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Two suns set over city as jets scar sky, emit blanket of haze

A sun sets over Chattanooga, its air so polluted by jet trails that a giant chembo appears from refracted light. Two chembos bracketed the sun. (David Tulis photo) Jets as part of the federal government’s war on sunlight Jorge’s and dust into the Skies over Hamilton County, creating three sunsets. (Photo David Tulis) Chembo close […]

Housing ‘free trade zone’ gives homeless a chance to settle

Mayor candidate Larry Grohn proposes trade school revival but rejects free market concept to benefit homeless. I propose the benefits of blight, because a “town” created by homeless people using castoff recycled building materials may look pretty bad to high-minded people like us. But we should get out of their way and not let our […]

Grohn wants more cops, jobs training, ‘affordable’ housing

Larry Grohn, a city council member, is running for mayor of Chattanooga. Voting is in March. (Photo David Tulis) By David Tulis / Chattanoogan.com Larry Grohn is ramping up his campaign for mayor and searching for ways to rise above the particulars of being a legislator on the city council to a winnable theory about […]

Law doesn’t rule in ‘rule of law’; source behind it does

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann of Chattanooga gives an interview on election night. (Photo David Tulis) Another new year, another year of thousands of so-called new laws? Is it because of what you hear almost daily, We live by the rule of law and not by the rule of man? I believe just the opposite is […]

Blame insurance for rise of modern state; might we escape?

The state’s long effort to atomize society and make every individual bow before it without intermediary bodies to defend him is creating unbearable friction, higher costs and high levels of anomie and alienation. The rise of insurance and the insurance-like modern state. I propose we consider the sort of personal independence from the state and […]

Crockett & the coming U.S. devolution

Dave Crockett, mayoral candidate, is a backer of the idea of the citystate, which envisions a shift in government away from the standard local-state-federal rubric to a more organic and geocentric theory. Here I explore Mr. Crockett’s connection with people in this line of thinking. Also, a chat with Carol Gaddy, the feisty Dunlap, Tenn., […]

Other cities’ cops should watch Soddy-Daisy

As Tennessee high court ventures into letting the constitution be violated but with restrictions, Soddy-Daisy runs a roadblock on New Year’s eve that follows its guidelines. (Photo David Tulis) Soddy-Daisy runs roadblock by the court’s rules, making itself an example for other municipalities and even state government, whose highway patrol flouts the Supreme Court’s dictates […]

Radio platform gives unparalleled coverage in Chattanooga

Young women from American Heritage Girls and boys from a Trail Life USA chapter open a ceremony in Chattanooga. (Photo David Tulis) Lococentric independent free market media is vital to bringing benefit and reform to people like you, my listener and my reader here in Southeast Tennessee. In the past year the Nooganomics and Noogaradio […]