City boosts ‘Minority Report’ surveillance powers 400%
At 349 Oak St. in Chattanooga, staffers work to serve the Tennessee office of homeland security, which sees little distinction between national security and policing. The city is in district No. 3. (Photo Google Maps) By David Tulis City government is making a major commitment to surveillance and data mining by quadrupling the size of […]
How state snips quills of constitutional rights, manhandles ‘free’ people
Citizens with their rights resemble a porcupine, jealous of its space. (Photo Wikimedia Commons) A Lawrenceburg, Tenn., man goes on trial Tuesday on criminal charges that he is using the public roadways without a driver’s license. The arguments of Arthur Jay Hirsch are remarkably insightful, and much in line with my own analysis about the […]
Fed-led brave new national economy: All propeller, no charts
The Zimbabwe dollar, late bastard brother to the American Federal Reserve dollar, suffers a like congenital deformation. Here, a 100 trillion dollar bill The greatest poison in your local economy and mine is the fluctuating medium of exchange known as the paper dollar and the excesses it engenders, starting with the greatest one of all, […]
What it means to divest nationally, invest locally
Work proceeds at my radio station’s tower in Soddy-Daisy. Hot News Talk Radio is offering local investors a chance to profitably bring our free market perspective to a broader audience. (Photo David Tulis) By David Tulis Our argument to reduce exposure to national economy and the vagaries of credit creation, central banks and Uncle Sam […]
Feds seize state-only fugitives as Hammond, Fletcher persist in unholy alliance
Federal marshals and local sheriff’s deputies in Memphis gather forces to arrest a fugitive in a Memphis apartment complex. (Photos U.S. Marshals Service) By David Tulis Local police and sheriff’s deputies stand in the shadows as news reports tell how a federal agency led a fugitive roundup in the Chattanooga area. The U.S. Marshals Service […]
Driver license system voluntary, Gnome of Strawberry Plains says amid new prosecution
The Gnome of Strawberry Plains, Tenn., explains the fresh air found in Tennessee’s driver license statute, one he says that is 100 percent premised on consent, on application, despite a court of criminal appeals opinion against him and in light of a new prosecution against him for driving without a valid license. Interview with John […]
In bold statement, Tennessee defends marriage, federalism, society
Demonstrators in Montgomery, Ala., declare their support for marriage Feb. 21, 2015. (Photo Sanctity of Marriage Alabama on Facebook) “States enjoy exclusive authority over family law . . . because of the fundamental role of localism in the federal design.” —Anne C. Dailey, Federalism and Families, 143 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1787, 1790 (1995) By […]
Home Depot dons orange Sunday best, preaches LGBTQ religion to staff
Timothy Noffsinger, a Home Depot worker in a town just west of Denver, says the company is preaching the religion of queer theory. His open letter shows how heartless and alienating American corporations have become and that they have no soul. He makes, indirectly, the argument for local economy and free markets, where in Chattanooga […]
Hot News Talk Radio extends reach, touts free markets, local economy
Radio veteran Sab Cupelli installs an exciter board on a transmitter as talk show star Russell Stroud awaits orders. Both work at Hot News Talk Radio 1240 AM in Soddy-Daisy. (Photo David Tulis) By David Tulis If you are somebody’s who’s prayed for my work in Christian journalism in Chattanooga, many thanks. God is proving […]
Marriage rational, essential to prosperity, constitutional, Alabama justices say
No court has the authority to nullify a lawful constitutional amendment like that which 81 percent of Alabamans like these, at a pro-marriage rally Feb. 7, 2015, in Montgomery, passed in favor of marriage. (Photo Sanctity of Marriage Alabama on Facebook) By David Tulis A high view of federalism as he structure of American government. […]