Britain's decision to leave the EU signals the end of over 50 years of social and political order, a time of historical peace and eco...

The previous post has a follow-up, and it's actually good news. 20 of 21 Greene County Commissioners rejected completely a proposal fr...

It's pretty clear the Greene County Commissioners who think flying a Confederate flag is historically vital have zero knowledge of the h...

One of the million or so pieces of cuneiform writing awaiting someone to decipher it. Google V.P. Vint Cerf - often tagged as one of ...

The "long read" nature of my writing style and my general slow, sometimes oh-so-slow, process could - to some readers- appear cont...

A chaotic event or even a mundane event might be recorded, then rewritten, then disappear, be rediscovered and rewritten many times. Th...

Two filmmakers are hoping the last few days of fundraising via their Kickstarter page will bring success so their documentary on the ...

One of the best aspects of people is the way we make writers and artists part of our lives. This week, we lost a great friend and a member...

I decided to do an experiment and shut off the internet for a while, eventually going 12 days with no email, texting, no connection with ...

Celebrations - but no ticker tape parades this time - are marking the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's flight into space as he became t...

I look forward to the day when news about politics in Tennessee is not simply easy material  for comedy shows. But that day is not today. ...

Just as Hollywood is lining up to celebrate the movie romanticizing the silent film era, "The Artist", one of the era's ver...

A stray comment on a Knoxville message board I frequent brought up something called "food tripping" which led me to be educated a...

A short documentary tells a little known story of the rescue of 500,000 people in the aftermath of the attacks in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 20...

The cruel horrors of warfare are too many to list. The grueling conditions that marked the first World War are memorialized on this day - a ...

Ir's pretty disgusting to witness the constant demonization of some "Other", which masquerades as social and political debate....

Expected to take 2 years to bring the newspapers online, the project will transfer state archived microfilm to digital files, focusing first...

The Library of Congress has announced that they have acquired every Twitter archive, every single Twitter post anyone has made or will make...

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A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man Where do you beginulate praise for such a cromulent moment in American television history? I had b...