November 3, 2016
Your shantytown is my housing free trade zone
As the mayoral election in Chattanooga gets into gear it is time to ask what city administration can do to help — or to stop hurting — the prospect …
Tag: Housing
March 7, 2016
If I post critique of cabin operator, I help ‘sharing economy’
The trigger to start the gas log heater made a terrific clack each time my wife, Jeannette, and I pushed it to warm up our holiday cabin. Nothing. In …
October 9, 2015
Syrian refugees to stream into city
Chattanooga will host refugees — potentially in the hundreds — from Syria, a country torn by U.S. government intervention and an effort to overthrow its Western-oriented government, that of …
September 14, 2015
Border law feeds poor to lions; also, Rev. Maize rebukes police
Refugee crisis putting 1,500 souls onto streets is prompted by seizure mentality, thanks to easy money for city under Tenn. Border Region Retail Development District Act. Whew. In Part …
May 10, 2014
Former homeless man holds job, lives on own, drives car, extends mercy
Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has …
April 1, 2013
Homeless men pushed to adopt long-term view, ‘minority report’
This three-minute video explains the work of a Chattanooga charity, Union Gospel Mission. “Every problem a man has can be solved with a relationship with God.” — Jon Rector, …
December 21, 2012
Chattanooga’s prayer battle reflected in moral conflicts of area homeless
About 10 men of Union Gospel Mission visited my church, Brainerd Hills Presbyterian, for worship this Lord’s Day. The church’s families had prepared extra, so the crowd was invited …
November 19, 2012
Hints about depth of U.S. credit crisis pile into one edition of paper
A friend called Friday asking about investments. I told him I don’t give investment advice. But we chatted about how precious metals are an ultimate form of liquidity, a …