Category: Local economy

Doc flees med Titanic, gives ’direct care’

Dr. Matthew Hitchcock of Chattanooga, a former Navy physician, has launched a direct care clinic that avoids insurance and government third-party payers. For F$100 a month, he can oversee care for a senior citizen. He charges less for younger people, and offers super-cheap meds and tests because he is a cash customer. 20 minutes Tweet […]

Is there war on police, or war on people, local economy?

A “civilian” is wowed by the military gear shown off by a Cleveland, Tenn., police officer hidden from view by a knightly shield. (Photo Cleveland police department) By Adam Dick There has been much talk about a “war on police” in 2015. The story goes that police in America are in great danger from a […]

Neighborly acts weakly contradict warrior cop trend

Officer David Cogburn and a Chattanooga centenarian. (Photo Fred Fletcher on Facebook) By David Tulis Chattanooga chief of police Fred Fletcher adheres to the theory called community policing. This idea sees police officers as becoming personal and social fixities in their assigned neighborhoods, being friends with all the residents, being intimates among shopkeeps, homeowners, traders, […]

‘Let every man be armed’ a concept that boosts local economy, autonomy

Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga is a gun-free zone, and so it had a terrorism practice Wednesday in which the only defense for participants was flight, locked doors and barricades. (Photo wdeftv.com) Tommy Wiggonton of Memorial Hospital says had a drill Wednesday been a real “active shooter” event, 30 people would have been killed. The day […]

Having yielded marriage to U.S., well-rested Haslam ‘defies’ feds on immigrants

These are Syrian children who are refugees from U.S.-caused disturbance in their home country. (Photo World Vision) Gov. Bill Haslam acts to defy federal policy on importing Muslims to the U.S. (Photo governor’s office) Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and other Republicans are making a show of defying a federal plan to resettle Mideast refugees in […]

Worried about terror risk this holiday? Shop at small businesses

St. John’s is a little restaurant downtown Chattanooga owned by Josh Carter. Local economy eateries and shops are less likely to draw the interest of a national brand-conscious terrorist. (Photo St. John’s Restaurant) By Duke Cumbelich There are so many reasons to shop at your local small businesses. You are helping your fellow neighbors by supporting […]

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. […]

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 […]