What are two of the most brain-bending-how-did-that-happen nominations in this year's Oscar list ? "Norbit" and "Transfor...

A searchable database of information on the constant, repeated and intentional distortion of facts by the Bush administration as they argue...

Congress is poised to act again on a bad idea - giving out something called "retroactive immunity" to telecom agencies for the pur...

The commentary on how television news departments are covering the race for the Presidency is certainly scathing -- but it sure isn't ne...

It took about one day for Senator Tommy Kilby to back off and offer some new spin for a bill he proposed to make it illegal to own any bull...

Many key hallmarks in the struggle and the history of the Civil Rights Movement are based here in Tennessee. And while the assassination of ...

The wide assortment of what Tennessee bloggers had to say, compiled via TennViews: • 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: LV Democratic Debate : The...

Back in the mid-1980s media mogul Ted Turner was rightly roasted and grilled for unleashing a horde of classic movies which had been "c...

Whatever made Tennessee Senator Tommy Kilby (D) think that a state law banning ownership of one particular breed of dog, a pit bull, a good ...

I'm willing to bet cash money there was a super-secret provision in the surrender agreement signed at the end of the Civil War. What was...

Maybe it was that bad reality series on the Sci-Fi Channel with Stan Lee. Maybe it's because we live in the 21st Century. Whatever the r...

Imagine your identity has been stolen - not just once - but four times and every time the same company, Sprint, is involved and sends you ...

I've been seeing lots of very deceptive - or at least misleading - news coverage about a science experiment where claims are made that a...

Today and for the last few weeks I've been awed by the powerful friendships and the compassion evident as folks from all over work fierc...

Time again for a roundup of Tennessee blogs, via TennViews , but first a few notes on this regular weekly feature. And don't expect to s...

Time for you to speak up, dear and patient readers via this Seriously Unscientific Survey. I constantly provide my thoughts here and now I a...

East Tennessee helped filmmakers capture the legendary criminal exploits of John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd and the rise of Hoover's FB...

The Supreme Court heard arguments about Indiana's Voter ID case yesterday, and as Lyle Denniston of the SCOTUS Blog points out, there wa...

Question: What's the first sign of the return of the TN State Legislature? Answer: A flurry of goofy, useless and grandstanding bills fr...

A fine bit of satire of the presidential race was delivered via young Ralph Wiggum on this week's episode of The Simpsons. It's real...