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As Chattanoogans protest, Monsanto gains access to weather

Fans of healthy food protest Monsanto in Chattanooga on Saturday. The company has developed genetically modified vegetables. (Photo March Against Monsanto on Facebook) A boy suggests that bee colony collapse syndrome is connected with the wiles of Monsanto’s GMO program. (Photo by Andrew Helms) By David Tulis Chattanooga residents protested the growing claims upon the […]

The pledge of allegiance vs. local economy

Flags representing the federal government and the 50 states flutter on the lawn of Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., on Memorial Day, May 26, 2014. By David Tulis The Christian socialist cousins behind the American pledge of allegiance were men who had a low view of local economy. Their vision of America in 1892 was one of national […]

Man, 25, eyeing jet trails, worries on ’60s-style pollution over River City

The cop on the set of a commercial, Chris McNelly is an actor who works as a manager at Ankar’s Hoagies on Hixson Pike in Chattanooga. By David Tulis For Chris McNelly, Friday was a pretty normal day. Normal clouds. No unusual air traffic over Chattanooga. The man who prepares sandwiches and helps Judy Ankar […]

Suspects in Bobo case charged pursuant to biblical distinction

Two men have been charged with murder in the death of Holly Bobo, who remains missing. (Photo TV3 in Chattanooga) By David Tulis The Holly Bobo slaying case produced a second indictment on April 29, this time against Jason Autry, a 39-year-old man accused by a special grand jury of first degree murder and especially […]

Reluctant to play ball, a boy stands to side; dad scans horizon

Dads enjoy watching sons at a regular Tuesday evening Trail Life USA gathering in  Chattanooga under a wildly white-striped sky. By David Tulis Tuesday nights at my house is Trail Life USA, a new and morally honest alternative to the Boy Scouts. We have dinner early, and head off to Clear Creek Church of Christ […]

Leadership program in Hamilton schools tips over no moneychanger carts

Adam Smith’s classic appeared in 1776. By David Tulis The growth of liberty in the hearts of hometown folk grows here, and shrivels there. On the Lord’s Day, when we hear the story of Naboth, who refused sale of his vineyard to the wicked king of Israel, Ahab, we are enlarged in our liberty. We […]

Fed, banking sector bring us centralized national economy

“(It is valuable to read forecasts published prior to a debacle such as the 2008 financial meltdown. Below is an analysis that first appeared in an important financial newsletter, The Moneychanger, published in Westpoint, Tenn., in 2005. Some of the financial details are out of date, and I have deleted the source reference links that […]

The ominous continuity of Thrive 2055

Thrive 2055 is an effort by the political establishment toward economic and social central planning. Media coverage presents it as a story with one side. By David Tulis A marketing program paid for by Hamilton County and other taxpayers plays on a theory of local economy so diluted it is effectively an argument for national […]