Arguments against local economy
The Main Street farmers market in Chattanooga is an expression of market decentralization — and for local economy. (Photo David Tulis) We make much of local economy in Chattanooga and are excited by arrival of digital overcapacity in the Gig, real estate on the Northshore and highly touted entrepreneurial culture exemplified by Lamp Post Group […]
Melvin’s solution to police state: ‘Waive the court,’ demand indictment
Hanson Melville inks a form that “waives the court” as he asserts his constitutionally protected rights. (Photo David Tulis) By his signature, the defendant “waives” a right to a lesser court to assert his right to a greater. (Photo David Tulis) Part of the paperwork when you are absorbed into the legal machine and ground […]
Why national cataclysm is just ahead, & what to do now
This hurried talk is a 10-minute elevator pitch for coming financial disaster, and a 10-minute elevator pitch that is the solution: Local economy and free markets. David Tulis sketches the coming reckoning the marketplace will impose on debt-ridden nation-states and their consumption-oriented economies. (Courtesy AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio) Let me help you be […]
Localism over nationalism: Restoring America one county at a time
Christians and others are doing important work to develop the ideas we explore here and on AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio on the David Tulis program. Among those to provide a detailed blueprint about how reformation takes place is Joel McDurmon of American Vision near Atlanta. Here in a 2012 essay, he tells about […]
Woman sues to kill TN licensing law oppressing hair washers, braiders
Plaintiff Tammy Pritchard, top, with her niece Leanna Malone. (Photo Beacon Center) Tammy Pritchard, Debra Nutall, Latisha Malone, and Leanna Malone share more than just a bloodline; they share a problem that has become something of a familial burden. They have all had their ability to access a job and earn an honest living hindered […]
Care for seasoned citizen teaches sons commitment to family
Life Care Center of Hixson therapists Priscilla Clemons and Sarah Burkhart train Marianne Tulis how to slip from wheelchair to auto seat. (Photos David Tulis) Last of four home educated children still getting lessons, Jacob Tulis, 13, will learn grace in helping parents tend an infirm grandmother. An important benefit of homeschooling is that it […]
In TN, what to pray about: 6 things the Lord hates, even 7
In happier days, Charlotte Whitaker toys with son Jaden before state government kidnapped him in 2013 and severed his parents’ rights. (Photo Medicalkidnap.com) Is the state evil? Is the state the source of peril, danger, wickedness, threat, injury and death to families in Tennessee? Is the state the source of decapitalization, loss, loss of hope, […]
A night in Soddy-Daisy city court: Lasley corrals herd of petty defendants
A murder defendant stands before Judge Mart Lasley in Soddy-Daisy city court in 2012. Most defendants appear for victimless petty offenses. (Photo VLB Productions on YouTube) The ugly spat between Brittney Parker and Roy Corder, 29, continues in a neon-lit courtroom in Soddy-Daisy, with the judge playing uncle and scold and town cops tossing in […]
Bill asks U.S. congress for marriage remedy, rejects common law solution
Rep. Mark Pody’s defense of marriage bill — stuck in a Tennessee subcommittee — continues to be the focus of pro-marriage Christians. But their ranks are divided. A pro-family critic of interposition helped kill it with talk about its potential cost in lost U.S. cash. Marriage belongs to every man and to every woman as […]
Is Causeway forgetting about bureaucracy, wasting goodwill on school system?
Co.Starters for Causes is a nine-week program that helps individuals put ideas into action, and turn a passion for bettering the community into a sustainable and thriving endeavor. (Photo Causeway.org) The Chattanooga nonprofit sector is dangling gift money before people in hopes they will help improve government schools or at least lobby for their improvement. […]