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Judges’ trick on ‘right to travel’ defied by hard-of-hearing motorists

Tennessee courts have ruled that every use of a car is “the driving of a motor vehicle,” and that this act is subject to licensure and regulation, regardless of whether the motorist is operating in commerce. A Hixson man is challenging this claim. By David Tulis The battle of local economy is one in which […]

Possibly, if we concentrate, we can ignore ‘Union’ for sake of locale

President Barack Obama reaches to shake hands with a member of congress as he arrives to deliver the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Localism vs. the grandeur of Washington Last night when I came upstairs my wife, Jeannette, was sitting […]

What’s your lover’s love language? Or, a sweet angle on local economy

Seth Huffman, 19, and Kelsey Stansell, 18, both of Chattanooga, plan to marry in June and are reading a book on “love languages.” By David Tulis The men at Panera Posse the other morning considered the work of Gary Chapman, whose “love language” books have been such a help to Christians understanding their mates and […]

Promises are a hallucinatory drug; it doesn’t matter Uncle can’t pay

Ida May Fuller was the first person to get a Social Security check. She paid in$24.75. Her check is for $22.54. She collected $22,888.92 in Social Security benefits. By Gary North Garynorth.com Here is the first political jingle I ever heard. “They promise you the sky. They promise you the earth. But what’s a Republican […]

Chattanoogans, held upside-down, face thrashing; so much for change

So it was that a revolution took place within the form. Like the hagfish, the New Deal entered the old form and devoured its meaning from within. The revolutionaries were inside; the defenders were outside. A government that had been supported by the people and so controlled by the people became one that supported the […]

Yes, free market concepts affect city council job, candidate Grohn says

Larry Grohn, a tea party activist, explores his free market ideas in a bid for a seat on the Chattanooga city council. He and his wife, Carol, chat with a visitor in front of their house. Our interest in liberty and the free market takes us to Larry Grohn, who has been sitting in on […]