A reporter asked a simple question of President Bush and the answer was a telling one - the answer was "empty". Anything important...

Ah, movies, movies, movies. My little french raison d'etre. I have some recommendations for you and some reviews too, and yes, some are ...

I want to say thanks to a few folk who have been very supportive and helpful as I unsteadily wander out onto the Web and teeter-totter about...

Billions of dollars in overcharges for Medicaid, for the Veterans Administration and other government agencies are to be repaid by U.S. drug...

Colonel Nicholas Carranza, accused of torture and crimes against humanity for his role in the violence that swept thru El Salvador in the la...

Happy Celtic New Year!! Some history of the holiday is here , via MetaFilter. Some pumpkin pics for you here , and here , and the North Car...

After some reading of various views on the crimes the vice-president's long-time associate and chief of staff "Scooter" Libby ...

Last week, I offered you a chance to vote on some your favorite horror movies as we take our daily steps towards Halloween. Many responded a...

As the state circles around and around real reform for Ethics or Lobbyists or TennCare, the finger-pointing continues -- "He/She is wor...

Hamblen County taxpayers got stuck once again with a new and ever-expanding schools funding bill, though the local media cheered the barely-...

I'm sure you've noticed them, those magnetic yellow ribbons stuck on the backs and sides of cars and SUVs and trucks, which read ...

I linked to this post via Crooks and Liars , submitted the URL and lo and behold, this Cup Of Joe Powell has cash value! My blog is w...

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...