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UPDATE: Highway patrol says LPRs limited to stops under probable cause

The highway patrol in Tennessee is limited in the use of license plate readers on 63 of its 900 cruisers. Lt. Bill Miller says they are not used promiscuously to stop everyone without auto insurance. Rather, they are used to verify insurance only on lawful criminal stops or stops under probable cause, and then only […]

Hixson fluoridation program sees pretended benefit for all

Top photo, staffers at Hixson Utility District raise a federal flag prior to a December 2016 board meeting at which utility overseers declare support for fluoride, a government-approved industrial waste additive in its sole product, potable water. Lower photo, from left, Jeff Davis, Greg Butler, Rebecca Hunter and Ken Rich. All are voting members except […]

Haslam, THP declare war on 20% of TN motorists

Using mass surveillance by LPRs (license plate readers), Gov. Bill Haslam and his agents declare war on 20 percent of the traveling public whose members do not have car insurance, a luxury many poor people cannot afford. They face seizure of their vehicles, 30 days in jail and increased fines. (first hour. Courtesy Noogaradio) Tweet […]

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 […]