NOTE : The Editor graciously created the masthead for this post and for Halloween, and I cannot express enough gratitude for her time and he...

Tim Chavez, a columnist for "The Tennessean" featured my blog in his column for today, regarding the idea that more discussion i...

I was happy to note a new book available which shows the liquids we consume throughout the world and in nearly every home are truly benchmar...

Serious efforts to create laws governing Ethics in the state legislature have finally gotten into some critical specifics, although there ar...

Let's hit the good news first - of all the movies currently available in theatres right now, the best-reviewed, most audience pleasing m...

About two years ago the writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr. came to the University of Tennessee and for a few days I was very excited about the idea o...

As shown in the Sunday edition of the Knoxville News-Sentinel, some politicians and some newspapers are stunned that people in our state our...

The GOP muscle in Congress has given the oil companies more tax breaks so they don't have to spend their record profits to invest in th...

First, the news - "Stately Wayne Manor" is still standing. Early reports cited that the house once used as the home of the 60s TV ...

Tennessee ranks 43rd in the nation when it comes to Job Growth, according to the latest FDIC study, as is noted in Facing South in a post by...

I don't know which is stranger -- the idea of telling people you have a bomb in your mouth as you attempt to rob a bank , or the picture...

The president's nomination for the next Supreme Court justice has to be a joke , right? Or pure distraction from all the Bad News over t...

After the last few weeks and months of constant bickering and whining by the political parties about who is to blame for one issue or anothe...

Some years ago, the late, great Frank Zappa called the cable channel "A&E" the "Arms and Entertainment" channel sinc...

Morristown native and master of the blues, Wallace Coleman , got a true education from a radio station - WLAC - whose musical influence is v...

I recently added a link to fine fellow from Dandridge who is serving in Iraq , Travis Stuart, and his most recent posts should make every Am...

Went to the free screening of the movie "Serenity" Tuesday night, big thank you to Glenn at Instapundit and Mr. Silence at No Si...

We is past the Monday -- well it is evening, and that's close enough. Scanning back thru some of the recent posts here I know it seems a...

Tennessee blogger 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera has a knack for images and facts that can make an strong impression. Such as the one titled Wh...

Approaching the end of his Senate term, TN Sen. Bill Frist suddenly decides to dump stock in his family's company HCA -- just weeks befo...