Hammond defends probe into East Ridge police execution of plumber
Sheriff Jim Hammond, the most powerful man in Hamilton County, Tenn, says his deputies are trained to de-escalate tense encounters that otherwise might end in a police shoot-down of a citizen. (Photo David Tulis) Sheriff Jim Hammond defends his investigation into the slaying of Todd Browning, East Ridge plumber armed with a metal rod whom […]
System won’t let prosecutor obtain justice in school bus killings
Criminals rot for years in Tennessee prisons such as this one in Bledsoe County. (Photo DLR Group) Because Tennessee has embraced a man-centered system of justice, the prosecution by district attorney Neal Pinkston against Johnthony Walker in the yellow school bus crash case will be unable to bring justice and restitution to bear. By David […]
Crazed bus driver kills 6 children; the providence of God & human responsibility
A bus wreck kills 6 schoolchildren in Chattanooga. If God is good, how does He allow or ordain such evils? Questions about the sovereignty of God, the providence of the creator, the effects of the fall of our fallen race and the limits of human legal systems to redress wrongs. David Tulis on Noogaradio.com. Tweet […]
Battlefield tactics: How to deny state actor’s ‘good faith’ defense
Dunlap, Tenn., city hall is embroiled in a fight to “inspect” a house apparently outside the city boundary. Dwain Land, chief executive of a municipal corporation called City of Dunlap When people hear a reference to “state actors,” they imagine for a split second a group of people all practicing grimaces, tremulous expressions of fear […]
What’s wrong with concealed carry permits
Concealed carry permits convert a right into a privilege. There are many sound reasons and arguments against statutes requiring concealed carry permits. Some of these arguments are as follows: (for the sake of brevity no support documentation is provided but is available upon request). By Jay Hirsch / Noogaradio AM 1240 FM 101.1 UNBIBLICAL: There […]
Your shantytown is my housing free trade zone
Scrap lumber like this on a construction project on Main Street of Chattanooga would be recycled by homeless people for their own “free trade zone” dwellings. (Photo David Tulis) A worksite dumpster could become the “home depot” of homeless people if they could build their own dwellings in an unregulated housing free trade zone in […]
Homeschooled gal youngest ever to graduate from UT nursing school
Jacqueline Gaddis, right, with her older sister, Madeleine, both nursing students graduating together at UT’s college of nursing. Jacqueline Gaddis is getting a head start on her nursing career. Gaddis — who will receive her degree on Friday from the College of Nursing — is the youngest graduate that college officials can remember. She is […]
Doss a hero for defense of 2 godly claims: Lord’s Day, pacifism
The Tulis boys visit Desmond and Frances Doss on Lookout Mountain, Ga., in 2004. The boys are, from left, Josiah, Jacob and David Jonathan. (Photos David Tulis) The Desmond Doss house on Lookout Mountain with its replica statute of liberty in the front yard. A war-wounded and partly deaf Desmond Doss signs my copy of his […]
Dad to Trail Life boys: Evil people elect evil presidents
Voters wait in line 25 minutes in Chattanooga for early voting at a convention center in Hixson. (Photo David Tulis) A woman signs her name on a state form so she can vote in a federal presidential election. (Photo David Tulis) [Here is my talk Tuesday night giving a devotional before the boys and dads […]
Mitchell runs to keep council seat, hopes people forget rejection of Eros
Jerry Mitchell, seeking re-election for city council in Chattanooga, boldly stood against marriage in favor of gay theory in 2013, a vote overturned by voters in a pro-marriage plebiscite. (Photo Mitchellforcitycouncil.com) “For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you should know how to […]