Fluoride outcry explodes in Hixson as water wars seep to city

Blitzing their appeal to online audiences, Liz Morris and Heath Marter  demand removal of fluoride from Hixson Utility District’s drinking water. (Photo David Tulis) Listening to fluoride grievances are, from left, Jeff Davis, a board member; Gregg Butler, general manager; and board member Rebecca Hunter. (Photo David Tulis) The board of a sleepy water district […]

Your shantytown is my housing free trade zone

Scrap lumber like this on a construction project on Main Street of Chattanooga would be recycled by homeless people for their own “free trade zone” dwellings. (Photo David Tulis) A worksite dumpster could become the “home depot” of homeless people if they could build their own dwellings in an unregulated housing free trade zone in […]

Grand jury, state excuse cop execution of driver

A dead man at the wheel, the truck of Joshua William Grubb hits a pole and stops, his executioner unhurt in the rear bed. This scene is after daylight. (Photo WBIR TV) Tyrel Lorenz’s March 13 execution-style slaying of a civilian is described as having been a necessity. A Tennessee grand jury has excused a […]

Chattanooga 2.0 school scheme’s missing ingredient

Conflicting economic presuppositions between state school activists written up in the Times Free Press and free market and voluntaryist analysis by contrarian Charles Hugh Smith. (Photo David Tulis) Jared Bigham explains the goals of the group Chattanooga 2.0. (Photo Chatt2.org) The Sunday editions of the Chattanooga Times Free Press tell of a winning goal: “Smartest […]

Is cop abuse about race — or power against the people?

Hanson Melvin holds up his third child, born the day of a Hamilton County, Tenn., hearing against him prompted by a perjured police report. (Photo Facebook) One of the disputes I run with a constitutionalist friend is whether police killings and cop abuse of blacks is a racial issue — or something more significant. I […]

Idols that fail: Social media — more isolation, not less

Social media eats into life at home. (Photo Laura Schmalenberg) A case in point where technology not only fails but threatens a humane life is social media: Facebook, Twitter, the whole tribe of which I avoid like a rabbi shuns pork chops. By Franklin Sanders One valid charge laid against the modern age (for all […]

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 […]

Grohn says as mayor would be accessible, hold cops to account

Larry Grohn is a political conservative, a Christian active in Chattanooga tea party events. He is running for mayor. (Photo David Tulis) A conservative member of Chattanooga city council is running for mayor in a field whose contestants are not yet known. Larry Grohn is an evangelical Christian and has been active in local tea […]

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, unable to demilitarize, gives cops more body armor

The Chattanooga police department runs a Lenco Bearcat armored car and troop carrier such as this one. (Photos Lenco) Chattanooga is buying more personal armor protection for officers such as this one, engaging in urban warfare from the top hatch of a Bearcat war wagon such as that owned by city government. An advertising video […]