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Assembly OKs bill creating Tennessee gold bullion depository

American gold Eagle bullion coins are a store of value and a medium of exchange, though buying them comes with a high premium.   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 20, 2016) – Today, the Tennessee Senate unanimously gave final approval to a resolution setting the stage for creation of state bullion depository, an important first step toward establishing gold and […]

Intense aerosol injections over Chattanooga turn blue sky to dull smog

The talcum-like aerosols sprayed in the sky over Soddy-Daisy on Tuesday dissolve and create cloud cover. But the micron-sized specks fall to the earth, bringing aluminium and other nondigestibles to unprotected human beings on the ground. (Photo David Tulis) This view greets me Tuesday as I look out my bedroom window in Soddy-Daisy, looking eastward. […]

How state gains control of public right of way & innocent private activity

Clarksville, Tenn., patrolmen stop a traveler in a car, presumably with probable cause. (Photo Clarksville police department) Let’s briefly solve a mystery. How is it that state government has authority over people using the public right-of-way in cars and trucks for which they have paid for with their own money? By David Tulis How is […]

Taking care of our own people

Priscilla Clemons, a therapist, helps Marianne Tulis, 93, work a hair brush at Life Care of Hixson in Chattanooga. (Photo David Tulis) My mother Marianne is 92. She’s lived in the United States for more than 60 years, having married an American engineer whose first job was with Combustion Engineering and later the Tennessee Valley […]

In TN, what to pray about: 6 things the Lord hates, even 7

In happier days, Charlotte Whitaker toys with son Jaden before state government kidnapped him in 2013 and severed his parents’ rights. (Photo Medicalkidnap.com) Is the state evil? Is the state the source of peril, danger, wickedness, threat, injury and death to families in Tennessee? Is the state the source of decapitalization, loss, loss of hope, […]

Reform will end immunity privilege for violent state actors

Cops have qualified immunity, protecting them against prosecution or civil claims when innocent people are killed or injured. It’s no slight matter that the legal status of Christians is increasingly under attack and that the immunities of state actors and parties favored by the state are increasing. Immunity is often in view today with repeated […]

The day was warm and bright: A spring refresh in local economy

A child reaches for a flower in an exploration outdoors. (Photo Rochelle Marshall) The sun shone and my children frolicked in the sunshine on the broad path. Rue anemone and trillium lined our way as we journeyed along the stream, up towards the majestic falls. Past the broken log bridge, with the delightful tale of […]

Regaining lost legal status as natural persons on other side of debacle

Katie and Channing Kilgore in Whitwell, Tenn., are starting a family. They’d like their children to belong to them, not the state. It’s hard to fix into the same spot questions about the coming national debacle and your personal legal status. If my reading of economic theory and free markets is accurate, the republic faces […]