County puts inmate calls in hands of surveillance giant

A person in a jail uses a Securus phone in a story that points out that as technology increases in jails and prisons, isolation grows. (Photo NBC news) By David Tulis A giant in the prison-industrial complex has secured a contract with Hamilton County that lets it siphon profit from the conversations among inmates, family […]

Blount official, anxious to avoid God’s wrath, urges resistance to lawless law

By David Fowler A Blount County, Tenn., commissioner has proposed a resolution related to same-sex “marriage” that has been met with scorn and ridicule by various news outlets and perhaps even by a number of Tennesseans. Why, I can even think of a few folks who might be embarrassed by it. But before we deride […]