A magazine called Business TN has offered up it's annual list of the 100 Most Powerful Tennesseans. Making lists like this says much mor...

It is Friday the 13th after all. This is a fierce and fine song which builds to an impressive jam, and an exceptional video of Steely Dan li...

My optimism for you fell somewhat last week. Reading that audiences were so dim they left the movie "Grindhouse" after the first f...

All around the world and especially in America people on this day will be writing to mourn and celebrate Kurt Vonnegut Jr who died yesterday...

Scathing is barely the word to describe it: " We’ve got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we’ve g...

Back when I started this blog, I wanted to expand and explore good writing first and foremost. Sometimes, I know, that I am guilty of ploppi...

The media again covers a minor story until it becomes a major story, but is reporting on what Don Imus said about the Rutger's basketbal...

The problems are vividly reported in the media, debated in Washington, and make for even more arguments on the internet. One constant theme...

The conduct of people writing and commenting on websites and blogs was mentioned in a post today from Mike Silence at his KNS blog. His head...

The lobbyist-sponsored cable franchise bill is bad for everyone and would be a massive benefit to only one group - the phone company. Hollow...

In the small town of Missouri City, MO, no one bothered to vote in a city council election. Not even the candidate who was running unopposed...

Is it just in the South that thoughts of an Easter Weekend automatically bring vivid memories of Ham? Speaking of Ham, the biggest Hams offe...

Each year every state has a decorated egg selected to represent that state at the White House, a tradition that began in 1994. I have no ide...

What Newt said March 31, 2007: " We should replace bilingual education with immersion in English so people learn the common language of...

Hey, I do more than just idly pecking away at the keyboard here. I am learning new things from the Internets every day. Like the discovery i...

As Congress takes a break and the President continues to assert his will reagarding the continuing use of miliary actions in Iraq, I was pon...

Hardly a day goes by that we do not hear about public education, it's endless funding woes, it's utter necessity for success on any ...

AT&T is continuing their effort - both in Tennessee and nationwide - to rewrite the laws regarding cable TV franchises. I am all for com...

Speaking to a receptive audience, 1st District Congressman David Davis explains his agreement with President Bush to reject Congressional bi...

I've got a stack of good movies to recommend this week - since last week was all whiney-ranting on a movie I hated. It's far more fu...