February 24, 2016
Carefully, Southerner tells boys meaning of U.S. flag
By David Tulis The lad in front of the room is creasing back his Trail Life USA handbook and is trying to spread out his material as much as …
February 23, 2016
Passport Challenge event in city brings Hispanic right to travel into view
Part of the prosperity and security of people in the home county here in Southeast Tennessee is the right of free movement. By that I mean not just the …
February 22, 2016
Mayberry’s after-school program backfills schools’ foibles
Dr. Dwight Mayberry, a retired public school superintendent from Illinois, is in Chattanooga running an after-school program bearing his name. He tutors students lagging in schools who’ve fallen behind …
February 22, 2016
Dyslexia remains public policy in ‘Read to be Ready’ program
A program announced by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam proposes to increase reading skills in East Ridge and other cities, but does not overturn the state’s dyslexic long-term policy goal.
February 22, 2016
Bills target Tennessee’s complicity with global anti-gun owner rules
A bill in the general assembly would prohibit cops from enforcing any international law or treaty that limit gun rights as specified in Tennessee's constitution.
February 22, 2016
Q&A. City’s zoning reform: fresh water but dirty pipe
Form-based zoning codes like the one proposed for Chattanooga may bring pleasing “local economy-oriented” results, but have built-in limits that come with any use of compulsion.
February 18, 2016
Support Franklin for president: Be a man who uses F$100 bills
If you use cash, you support local economy and help establish your manliness and virility. Yes, using cash is more manly than using a credit card. In light of …
February 17, 2016
The coming meltdown & how to survive it
10 minutes in, 10 minutes out. I sketch the coming reckoning the marketplace will impose on debt-ridden nation-states and their consumption-oriented economies. Key: Families, local investment, thrift, thinking of …