Localism undoes ‘E pluribus unum,’ giving federal eagle gentle heave-ho
The imperial eagle’s scroll says “E pluribus unum,” or “From many, one.” By David Tulis On the back of the F$1 bill is an engraving of an eagle, a busy bird. On one claw is a clutch of arrows, representing war. In the other, olive branches (for military stasis). In his beak is a ribbon […]
Paranoia industry makes us forget how unimportant we really are
George Washington and other founders were members of the masonic lodge. U.S. history often is not the sequence of events we learned about in school. Still, conspiracies are not sovereign over the affairs of men, and we should learn to relax in spite of ’em. (Image mountvernon.org) Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine […]
True signals? Hotels multiply here; Boy Scouts’ gay rule ‘contentious’
Hampton Inn is planning a hotel with 94 rooms amid a hotel room glut in Chattanooga. Chattanooga’s economy is being misled by the day’s credit boom into building hundreds of hotel rooms in a declining market. Hampton Inn, Embassy Suites and Westin Hotel Chattanooga are bringing 728 hotel rooms on line through next year, says […]
Homeless men pushed to adopt long-term view, ‘minority report’
This three-minute video explains the work of a Chattanooga charity, Union Gospel Mission. “Every problem a man has can be solved with a relationship with God.” — Jon Rector, Union Gospel Mission Chattanooga’s prosperity depends, to some extent, on how well it insulates itself from events a business executive would call “non-controllables.” The independence and […]
It’s easy to talk in vain repetitions of liberty; willing to sit in cell for it?
From left, spokesman Mike Dunne and Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger chat with a constituent outside Hamilton County courthouse in January. (Photo Facebook) The puerility of the freethinkers consists in believing that a free society can maintain itself and keep itself together without a common faith. *** If liberty is to be saved, it will […]
Crash kills mom; 2 sons survive; troubles and how to view them
April Dawn Fryar (Photo Williamson & Sons funeral home, Soddy-Daisy) This Lord’s Day, coming home from church, we drove north along Highway 153 and came upon the Wal-Mart. Opposite the the entrance, on the left, stood a circle of a dozen people surrounding a cross. They were marking the death of April Dawn Fryar, 29, […]
Alabama justice says homosexuality ‘destructive,’ makes people ‘unfit’
Chief Justice Roy Moore Alabama supreme court’s chief justice, Roy Moore, has distinct views in which he defends the freedom of the family and society by categorizing homosexual acts as violative of human nature and destructive. “We cannot continue to borrow the future of our children and our grandchildren or we will suffer the consequences,” […]
Food freedom lights way to exit for U.S. cultural, economic disaster, II
A boy clutches a chicken; citified boys suppose chickens come from grocery store meat departments. (Photo Growchattanooga.org) Please read Part I of Franklin Sanders’ interview with Joel Salatin. Joel Salatin is at the cutting edge of the food freedom movement, the family farm’s rebirth, and the New Agriculture, holistic farming that works with nature instead […]
What’s your lover’s love language? Or, a sweet angle on local economy
Seth Huffman, 19, and Kelsey Stansell, 18, both of Chattanooga, plan to marry in June and are reading a book on “love languages.” By David Tulis The men at Panera Posse the other morning considered the work of Gary Chapman, whose “love language” books have been such a help to Christians understanding their mates and […]
Meltdown at clinic: Christians buy building as landlord bankrupts (III)
Bridgehead for conquest: abortion landlord under seige Dr. Ed Perry By David Tulis Porter Yarbrough, the landlord of the Chattanooga abortion clinic, had reportedly been converted to Christianity. ‡ Dr. Bizzoco, Mike Jennings & activist DAVID MILLER met with him. Would he be willing to oust the clinic? “In that pastoral counseling, Mr. Yarbrough was informed that […]