Used book sale lets you prosper as state libraries disgorge stacks
This find by Thomas Cahill at the Chattanooga library castoff sale will find a good home with me, though I already have a well-marked copy. Any book by Robert Kaplan is worth reading, as he is an expert on the American empire. This volume cost me F$2 at the Friends of the Library book sale […]
Tennesseans must be shocked to press further than Amendment 1
Volunteers for Center for Bio-Ethical Reform stand before a display in Knoxville, Tenn. By Fletcher Armstrong Now that the vote is in, there are important lessons to be learned, not just in Tennessee, but nationally as well. 1. Until we change public opinion, Amendment 1 (along with the anticipated ensuing regulations) are about as much […]
Judges give cheerful defense of democratic processes, states’ rights, federalism
Lesbians march in Boston in 2008, having converted laws and state government to their perspective. (Photo massresistance.org) By David Tulis The authority of states and their peoples to define marriage is being cheerfully upheld by an appellate opinion in Cincinnati that make clear marriage laws such as Tennessee’s are rational, imposed not with bigotry but […]
April’s 30 cows, her farmer’s market table and undoing woes of factory farming
Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream and Hot News Talk Radio 1240 April Haney of Cleveland will let you buy raw milk from any of her 30 cows, raised on her family farm in Cleveland, Tenn. Learn more about herdshares and the unusual goal of getting past A1 A1 milk to A2 A2 milk — […]
When companies export profit from local economy, negative multiplier effect kicks in
The sun sets in Hixson upon retail shops that energize two sorts of clientele. By Alfred Adask In 1999 Drs. William Heffernan, Robert Gronski, and Mary Hendrickson (professors in the Department of Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri) presented a paper entitled “Concentration of Agricultural Markets” to the National Farmers Union. That paper outlined […]
Rather than fight, 6 judge magistrates in N.C. quit to defend marriage
Bill Stevenson resigns his office as judge magistrate rather than wed two people of the same sex. (Photo wcnc.com) [We must appreciate men of principle who would rather quit an employment than perform a deed contrary to God’s law, violative of a particular law, or contrary to a moral or ethical qualm — say a […]
Haslam, industry titans reject marketplace, digital redo in education
A sop for defenders of a decaying business model (the public school), Gov. Bill Haslam is pushing free community college for all high school grads, as proclaimed in a mailer. By David Tulis Gov. Bill Haslam’s Tennessee Promise program of free associate degrees for high school grads is being flooded with applications, not to anyone’s […]
How by act of levitation feds turn marriage law into empty shell
Faith in high tech and a high level of public service have kept Hamilton County Clerk Bill Knowles in office. The gay revolution coming to Tennessee will test his resolve and faith as a Christian and publicly elected official. (Photo Electknowles.com) By David Tulis The debate over Amendment 1 to the Tennessee constitution brings to […]
Shadow on the field of your inheritance
By David Tulis You googled “abortion chattanooga” because you are searching. You have liberty to do so. Some long while ago the Supreme Court issued a decision, Roe something-or-other, that makes abortion a fundamental right. You have a sense of thankfulness for the judges, two rows of elderly, black-robed men and women with serious, dignified […]
Baby girls in Tennessee face bleak future without Amendment 1
Voters on Nov. 4 are being asked to make the Tennessee constitution more open to the protection of preborn babies. By David Tulis By their votes Tennesseans have a chance to pare back the custom supported by many women that destroys baby girls before birth. Boys, too; but only a few care about them. Amendment […]