Local sovereignty, local control — how to get it back
Voters in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., line up at a recent round of polling. Elections are only a small part of regaining local control. (Photos David Tulis) Regaining local control or “sovereignty” requires a long-term interest in what happens in place such as this one, the courthouse in Hamilton County, Tenn., with its jail and sheriff’s department […]
As tyranny grows, Americans wait helplessly
In Brumidi’s painting “Apotheosis of Washington” in the federal capitol, the Americanized Virgin Mary makes war on fleeing sinners labeled Tyranny and Kingly Power. She is pictured just below a deified George Washington (not pictured here), and is equipped with pentagrams and the Roman eagle as her help. The Roman Catholic and occultic content of […]
Homeschool expo says yes to personal relationships, no to ‘machine’
Exhibitors and students talk up pedagogy at the home education expo and curriculum fair that takes place this year at Camp Jordan in East Ridge, Tenn., July 15 and 16. (Photos Faith Hamilton and Ginger Sumerlin) A tot enjoys an educational gizmo at the annual home education fair serving the free market. Moms gather at […]
Arguments against local economy
The Main Street farmers market in Chattanooga is an expression of market decentralization — and for local economy. (Photo David Tulis) We make much of local economy in Chattanooga and are excited by arrival of digital overcapacity in the Gig, real estate on the Northshore and highly touted entrepreneurial culture exemplified by Lamp Post Group […]
Melvin’s solution to police state: ‘Waive the court,’ demand indictment
Hanson Melville inks a form that “waives the court” as he asserts his constitutionally protected rights. (Photo David Tulis) By his signature, the defendant “waives” a right to a lesser court to assert his right to a greater. (Photo David Tulis) Part of the paperwork when you are absorbed into the legal machine and ground […]
In Christian prayer of repentance, civilization builds
A Muslim fighter, in keeping with his battlfield victories, talks about buying sex slaves on the cheap in a noted video. Christianity is a system of belief and life that will reshape human society and in large measure reorganize nations and kingdoms before the last day. That is a promise contained with the scriptures and […]
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 […]
Immunity sovereign and absolute: How the state plays god
God’s perfections include is absolute immunity from any accusation of man, or any demand by man that He justify himself. “Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, ‘Why have you made me like this?’” As creator and sovereign, as prophet, priest and king of His people, he has no equal. His children […]
Haslam should deal more forcefully with Obama over restroom decree
Gov. Bill Haslam Today the Governor sent an email to various persons about the Obama administration’s “guidance letter” relative to privacy in intimate public settings like school bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, and dorm rooms. We appreciate the fact that the Governor has now addressed the issue. Here is what he said: “The White House itself […]
Localism over nationalism: Restoring America one county at a time
Christians and others are doing important work to develop the ideas we explore here and on AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio on the David Tulis program. Among those to provide a detailed blueprint about how reformation takes place is Joel McDurmon of American Vision near Atlanta. Here in a 2012 essay, he tells about […]