Category: Localism

Feds propose global chemtrail program to ‘cool planet’

Such scenes as this one of solar radiation management in the Netherlands are often visible to the people of Chattanooga in their own skies, from Ooltewah to Tiftonia, from Apison to Soddy-Daisy. (Photo Earth-matters.nl) A National Academy of Sciences report on sky striping, like that taking place here in Aurora, Colo., says it is a […]

One plant saved, one shuttered; local economy makes winning argument

Dayton’s Goodman Daikin manufacturing plant is being closed by its Japanese owners. (Photo WDEF News 12, wdef.com) By David Tulis Allan Jones of Cleveland, Tenn., earns millions in a payday loan business that gives him enough capital to rescue a sinking clothing maker in his hometown. His recent buyout of Hardwick Clothes is a picture […]

Give a hand to Thrive 2055 for ‘regional vision’ over free markets

The rippling water staircase has, for now, dried up in downtown Chattanooga. (Photo Chattanooga Visitors Bureau) By David Tulis The marketplace is that great mass of men and women who interact in commerce for the benefit of their customers and in their own self-interest. Its power to produce wealth rests in the fact that it […]

The rise of policing despite constitution; or how cops became legally superior, apart

Protesters in dowtown Chattanooga join thousands around the country in late 2014 protesting police slayings of unarmed people. (Photo Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson on Facebook) Police work is often lionized by jurists and scholars who claim to employ “textualist” and “originalist” methods of constitutional interpretation. Yet professional police were unknown to the United States in 1789, […]

Flick hints at city rain droplet mystery, one explained by good professor

A fun video about Chattanooga raises a question: Is its weather natural? (Photo Justin Hall’s “Lapsing Chattanooga”) By David Tulis This week two videos about Chattanooga come to our notice, with a short one drawing our attention to unusual weather patterns. The more significant video runs nearly an hour and 20 minutes and gives insights […]

When companies export profit from local economy, negative multiplier effect kicks in

The sun sets in Hixson upon retail shops that energize two sorts of clientele. By Alfred Adask In 1999 Drs. William Heffernan, Robert Gronski, and Mary Hendrickson (professors in the Department of Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri) presented a paper entitled ““Concentration of Agricultural Markets”” to the National Farmers Union. That paper outlined […]

Listen in as Mrs. Beecher uses ‘local economy’ to sell to small shops

Local economy ideas help in sales pitches. By David Tulis Local economy is a winning idea that helps local businesses sell themselves to members of the shopping public. I am developing this idea of local economy with your help, and I appreciate your seeing the brightness in the connection between a Christian worldview and free […]

Governor pretends resistance to gay tide, quickly calls it quits in Wisconsin

Gov. Bill Haslam meets with state regulators in August 2013. (Photo Tn.gov/governor) For us, it’s over in Wisconsin. The federal courts have ruled that this decision by this court of appeals *** is the law of the land and we will be upholding it.” — Gov. Scott Walker [I have been considering our situation in […]