Free market, biblical arguments favor arrival of refugees

Refugee children and their parents seek to enter Tennessee and other of the 50 U.S. states to live and prosper. (Photo Peacechild.org) Hannah Fletcher-Paige and hundreds of others demonstrated in Nashville on Monday, urging acceptance of refugees from the Mideast. (Photo Facebook) By Joel McDurmon There simply is no biblical reason to refuse legitimate refugees. […]

Would you indemnify, hold harmless public school by signing a form?

People entering public school are not asked to indemnify the system for injuries, but people visiting Raccoon Mountain are asked to sign a two-page legal agreement holding harmless the operator of its tourist-loved cave. (Photo Raccoon Mountain) By David Tulis By God’s providence and the gift of an intelligent woman as wife I have avoided […]

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 […]

Syrian refugees to stream into city

Chattanooga will host refugees — potentially in the hundreds — from Syria, a country torn by U.S. government intervention and an effort to overthrow its Western-oriented government, that of Bashar al-Assad, an Alawite Muslim who has treated Christians with respect. The refugees may include more militant Muslims who intend to bring jihad to Tennessee. WRCBtv.com […]

TN cop aims shotgun at pregnant woman, man with camera

Memphis police practice lethal threats to two citizens on a porch, including a pregnant woman, during the filmed arrest of a defendant. Note bad language. 3 minutes. As the modern nation-state declines, the rationale for military organizations called “police departments” fades. Police departments are perhaps the most dangerous of armed gang in any city and […]

City practices mall massacre as Hammond warns of new Muslim acts of war

Chattanooga SWAT cops practice dealing with a massacre Sept. 24, 2015, at Hamilton Place mall in Chattanooga after its stores are closed for the day. (Photo wrcbt.com) Jim Hammond, Hamilton County sheriff, makes dramatic warning of a state of war between Islamic theology and constitutional government. Without a ban on jidhadism and Muslim immigration, he […]

City acted in good faith in mass evictions, reporter Cook says

Reporter Dick Cook of Eastridgenewsonline.com tells what’s happening at Superior Creek Lodge in East Ridge, a dwelling for 800 poor Tennesseans shut down by executive fiat on public safety grounds without the slightest grant of due process rights to either tenants or landlord. (Courtesy AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio) Tweet Pin It

Border law feeds poor to lions; also, Rev. Maize rebukes police

Refugee crisis putting 1,500 souls onto streets is prompted by seizure mentality, thanks to easy money for city under Tenn. Border Region Retail Development District Act. Whew. In Part 2, Deborah Fisher fights bid to close Tenn. open records provisions. Part 3: Does existence of police make things better, worse for blacks? Ezra Maize explores […]

The gods we control turn tables on us

As a lost people, we create gods we control, but some of these deities (U.S. government, for example) really have cut loose and claim their own sovereignty. In Part 2, John Anthony of Chattanooga of Sustainable Freedom Lab explores HUD rules that intend to recreate American cities, towns over the next century. Also, docs flee […]

Davis’ interposition defies lawless authority; Republicans disappoint

Kim Davis, a good faith county clerk By Matt Trewhella Kim Davis and the other clerks in Kentucky who are defying an immoral and unconstitutional Supreme Court ruling are to be commended. Precious few magistrates in our nation have decided not to pay homage to the Supreme Court. The ruling is immoral because it impugns […]