school in Chattanooga March 18, 2016. Said Mark Twain, “You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” (Photo Kelli Lentine) Morning in Chattanooga: An agitated and […]