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Modest Obama omits mention of heroic weather modification effort

Jets race over Chattanooga Jan. 20, 2015, in an unheralded program to murk up the sky to “protect the one planet we’ve got,” as President Obama states it later that day. (Photo David Tulis)Stripes like these Tuesday near Dandridge, Tenn., are not left by coincidence or happenstance. This agonized sky is part of a federal […]

Noninflationary payday loans fill gap caused by employers’ scoffing at Bible

ACE Checks Cashed on Brainerd Road and other payday lenders face regulation by Chattanooga city council. (Photo Google Maps) By David Tulis A plan before Chattanooga city council to restrict payday lenders touches at consequences of quick-cash loans but overlooks a cause — namely the abuse of employers’ holding back. The proposal restricts all sorts […]

New system promises to bypass TOR, a trap for privacy-minded Web users

Chattanooga-area programmer John Kozlowski’s secure email service is named after the Russian matryoshka nesting dolls. [Startmail.org promises snoop-free messaging — “StartMail lets you take back your right to communicate privately,” its website says. Reagan.com makes a similar offer: “Unlike some of the largest email service providers like Google, Yahoo, AOL, and Hotmail, @Reagan.com will not […]

Freedom assailed in U.S. twilight, but liberty movement grows, II

(Photo Leon County, Fla., sheriff’s department) By Ron Paul The economic and moral decay of American society is reflected in the loss of liberties. This problem affects all Americans and not just the poor in the inner city. Gradual erosion of personal and economic liberty has proceeded for a century. The loss of our liberty […]

Grim police state, urban societal breakdown ahead as U.S. runs down

Police officer shoulder their rifles in a dramatic pose illustrating the rise of the warrior cop and the decline of entrepreneurial liberty. (Photo WRCB TV12) By Ron Paul If Americans were honest with themselves they would acknowledge that the Republic is no more. We now live in a police state. If we do not recognize […]

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 […]

Resisting arrest a constitutional right lost in rise of Progressivism

Las Vegas cop beat a restaurant patron because he doesn’t clear out quickly enough. (Photo copblock.org) See Part I of Mr. Roots’ essay here. The rise of policing despite constitution; or how cops became legally superior By Roger Roots Nothing illustrates the modern disparity between the rights and powers of police and citizen as much […]

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 […]

In quashed Fed indictment, 23 grand jurors explain why 2015’ll be lousy

A U.S. prosecutor quashed an indictment of the Fed in 1982 in this federal court house and post office in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo GSA.gov) There is more work to be done to ensure that all Americans can share in the accelerating recovery. — Jason Furman, council of economic advisers, White House By David […]