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Friday, June 03, 2011

Thomas Jefferson Dance Party On Saturday

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The dancing will commence at noon Saturday around the nation to promote ... well, I'm not sure what is being promoted, other than the fr...
Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Republicans Playing Dangerous Games With Economy - Again

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Economic turmoil games return/continue. Thanks so much. "Late yesterday afternoon, Republicans brought a “clean” debt ceiling bill t...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Morristown Documentary Goes Online and Interactive

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"Morristown: In The Air and Sun", a documentary on migration of industrial capital and the arrival of immigrant labor in the town ...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Don't Dance With The Stars At The Jefferson Memorial?

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In fact, don't dance at all at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC, as it will likely lead to your arrest, as it did yesterday . D...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Some Thoughts On Gil Scott-Heron

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Late December of 1975, comedian Richard Pryor landed on television as host of the new show "Saturday Night Live" and producers wis...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Exploding Watermelons and other Dangerous Food

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Watermelons turning into explosive shrapnel is the kind of story that grabs your attention. " The report said the farmers sprayed the f...

A Note On Blogging This Week

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It has been difficult for me to post something since I last did one on Tuesday - that was/is such an ugly, brutal reality emerging as a com...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Sex Slavery In Nearly Every County In Tennessee, Says TBI

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Sex Slavery By County in Tennessee, Minors and Adults The above image is from last week's special report from the Tennessee Bureau of In...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Thank The State Lawmakers For Ending Session Early

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It's far too beautiful a day to talk too much politics, but I did want to share a few thoughts about the current session of the TN Legis...
Friday, May 20, 2011

Congressman Roe Jokes About Death of President Obama

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While speaking to the Johnson City Rotary Club, 1st District Congressman Phil Roe made what the Johnson City Press called a "slip of th...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Sen. Campfield Club Needs Parental Okay

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I'll hand it to Knoxville Sen. Stacey Campfield -- he do love to make headlines, even ones that make him look like a high-level chuckleh...
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Monday, May 16, 2011

Foreclosure Chances 38% Higher In Tennessee

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72 Tennessee legislators said YES to shorten the amount of public notices published for home foreclosures this past week - despite informati...
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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Take A Survey On Politics and Online Activity

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I was contacted by educators from the School of Journalism at University of Texas working with Barb Kaye, a professor in the Journalism and ...
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TN Legislature Pushes Forward on Bills Changing Public Record Laws, Foreclosures, Teachers Unions

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As mentioned previously, a wide range of bills creating many changes to the state's laws on -- Citizen requests for public records -- Sh...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Life In The Age of the Algorithm

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An in-depth essay explores how what is written online may not be written by a person, but by a mathematical formula. Is it the end of writin...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

TN Legislature Voting On Changes to Public Records, Foreclosure Laws, Teachers Unions

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KnoxViews has a roundup of new legislation headed for votes today and tomorrow which have been making headlines and offer a wide range of c...
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Dr. Evil Running Congress?

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The talk flowing from Washington about the national debt sounds too much like the goofy comedy scenes of Dr. Evil demanding " one billi...
Monday, May 09, 2011

Human Trafficking Ring In Hamblen County

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Local law enforcement and the FBI helped to break up a human trafficking ring this weekend following grand jury indictments last Tuesday. Sh...
Sunday, May 08, 2011

Officials Threaten Chattanooga Press

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Reporting on the recent tornado damage in Southeast Tennessee draws a strange response, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press: ...

Foreclosure Law Changes Draws Fierce Debate

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Tom Humphrey reports on the raging battle over a proposal to shorten the amount of times a public notice of foreclosure is published by news...
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