Haslam should deal more forcefully with Obama over restroom decree

Gov. Bill Haslam Today the Governor sent an email to various persons about the Obama administration’s “guidance letter” relative to privacy in intimate public settings like school bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, and dorm rooms. We appreciate the fact that the Governor has now addressed the issue. Here is what he said: “The White House itself […]

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 […]

Fiddle Man says judge should not let prosecutor dance with wooden leg

Russell Parkes, circuit court judge in Lawrence County, Tenn. The “Fiddle Man of Lawrenceburg” is urging a judge to find state government in contempt for refusing to show up for a hearing in its efforts to jail him for exercising a constitutionally protected right. Prosecutor Tammy Rettig was a no-show at a May 2 hearing […]

Assembly OKs bill creating Tennessee gold bullion depository

American gold Eagle bullion coins are a store of value and a medium of exchange, though buying them comes with a high premium.   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 20, 2016) – Today, the Tennessee Senate unanimously gave final approval to a resolution setting the stage for creation of state bullion depository, an important first step toward establishing gold and […]

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 […]

Hitchcock gives ‘direct care’ relief for national economy constipation

Dr. Rick Hitchcock chats with a senior citizen in his new “direct care” medical practice in Hixson. (Photo David Tulis) By David Tulis Dr. Rick Hitchcock and other Chattanooga doctors are living out the local economy response to a bad case of constipation in the national economy. With ObamaCare effectively nationalizing the medical insurance industry, […]

Would you indemnify, hold harmless public school by signing a form?

People entering public school are not asked to indemnify the system for injuries, but people visiting Raccoon Mountain are asked to sign a two-page legal agreement holding harmless the operator of its tourist-loved cave. (Photo Raccoon Mountain) By David Tulis By God’s providence and the gift of an intelligent woman as wife I have avoided […]

Slatery’s pious flummadiddlery on 10th amendment, marriage

Tennessee attorney general Herbert Slatery III pretends in a Chattanooga speech the state cannot resort to the 10th amendment to rebuff high-handed lawlessness out of  a Washington, D.C., court. (Photo Wdef.com) By David Tulis Whining about an oppressive federal government is good marketing for Republicans. Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III tells Chattanooga party members […]

If geoengineering sky tattoos spread bio-active aluminum in India, so, too, in Chattanooga

“Multiple clandestine geoengineering toxic chemical trails above a recognizable area of San Diego, Kearney Mesa, on 16 January 2015.” Caption from Current Science paper (Photo J. Marvin Herndon) A jet-lain aerosol cloud disperses over my studio building in Hixson on Oct. 7, a heavy day for artificial cloud-depositing activity. This week I filed an open […]

Tenn. county shuts schools in step toward decentralization

On a page scarred by show prep notes, this clipping from Chattanooga Times Free Press tells of Clay County’s closing public schools for a month while those in Alcoa, Tenn., get a new facility. Schools look like prisons, but this one has aliens landing a flying saucer on its pate. (Photo David Tulis) By David […]