"We're smarter than ever these days so, I mean, why not teach everything and let people make their own decisions?" - Kaylin R...

A recent reader asked me to be more clear about my thoughts on story from last week about the sudden announcement that a new company called ...

Via Tri-Cities.com: "Attorneys from three states filed a class action lawsuit today against Erwin's Nuclear Fuel Services. Law firm...

Just a few short days ago, plans to build a massive $400 million-plus plant geared for coal gasification was being hailed in Cumberland, Roa...

In most any day, readers across the Internet encounter some story, some report, some stunning claim which - for once and all - utterly prove...

Macbeth - Act 5, Scene 5 Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no m...

Though I am reluctant to offer any more mention of the Endless Publicity Machine which toils on behalf of half-term Governor Quitter, aka, T...

Access to the Internet is a basic human right - so says a report to the U.N. focused on the "promotion and protection of the right to f...

I've been looking for a good opportunity to feature the daily newsletter from editor Trace Sharp (aka Newscoma ), Out of The Blue, which...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...