Purpose of Common Core: Centralize, standardize, digitize, harvest the young
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. (The more that changes, the more it’s the same thing.) — French proverb In part a review of The Educator & the Oligarch: A Teacher Challenges the Gates Foundation by Anthony Cody. (New York, Garn Press, 2014. 199 pages, no index. $15.30 from abebooks.com) By Franklin Sanders […]
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 […]
‘Noogacentric’ hot news talk radio platform brings prosperity into view
A car dealer uses balloons to bring shoppers to his lot. (Photo Bankrate.com) Lococentrism is something richer and better than the standard Civic Forum and chamber of commerce variety. It is full of our specific place on the map. But also more. It is about ideas, about free markets and free minds, of people submitted […]
Should $79 billion state nickel, dime us to inspect public records?
By this simple form we can learn about the operations of state government. By David Tulis The general assembly is considering a pay wall for people to merely peek at state government studies, dossiers, reports, filings, grant requests and the like. In meetings this week in Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson, officials are soliciting public comment […]
Border law feeds poor to lions; also, Rev. Maize rebukes police
Refugee crisis putting 1,500 souls onto streets is prompted by seizure mentality, thanks to easy money for city under Tenn. Border Region Retail Development District Act. Whew. In Part 2, Deborah Fisher fights bid to close Tenn. open records provisions. Part 3: Does existence of police make things better, worse for blacks? Ezra Maize explores […]
In social engineering coup, city throws 1,500 souls onto streets without due process
A Christian and free market analysis of the eviction of 1,500 people in East Ridge, Tenn., posits several points. The landlord was denied due process. The residents were denied due process when many were evicted without notice in the night amid a thunderstorm. The eviction over two days by the city manager was under executive […]
Forum boots Tulis after interview with Christian mom of 9
Talk show host David Tulis was kicked off a liberal Facebook page in Chattanooga on Thursday after he posted a link to an interview with a woman and one of her nine children. The interview with Maxine Holmes and her daughter, Coretta, 23, aired Wednesday on the Hot News Talk media platform, including AM 1240 […]
The gods we control turn tables on us
As a lost people, we create gods we control, but some of these deities (U.S. government, for example) really have cut loose and claim their own sovereignty. In Part 2, John Anthony of Chattanooga of Sustainable Freedom Lab explores HUD rules that intend to recreate American cities, towns over the next century. Also, docs flee […]
Thrive 2055 to bring HUD rules, rich-poor & urban-rural conflict
John Anthony of Sustainable Freedom Lab in Chattanooga explains the pitfalls of regional sustainable development and how programs such as Thrive 2055 will effect local officials, the poor and homeowners if allowed to advance. Mr. Anthony will appear live on the David Tulis show Tuesday at 10 a.m. AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio in […]
Beacon sues Nashville to free homeowners using AirBnB
P.J. and Rachel Anderson of Nashville are oppressed by an arbitrary city government rule barring their involvement with Airbnb, the sharing app for room and house rentals. (Photo Beacon Center) By Justin Owen Beacon made headlines last week when we announced the formation of a new legal foundation to challenge unfair and unconstitutional laws on […]