Free market, biblical arguments favor arrival of refugees
Refugee children and their parents seek to enter Tennessee and other of the 50 U.S. states to live and prosper. (Photo Peacechild.org) Hannah Fletcher-Paige and hundreds of others demonstrated in Nashville on Monday, urging acceptance of refugees from the Mideast. (Photo Facebook) By Joel McDurmon There simply is no biblical reason to refuse legitimate refugees. […]
Would you indemnify, hold harmless public school by signing a form?
People entering public school are not asked to indemnify the system for injuries, but people visiting Raccoon Mountain are asked to sign a two-page legal agreement holding harmless the operator of its tourist-loved cave. (Photo Raccoon Mountain) By David Tulis By God’s providence and the gift of an intelligent woman as wife I have avoided […]
Party faithful to constitutional government, ideals of self-determination
Jerry Pangle, a farmer in Humphreys County, Tenn., is active in the Tennessee Constitution Party. Below are some of his rows of vegetables. (Photos Pat Pangle) By David Tulis It’s easy to think that constitutional government doesn’t stand a chance in politics because of elections in which Republican or Democrat always wins. These parties are […]
The destructive influence of pietism in American society
First Baptist church in Chattanooga has a program that helps the homeless and offers an open house every Thursday providing a free meal and Christian teaching. (Photo First Baptist Church Chattanooga) [The system of thought within Christianity that makes God’s people unwilling to interact with culture, law, politics, the arts, science and media is pietism. […]
‘Waster’ letters to 50 churches make orthodox claims, are not police matter
McMinn County Sheriff’s detective Blake Witt is interviewed about a letter sent to churches saying they have rejected God’s law. (Photo TV3 Wrcbtv.com) This anonymous letter about Christian doctrine sent to 50 churches in the Chattanooga area has become a matter of police investigation. (Photo TV3 Wrcbtv.com) By David Tulis The writer of hand-written letters […]
‘Dear county clerk’ letter says constitutional law trumps judges’ opinion
“Respect for law” is the theme of a 2013 event by a civic club in which Robin Langford, a county detective, left, receives an award. At right is Emily Job, president of the Scenic Chattanooga Optimist Club. Respect for constitutional law awaits its own congratulatory ceremony. By Rick Womick (July 21, 2015) Dear County clerk, […]
Marceaux, ‘illegals,’ libertarians slip past mysterious gap in driver license law
The senior Basil Marceaux is a perennial Tennessee candidate who argues for a constitutional and anti-state framework that beats back traffic stops and other claws of the administrative state. Basil John Marceaux By David Tulis The arrest last week of Basil John Marceaux sets up a case against the police enforcement of driver license laws […]
‘Toxic nightmare’ as war on global warming drags white coal fly ash across sky
“I mean it is quite obvious from the extent of the spraying,“ says geophysicist J. Marvin Herndon, “millions of tons per year are presently being sprayed — in fact, maybe many millions of tons per year.” (Photo Paula Mandala) An energy utility waste product known as coal flyash is recycled into the air over Brainerd […]
Blogger Walsh, cop Clarke favor unyielding submission to state
Matt Walsh, conservative blogger Mistress Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? By Bojidar Marinov There were two kinds of plants back in Eastern Europe, before 1989. One kind was the quiet type. The informant. He would never distinguish himself by anything. He’d do exactly what he is told to do, and he may […]
Cops traumatize innocent family in search for minor theft suspect
Greg Beck, Hamilton County commissioner (Photo Wrcbtv.com) By David Tulis A Hamilton County commissioner is angry at a police raid upon residents of property he owns in East Chattanooga off Tunnel Boulevard, a dwelling occupied by a granddaughter and her family. Greg Beck indicates at least eight officers took part of a Towerway Drive siege […]