Since I've painted such harsh pictures of the Republican candidates for president, it is only fair that I also present a non-party cand...

It's sad to witness the strange demise of filmmaker George Lucas, who no only held great promise, but exploded the world of cinema and c...

Yes, I know dear reader, I've not written in a week, which is nearly 17 years or something in internet-time. I have had the usual Enter...

Conflicting accounts are beginning to get media attention about a group of possibly hundreds of workers at a plant in China who threatene...

Flying spy drones are making the move from military/police applications to home use. At the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, e...

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 -...