Category: Family life

State obliterates landmark, rips poor via ‘driver licensing’ regime

Most users of the road are private, but Tennessee imposes a fiction upon them: That no one may use the roadway unless they are common carriers for hire, subject to licensure and taxation, like the trailer truck hauling Target goods. (Photo WikiCommons) The Bible on which governors swear to uphold the constitution forbids the moving […]

Common law society vs. statutory, state-centered society; which is freer?

Chattanooga police officers close off a street after having investigated a suspicious package left in a neighborhood, one that proved harmless. (Photo David Tulis) By David Tulis / NoogaRadio 92.7 In my pursuit of understanding local economy in the Chattanooga area, I have explored the idea of common law versus statutory systems such as Tennessee […]

Join me in hearing surprise speaker at bill of rights banquet Dec. 15

Constitution-loving Tennesseans salute the U.S. flag at the bill of rights dinner December 2016. June Griffin, Southeast Tennessee’s matriarch of the constitution, is at center, top photo, in Dayton, Tenn. (Photo David Tulis) Enjoy fellowship and a hot meal on Dec. 15 in Dayton at the 16th Bill of Rights dinner organized by a prominent defender […]

Esprit gives educators, families much for which to be grateful

Do sons know how to defend the innocent? Esprit newsletter gives you much for which to be grateful this Thanksgiving holiday season. One is a heritage of liberty given us by our Pilgrims forebears. But do our husbands and sons know how to defend their legal rights — or stand up for victims of abuse? […]

Slaughter toll for babies at 151; still, God triples grace for city

This boy, Walter, lives only a few minutes after his mom, Lexi Fretz, miscarries the 19-month-old at an American hospital in 2015. (Photo F2 Photography by Lexi, LiveAction.org) Without doubt the influence of Christianity on Chattanooga makes it a remarkable city in which to live and prosper and raise one’s family. The influence of the […]

Prosecutors, judges, defense lawyers ignore TN ‘guilty mind’ law

Prisoners in Hamilton County often have been convicted without the state’s proving criminal intent for their acts, as required by state law. (Photo Wrcbtv.com) A dirty state secret: Ignore “guilty mind.” Culpable intent is required by Tennessee law, but judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys reject it. (Courtesy Noogaradio 92.7) 2 words from judges Poole, Statom could […]

2 words from judges Poole, Statom could solve jail crowding crisis today

Judge Lila Statom deals with defendant Taylor Satterfield in sessions court in a case that was sent to the grand jury. (Photo Dan Kennedy Wrcbtv.com) Criminalization of non-criminal behavior and examples of bad behavior and misjudgement is pushing Hamilton County into a jail funding and jail crowding crisis, the pressure of which is intensifying. The […]

Old? Autistic? Deaf? Mentally ill? Don’t call cops

Armed officers are a danger to people who are mentally ill or autistic. Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves [lives] every day in fear that their behavior will be misconstrued as suspicious, intoxicated or hostile by law enforcement. —Steve Silberman, The New York Times By […]

Hixson Utility District admits putting fertilizer, aluminum factory ‘discharge’ into tap

In this graphic, Hixson Utility District makes a worrisome admission about an intentional contaminant it puts into drinking water — one it is being asked to remove. Fluoride is approved by the federal government. (Images Hixsonutility.com) Hixson Utility District faces renewed questions about its use of a contaminant, hydrofluorosilicic acid, which it puts deliberately as […]