City’s best ad, ‘Angry Man,’ touts Shooter’s Supply
A customer looks at a rifle at Shooter’s Supply in north Chattanooga. (Photo YouTube) One of my tasks as observer and booster of local economy and free markets is encouraging people to shop local. Inherent in the idea of local economy is self-government under God and constitutional government, which further implies the armed citizen. By […]
Uriah the Hittite, honorable man, model for local economy
Uriah the Hittite is faithful to the army of Israel and to King David, even though his lord betrays him and orders his death. (Photo Fearfulthings.co.za) When Christians on the Lord’s Day hear a sermon about King David’s adultery with Bathsheba, they are often left in the dark about Bathsheba’s husband. Uriah the Hittite was […]
City noses way up surveillance road, with Chicago’s secret lists lighting way
Officials monitor cameras at a Kentucky criminal intelligence center, or fusion center, run by Kentucky state government. (Photo Kentucky Office of Homeland Security) Chattanooga city government’s executive branch is doing what the national executive branch does — impose top-down mass surveillance upon residents, with the poor receiving the largest dosage of this progressive benefit. In […]
Expo your 1-stop shop to boost learning, aid family
Families in home education and the world of schooling profit from the annual home education expo and curriculum fair. (Photo Ginger Sumerlin) Exhibitors from around the United States are gathering in East Ridge this weekend to supply a growing need for educational resources among families in the region. Nearly 80 providers ranging from booksellers, universities […]
Vacation Bible schools try to fill gaps
These website screengrabs show pitches of Chattanooga churches for VBS customers. Churches such as Mile Straight Baptist in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., offer summer Bible schools and camps to encourage conversion and Christian growth. (Photo David Tulis) Around town are billboards and canvas banners for churches providing Vacation Bible school. These gatherings last anywhere from three to […]
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 […]
ETSU event prods pro-abortion students to defend baby dismemberment
Jane Bullington of Knoxville explains the value of life to a woman at East Tennessee State University. (Photo Fletcherarmstrongsblog.com) By Jacqueline Hawkins It had been four years since we visited East Tennessee State University. In 2012, it was a successful Choice Chain. This time, it was our full Genocide Awareness Project. We couldn’t think of a […]
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 […]
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 […]