“If the freedom of speech be taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” —George Washington Living in a representative republic means that …
Liberal activist Beth Foster meets a woman in the Knox County jail who is being abused under Tenn. Code Ann. § Title 55. Ms. Foster herself faces abusive use …
City councilman Demetrus Coonrod, humbled by a Christian mediation session, utters a public apology Tuesday to Marie Mott and a former gang member who a week before had decried …
A family with a high-end house in North Shore won approval for an Airbnb use from city council Tuesday despite opposition from 2 neighbors who cited a litany of …
City council gets an earful of discontent Tuesday focusing on police abuse and the connection between poverty, harassment and the paltry capitalization in some city districts. A former gang …
My reading in Tennessee law strongly indicates a general purpose of the modern state; to make private citizens public citizens, to transfer lawful private activities into the public realm, …
Marc Gravitt is the register of deeds in Hamilton County, a former state legislator who has a ministerial duty under the law to record deeds and other instruments of …
I’ve been arrested only once in my life and it was this year. Many of the assumptions we have about guilt, police, and people of color are based in …
