Why national cataclysm is just ahead, & what to do now
This hurried talk is a 10-minute elevator pitch for coming financial disaster, and a 10-minute elevator pitch that is the solution: Local economy and free markets. David Tulis sketches the coming reckoning the marketplace will impose on debt-ridden nation-states and their consumption-oriented economies. (Courtesy AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio) Let me help you be […]
Critics rip fluoride as peril in Soddy-Daisy, dentists tell board it toughens teeth
Water plant worker Darrell Burchard tells about the health dangers he faces daily in having to add acidic fluoride to the drinking water of the North West Utility District’s plant in Sale Creek, serving North Hamilton County, Tenn. Behind him is Steve Roark, operator of the Soddy-Daisy plant. (Photos David Tulis) Board members of a […]
Woman sues to kill TN licensing law oppressing hair washers, braiders
Plaintiff Tammy Pritchard, top, with her niece Leanna Malone. (Photo Beacon Center) Tammy Pritchard, Debra Nutall, Latisha Malone, and Leanna Malone share more than just a bloodline; they share a problem that has become something of a familial burden. They have all had their ability to access a job and earn an honest living hindered […]
Fiddle Man says judge should not let prosecutor dance with wooden leg
Russell Parkes, circuit court judge in Lawrence County, Tenn. The “Fiddle Man of Lawrenceburg” is urging a judge to find state government in contempt for refusing to show up for a hearing in its efforts to jail him for exercising a constitutionally protected right. Prosecutor Tammy Rettig was a no-show at a May 2 hearing […]
Tenn. judge salvages state’s muddled case vs. folk hero, shields no-show DA
Arthur Jay Hirsch, “the Fiddle Man” of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., is challenging the state’s claims in commerce against the vital property right of free travel on the public highways. Defending criminal charges allows him standing to overturn a lawless operation of the state’s executive branch. (Photo David Tulis) LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. (May 2, 2016) — Confusion reigned […]
Yearly emissions test reminds of state’s conversion of right into privilege
An emissions test worker in Chattanooga looks over a Honda Odyssey minivan that passed inspection. (Photo David Tulis) The young woman at the emissions testing center has purple dye in her hair. She’s friendly. She asked me for my papers and to step out of the car and to stand over by the blue chair […]
Assembly OKs bill creating Tennessee gold bullion depository
American gold Eagle bullion coins are a store of value and a medium of exchange, though buying them comes with a high premium. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 20, 2016) – Today, the Tennessee Senate unanimously gave final approval to a resolution setting the stage for creation of state bullion depository, an important first step toward establishing gold and […]
Tennessee county ready to confiscate reporter cellphones, laptops as ‘weapons’
A citizen entering Lawrence County, Tenn., courthouse goes through a new screening process. Cell phones and other standard equipment of media are confiscated. (Photo Lawrence County sheriff’s department via Facebook) The brittleness of the state is evident in its precautions for the “safety” of its facilities and employees. Across the country paramilitary organizations engaged by […]
Intense aerosol injections over Chattanooga turn blue sky to dull smog
The talcum-like aerosols sprayed in the sky over Soddy-Daisy on Tuesday dissolve and create cloud cover. But the micron-sized specks fall to the earth, bringing aluminium and other nondigestibles to unprotected human beings on the ground. (Photo David Tulis) This view greets me Tuesday as I look out my bedroom window in Soddy-Daisy, looking eastward. […]
How state gains control of public right of way & innocent private activity
Clarksville, Tenn., patrolmen stop a traveler in a car, presumably with probable cause. (Photo Clarksville police department) Let’s briefly solve a mystery. How is it that state government has authority over people using the public right-of-way in cars and trucks for which they have paid for with their own money? By David Tulis How is […]