Like many people, I've followed the works and ideas presented by the scientist Stephen Hawking for many years with great interest and f...

Bestowing meaning to today's vote in the Republican vote in the Iowa caucus is like pondering the meaning of what Punxsutawney Phil cho...

While there were many popular posts here during 2011, there was one which drew more readers and visitors than any other by an enormous margi...

In no particular order, a short selection of words of phrases which became prominent this year and will likely become more commonly used in...

It’s harder to imagine the past that went away than it is to imagine the future . As 2011 is set to end and 2012 to begin, I'd like...

Knoxville's Li'l Christmas Elf, Senator Stacey Campy, has A Very Special Christmas Wish for the Poor and the Sick . "Sen...

It really is annoying how I learn more and more as I get older that I don't know diddly-squat about what I thought I knew, and that th...

We all hold to certain traditions, likely because as necessary as it may be to learn to roll with the constant changes of life itself, th...

A stray comment on a Knoxville message board I frequent brought up something called "food tripping" which led me to be educated a...

Someone seems to have some creepy and conflicting attachments to Christmas and Santa. (via Chattanooga radio station WUSY's Facebook p...

Rep. Glen Casada I can't quite believe I have to write this post, reminding our elected officials that secret government meetings a...

My friend Rick Baldwin is going to mark turning 50 by wearing a kilt for a year. And he's apparently decided to blog the experience a...

The Knox County judicial system was pretty much demolished yesterday by the details of the lengthy drug addiction of Judge Richard Baumgartn...

I'm leaning more and more towards at least understanding why massive protests nationwide are being maintained, that indeed 99% of Am...

Stories for children have a raw power which can cripple hypocrisies and hatreds and which often celebrates the best qualities of humans -...

For many years, I've been at Waffle House customer, though I have never ordered or eaten a waffle while frequenting the restaurant. I p...

It tends to ooze and slide out of the can and land on the plate making a horrible Splorp! sound. It tends to be marked with indelible ring...

A brief look at stories stirring discussion across the web-world: -- In Europe, a panel of experts has decided one cannot advertise...

A cash windfall is headed my way as a result of class action lawsuit against Netflix and Wal-Mart. I was not a part of the class action, so ...

Once again, the oddest of political animals - politicians who campaign by calling the government a monstrous creation - returns, as Lt. Go...