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‘Waster’ letters to 50 churches make orthodox claims, are not police matter

McMinn County Sheriff’s detective Blake Witt is interviewed about a letter sent to churches saying they have rejected God’s law. (Photo TV3 Wrcbtv.com) This anonymous letter about Christian doctrine sent to 50 churches in the Chattanooga area has become a matter of police investigation. (Photo TV3 Wrcbtv.com) By David Tulis The writer of hand-written letters […]

‘Dear county clerk’ letter says constitutional law trumps judges’ opinion

“Respect for law” is the theme of a 2013 event by a civic club in which Robin Langford, a county detective, left, receives an award. At right is Emily Job, president of the Scenic Chattanooga Optimist Club. Respect for constitutional law awaits its own congratulatory ceremony. By Rick Womick (July 21, 2015) Dear County clerk, […]

We need a social economy, not a hyper-financialized plantation economy

A perspective on building local economies in a digital world. By Charles Hugh Smith November 12, 2015 — The key to broadly distributing capital and reversing inequality is to nurture the source of social capital: the community economy. We all know what a hyper-financialized economy looks like — we live in one: central banks create […]

Jihad is a proper fruit of Muslim religion, whether in Paris or Chattanooga

Dr. Bill Warner of the Center for the Study of Political Islam in Nashville explains how we should read coverage of Muslim jihadist attacks against innocents in the West. The left blames the Paris attacks on people on the right who are critical of Islam; the press will continue to recount terror attacks in an […]

Soddy-Daisy sculptor, 23, figures in book by Dutch lensman

Abigail Tulis is a sculptor and painter reared in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., who is the subject of a photo art book. (Photo Huub Claessens in “Dutch Soldier”) By David Tulis The first graduate from the Tulis homeschool academy in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., is the subject of a book by Dutch photographer Huub Claessens. The book is Dutch […]

Tasch argues for slow money, local economy in Chattanooga

People who “trade” in local economy gather around tables at the Ooltewah nursery near Chattanooga. (Photo Ooltewahnursery.com) By David Tulis In October 2014 an erroneous order to transact shares totaling F$617 billion — greater than the size of Sweden’s economy — were piped into the Japan stock exchange. The requests for 67.78 trillion yen were […]

Slight token of Christianity in public school banned, yet classes full

The Gideon New Testament program is too much for a public school in a rural Tennessee county; the program must stop. Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?  — 2 Corinthians 6:14 They have spoken words, swearing falsely […]

Clever Republicans betray marriage under pretense of ‘religious liberty’

Bill Haslam and his wife, Crissy, right, make a show of patriotism prior to Veterans Day in Nashville. (Photo https://www.flickr.com/photos/governorbillhaslam) [Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and the state’s Republican establishment caved to gay theory the day its most notable argument — the high court case of Obergefell vs. Hodges — was published. Mr. Haslam immediately directed […]

Marceaux, ‘illegals,’ libertarians slip past mysterious gap in driver license law

The senior Basil Marceaux is a perennial Tennessee candidate who argues for a constitutional and anti-state framework that beats back traffic stops and other claws of the administrative state. Basil John Marceaux By David Tulis The arrest last week of Basil John Marceaux sets up a case against the police enforcement of driver license laws […]