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 […]

Mayberry’s after-school program backfills schools’ foibles

Dr. Dwight Mayberry, a retired public school superintendent from Illinois, is in Chattanooga running an after-school program bearing his name. He tutors students lagging in schools who’ve fallen behind in math and reading. (Courtesy AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio) Tweet Pin It

Dyslexia remains public policy in ‘Read to be Ready’ program

Gov. Bill Haslam’s proposed reading program for East Ridge and other cities does not overturn the long-term Tennessee policy goals in functional illiteracy. The governor and his wife, Crissy, launched a campaign Feb. 17 for “a statewide focus on the critical value of reading — not only the value of learning to read but also […]

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, […]

‘Momma bears’ shed tears of Esau as test snoops crash

The Momma Bears of Tennessee circulated this image to complain about the digital crackup of the state’s testing program. By David Tulis Digital potholes rattled Tennessee’s school testing program to pieces. At least at the point where the program meets the student body. But the shards of paneling, stray screws and smashed server coils of […]

Gays get 7% of marriage licenses in Hamilton County, 2% elsewhere

The confetti falling to celebrate the gay conquest of marriage is thick, but doesn’t obscure the prospect of an American return to common law marriage. By David Tulis More than a hundred people in a homosexual relationship have received marriage licenses from Hamilton County clerk Bill Knowles. The licenses were issued from June 26 through […]

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, […]

‘Fiddle Man’ of Lawrenceburg demands verdict be overturned, right to travel

A woman gets a ride on a tractor at a fair in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., in which a court on Thursday will consider grinding a free user of the public roads beneath its treads. (Photo Yesterdaystrators.com) The man convicted by a jury on four criminal counts is Arthur Jay Hirsch, 65, a bachelor whose livelihood is […]

Victim of state asks Christians to witness clash at sentencing

A circuit court in rural Lawrence County is sentencing a Christian workingman for traveling at liberty on the people’s highways. He asks people to attend. (Photo Lawrencecd.org) By David Tulis A court in Lawrence County, Tenn., will sentence a devout Christian working man Thursday (Feb. 11) for exercising his constitutional right to travel. Arthur Jay […]

Tennessee bill to feds: Get out, go away, leave us alone

A bill in the Tennessee general assembly would help put a stop to power grabs out of Washington by executive order, opinion or purported rule. (Photo Kitco.com) By Mike Maharrey NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb 1, 2016) – A Tennessee bill would require the state to refuse cooperation with federal executive orders or Supreme Court opinions that […]