Interposition in Tenn. bill stops evil, abates God’s judgment
The Rev. Matt Trewhella speaks in Nashville about the vital doctrine of interposition that demands that state government interpose between the people in the state and the malice and destruction of the federal high court’s Obergefell opinion redefining marriage. Interposition is the means by which to fight the gay mudslide, not the “religious freedom” argument […]
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 […]
Party faithful to constitutional government, ideals of self-determination
Jerry Pangle, a farmer in Humphreys County, Tenn., is active in the Tennessee Constitution Party. Below are some of his rows of vegetables. (Photos Pat Pangle) By David Tulis It’s easy to think that constitutional government doesn’t stand a chance in politics because of elections in which Republican or Democrat always wins. These parties are […]
‘Dear county clerk’ letter says constitutional law trumps judges’ opinion
“Respect for law” is the theme of a 2013 event by a civic club in which Robin Langford, a county detective, left, receives an award. At right is Emily Job, president of the Scenic Chattanooga Optimist Club. Respect for constitutional law awaits its own congratulatory ceremony. By Rick Womick (July 21, 2015) Dear County clerk, […]
We need a social economy, not a hyper-financialized plantation economy
A perspective on building local economies in a digital world. By Charles Hugh Smith November 12, 2015 — The key to broadly distributing capital and reversing inequality is to nurture the source of social capital: the community economy. We all know what a hyper-financialized economy looks like — we live in one: central banks create […]
Slight token of Christianity in public school banned, yet classes full
The Gideon New Testament program is too much for a public school in a rural Tennessee county; the program must stop. Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? — 2 Corinthians 6:14 They have spoken words, swearing falsely […]
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 […]
‘Toxic nightmare’ as war on global warming drags white coal fly ash across sky
“I mean it is quite obvious from the extent of the spraying,“ says geophysicist J. Marvin Herndon, “millions of tons per year are presently being sprayed — in fact, maybe many millions of tons per year.” (Photo Paula Mandala) An energy utility waste product known as coal flyash is recycled into the air over Brainerd […]
Blogger Walsh, cop Clarke favor unyielding submission to state
Matt Walsh, conservative blogger Mistress Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? By Bojidar Marinov There were two kinds of plants back in Eastern Europe, before 1989. One kind was the quiet type. The informant. He would never distinguish himself by anything. He’d do exactly what he is told to do, and he may […]
Chief Fletcher stirs against prison industrial complex
Fred Fletcher, Chattanooga police chief, joins with other top cops and prosecutors ind opposing penal industrial system and its statutory feeder mechanism, of which he is a vital part. (Photo Chattanooga Police Department on Twitter) By David Tulis Chattanooga police chief Fred Fletcher has joined a group of prosecutors and police bosses to urge an […]