Marriage belongs to every man and to every woman as a creational right. Yet defenders of marriage in Nashville look not to restoring marriage to individuals, but to courts …				
				
			
		
		
		
								
					
									
																	
								
				
					The state has supplanted neighborliness and community with bribery and entitlements, but you know your old dad, 89, is fine for now in his little house at street’s end, …				
				
			
		
		
		
								
					
									
																	
								
				
					The noisy play of federal candidates for president overshadowed the much quieter operation in Chattanooga-area primary voting today in which citizens cast votes for judge and assessor. Primary voting …				
				
			
		
		
		
								
					
									
																	
								
				
					Slavery is a human condition attended with many evils, but the federal government says in its archive of interviews of former slaves that 80 percent spoke well of their …				
				
			
		
		
		
								
					
									
																	
								
				
					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 …				
				
			
		
		
		
								
					
									
																	
								
				
					By David Tulis The American people face a day of reckoning that will require of them continual exercise of grace and forbearance. As economic distress, collapsed fortunes, abandoned family …				
				
			
		
		
		
								
					
									
																	
								
				
					By David Tulis Digital potholes rattled Tennessee’s school testing program to pieces. At least at the point where the program meets the student body. But the shards of paneling, …				
				
			
		
		
		
								
					
									
																	
								
				
					Same-sex couples line up for marriage licenses in Chattanooga.But a court opinion and fresh litigation are helping bring into view a return to an ancient standard: Marriage at common …