The normal schedule here on yer Cup Of Joe is a movie feature and recommendations, but oh faithful readers, not this weekend. I've been ...

Several items in the news -- though not to be found in your local media - have my attention as we head into the weekend. First, Hamblen Cou...

I'd like to urge you to read the web postings for East Tennessean Travis Stuart in Iraq, who just received a promotion. Congrats, my fri...

The State's Attorney General has twice now issued rulings showing it is illegal for Sessions Court Judge Herbert Bacon to hold a board s...

No details yet, but the Koch Foods plant workers voted successfully to create a union for workers this weekend. Still no mention of this in ...

" The corporate, political and religious right converge here, led by a president who, in his own disdain for science, reason and knowle...

It's not Alaska that's getting drilled in the current Oil Price Madness, not wetlands or parks, and not even the mideast deserts. It...

"Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not re...

What to do when an International Corporation may have to actually pay for building a manufacturing plant? Why, get it from taxpayers of cour...

Last month, I told you about efforts of workers at Koch Foods to create a union to gain some rights as employees, and today the NY Times pic...

From the New Orleans Times Picayune . Be sure to read their Open Letter to The President. And don't be distracted by our failure , says...

Hopefully, even a novice would know how easily facts are lost in Time -- whether it's poorly kept minutes of the Hamblen County Commissi...

As of today, you can have a piping-hot, fresh Cup of Joe delivered to your email -- just use the form in the Links section and that's al...

ANOTHER UPDATE -- Checking gas prices online is useless right now, but I will leave this post in place for the other comments I made. Also,...

September will see a massive 3 and a half hour documentary by Martin Scorsese on Bob Dylan which goes on sale Sept. 20th and will air on the...

In 2001, FEMA warned about the reality of weakness in preparation for hurricane damage, especially in New Orleans, ranking it among the thr...

Today's Memphis Commercial Appeal notes the FBI investigation of state government is spreading to the County government level . Can any ...

Tons of information about relief for victims of this week's Hurricane are concisely provided by R. Neal, aka SKB, at Facing South . Neal...

I noticed on Monday the Hamblen Democrats web page indicates their is to be a public meeting at Rose Center in Morristown on Sept. 1 to add...

A new study shows that even a single Cup of Joe benefits your brain and your body, with more antioxidants than anything else in the American...