December 16, 2013
December 14, 2013
Piranha marketing pits chain stores against local economy shops
By David Tulis The eighth commandment (“Thou shalt not steal”) is framed as a negative. Like all God’s commandments it imposes positive duties, as well. It requires that we …
December 13, 2013
The missing link: EPB has revived Chattanooga
By Richard Franklin In 1912, a famous and long-running story began a 40-year run as accepted fact, only to be debunked totally as a hoax that spawned and ruined …
December 11, 2013
Attorney general opinion says cities cannot pre-empt state laws
By David Tulis Chattanooga claims that two men having anal sex for 365 days or more are legally equivalent to a man making sweet love to his wife after …
December 9, 2013
What 1790 Paris teaches Chattanooga: Fiat money inflation hurts poor most
By David Tulis Local economy, you understand, is apart from “the local economy.” It’s about the ideas of service to the other via free enterprise, the prospect of capital, …
December 8, 2013
Protest kicks at minimum wage, but should shiver glass door at bank
By David Tulis The protest in front of a McDonald’s restaurant in Chattanooga demanding the chain boost wages might have been misdirected. The dollar is poor not because McDonald’s …
December 6, 2013
‘Homecooked meal is revolutionary act,’ says book with post-collapse interest
Part 2 of our review of Resistance, Revolution, Liberation: A Model for Positive Change by Charles Hugh Smith. Berkeley, California: Oftwominds. com, 2012. Available from www.oftwominds.com/CHS-books.html. 225 pages, $25 …
December 5, 2013
Smith book ‘Resistance, Revolution, Liberation’ explains necessity of local economy
Resistance, Revolution, Liberation: A Model for Positive Change by Charles Hugh Smith. Berkeley, California: Oftwominds. com, 2012. Available from www.oftwominds.com/CHS-books.html. 225 pages, $25 print, $9.95 Kindle. By Franklin Sanders …