City event focuses on ‘Samaritan’ alternative to med insurance
I have joined thousands of other Christians in a cost-sharing ministry that lets me choose my own doctors, get 100 percent reimbursement and support other Christian families pay their expenses. By David Tulis An event covering medical expenses will focus on how Christianity and the free market provide an alternative to what sponsors say is […]
Public person vs. private — which will be more common after meltdown?
Identity theft affects a person’s avatar, or his legal identity. Mischief against an avatar entangles a flesh-and-blood human being. (Photo Page 1, Wall Street Journal, Aug. 8, 2015) By David Tulis It’s hard to fix into the same spot questions about the coming financial meltdown and your personal legal status as a public person. If […]
The peril of marrying under state license vs. liberty of common law union
By Matt Trewhella Every year thousands of Christians amble down to their local county courthouse and obtain a marriage license from the state in order to marry their future spouse. They do this unquestioningly. They do it because their pastor has told them to go get one, and besides, “everybody else gets one.” This essay […]
Doctors with cash practices find way into local economy
Dr. David Redd of Chattanooga Two tenets of local economy are “Near is better than far” and “small is better than big.” Doctors are rediscovering the beauty of local economy by holding to these two concepts in either cash businesses or concierge practices. They are rediscovering a lost joy: “Personal is better than corporate” — […]
White abortionist was goof-off in your dad’s biology class
Jane Bullington, right, of Knoxville talks about babies with minority students at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va.‡‡ (Photo by Center for Bio-Ethical Reform) By David Tulis The gentleman physician who stands by, his stethoscope dangling at the collar of his white lab coat, got his worldview from the public school system from which you […]
Possibly, if we concentrate, we can ignore ‘Union’ for sake of locale
President Barack Obama reaches to shake hands with a member of congress as he arrives to deliver the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Localism vs. the grandeur of Washington Last night when I came upstairs my wife, Jeannette, was sitting […]
Search for toxicity cure leads to Kangen water tap at area eatery
Jack Goodlet, who owns Park Place restaurant in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., pours two gallons of gratis Kangen water for David Tulis. Nearby is Robin Cooley. A search for relief for a son with breathing problems took me to a restaurant in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., that serves alkaline water — a valuable antidote to acidity in […]
The nobility of dissent; we say no to status quo, urge alternative
I am thinking today about the 193-page court opinion on Obamacare — National Federation of Independent Business vs. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services — and how to avoid adding to the cloud of commentary that many worthies have offered. But before I can take the hours to read it, I give a […]
As for health reform, shoemaker puts his foot down
A shoe gets a polish at Buddy’s shoe repair in Hixson. The federal health care statute debated before the federal Supreme Court will be met by skepticism among Chattanooga residents if it takes effect — and resistance by others. We checked with the cobbler who resoles our shoes and repairs our handbags to see what […]