A chief justice puts human face on doctrine of lesser magistrate
Tennessee county clerks face a possible anti-marriage ruling out of Washington in June. They should say “no, sir!” not merely on the basis of personal religious conviction, but on a firm footing in legal reasoning. To supply them with LEGAL reasons to ignore a pro-gay ruling I make available my little work, “Good Faith & […]
Deep state scheme or dirty airline industry? Altered fuels play role in sky striping
A sky over Switzerland receives an outpouring of “negative emissions,” a form of pollution that could give airlines pollution tax credits. (Photo Amanda Williams) An artificially nucleated sky over Knoxville dims the sun. Sky striping deflects some sunlight, but also is bringing the planet to overheat. (Photo Marla Stair-Wood) Jet plumes are laid over Wateford, […]
The inverted pyramid: How state uses consent to operate driver license scheme
Hispanic immigrants such as the Alfredo and Sylvia Perez family in Morristown, Tenn., are subject to harassment for using their cars without driver licenses. (Photo Southern Spaces) The Legislature shall have no power to suspend any general law for the benefit of any particular individual, nor to pass any law for the benefit of individuals […]
Fed-led brave new national economy: All propeller, no charts
The Zimbabwe dollar, late bastard brother to the American Federal Reserve dollar, suffers a like congenital deformation. Here, a 100 trillion dollar bill The greatest poison in your local economy and mine is the fluctuating medium of exchange known as the paper dollar and the excesses it engenders, starting with the greatest one of all, […]
Warning from Canada: Same-sex marriage erodes fundamental rights
(Cartoon by Parsons in The Moneychanger) By Dawn Stefanowicz I am one of six adult children of gay parents who recently filed amicus briefs with the US Supreme Court, asking the Court to respect the authority of citizens to keep the original definition of marriage: a union between one man and one woman to the […]
What it means to divest nationally, invest locally
Work proceeds at my radio station’s tower in Soddy-Daisy. Hot News Talk Radio is offering local investors a chance to profitably bring our free market perspective to a broader audience. (Photo David Tulis) By David Tulis Our argument to reduce exposure to national economy and the vagaries of credit creation, central banks and Uncle Sam […]
As opposed to possible gay ruling, ‘Good Faith & The County Clerk’
The clerk of Sequatchie County, Tenn., is Charlotte Cagle, one not happy about the prospect of being “ordered” to marry gays. By David Tulis The national press focuses this week on the federal supreme court and its hearings Tuesday on marriage and whether the federal constitution bars states from their regulation of marriage, which they […]
Feds seize state-only fugitives as Hammond, Fletcher persist in unholy alliance
Federal marshals and local sheriff’s deputies in Memphis gather forces to arrest a fugitive in a Memphis apartment complex. (Photos U.S. Marshals Service) By David Tulis Local police and sheriff’s deputies stand in the shadows as news reports tell how a federal agency led a fugitive roundup in the Chattanooga area. The U.S. Marshals Service […]
How LGBTQ activists might view local economy (not favorable)
Gay rights and transsexual theory are the arguments of UTC students manning this table for Spectrum, a university group. (Photo Facebook) I think for 100 years of UTC history, [LGBTQ] students have been neglected. *** There hasn’t been any sort of homage to us in policy until recently. Now that there is, I think it […]
Driver license system voluntary, Gnome of Strawberry Plains says amid new prosecution
The Gnome of Strawberry Plains, Tenn., explains the fresh air found in Tennessee’s driver license statute, one he says that is 100 percent premised on consent, on application, despite a court of criminal appeals opinion against him and in light of a new prosecution against him for driving without a valid license. Interview with John […]