Little says possible to be ‘just judge,’ says courts not machine for skinning poor
Public defender Mike Little says there is no conspiracy within the court system to oppress the working poor who run afoul of the state’s many “victimless crime” rules.(Photo 2012 David Tulis) By Esther Taj Attorney Mike Little has worked in the Hamilton County public defender’s office 1 ½ years and is a candidate for criminal […]
Q&A. City’s zoning reform: fresh water but dirty pipe
Top photo, streetscapes under traditional zoning regulation end up looking like this — hostile to human life and not “people-centric,” as Mayor Andy Berke describes it. Bottom photo, a street that has been revived under form-based zoning rules is interactive and alive. (Photos Form-Based Code Institute) Traditional zoning cares mostly for the use of a […]
Support Franklin for president: Be a man who uses F$100 bills
The F$100 bill is under fire as aiding violations of federal law, though many honest people use them. If you use cash, you support local economy and help establish your manliness and virility. Yes, using cash is more manly than using a credit card. In light of the federal PR war on the F$100 bill, […]
The coming meltdown & how to survive it
10 minutes in, 10 minutes out. I sketch the coming reckoning the marketplace will impose on debt-ridden nation-states and their consumption-oriented economies. Key: Families, local investment, thrift, thinking of “the other.” (Hot News Talk Radio) Tweet Pin It
Activist grower unites city dwellers, 9 Mennonite farmers in area
Farmer Steve Bontekoe tells about his Harvest Box program in which city folks subscribe to him and his nine Mennonite farmers and receive every week a bulging container of fresh vegetables grown and harvested in a sustainable way. (AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio). Tweet Pin It
Tulis talk explores ‘bright prospect’ amid national calamity
The Chattanooga chapter of the Freedoms Foundation celebrates constitutional liberties for which men froze to death at the encampment at Valley Forge, here inspected by Gen. George Washington. (Painting by Dunsmore) By David Tulis David Tulis is editor of Nooganomics.com. The American people face a day of reckoning that will require of them continual exercise […]
Hakeem looks beyond policing, policy positions to solving gang ‘problem’
City Council member Yusuf Hakeem explains why he has lost confidence in the mayor’s violence reduction program as Chattanooga city government views gang crime as a policy problem rather than a human one. (AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio) Tweet Pin It
Hitchcock gives ‘direct care’ relief for national economy constipation
Dr. Rick Hitchcock chats with a senior citizen in his new “direct care” medical practice in Hixson. (Photo David Tulis) By David Tulis Dr. Rick Hitchcock and other Chattanooga doctors are living out the local economy response to a bad case of constipation in the national economy. With ObamaCare effectively nationalizing the medical insurance industry, […]
Great default set to push back single greatest threat to liberty
Branch Technology of Chattanooga is developing powerful 3D printers that can print houses. Decentralization and technology are wrecking the progressive dream of the total state shielded by administrative law. (Photo Branch Technologies) By David Tulis Our city and county will lose less — and perhaps even prosper — in the coming great default if people […]
Ending tax on gold, silver coin sales would aid financial liberty in Tennessee
On the pretense that gold and silver are not money, Tennessee state government taxes transactions of gold and silver. (Photo 10th Amendment Center) By Mike Maharrey A Tennessee bill would exempt gold and silver bullion from sales tax, taking a small step toward nullifying the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money. Introduced by Sen. Frank Niceley, […]