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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul Reverses Stand On Drones

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"I will ask anyone who values liberty to stand with me.”. Sen. Rand Paul In March Sen. Paul took the Drama Award in the Senate for...
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Tennesseans Get 'Pennies From Haslam'

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Today's "Memphis Flyer" editorial is a must read: " A single piece of progressive legislation, the lowering of the sale...
Monday, April 15, 2013

Tennessee Lawmakers OK Drones

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" As approved by the Senate, the bill (SB796) says that drones can only be used to search for a fugitive or a missing person, in monit...
Saturday, April 06, 2013

How Roger Ebert Changed The World

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Like so many in the nation and the world, I paused this week to mark the passing of film critic Roger Ebert. He was one of a few writers who...
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013

N.C. Lawmakers Seek To Establish State Religion

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The good thing is that a horrible plan by a state legislature is not from Tennessee. It's from North Carolina - a new bill seeks to est...
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Tuesday, April 02, 2013

On The Upcoming War Between Tennessee and Georgia

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Since the Senate in Georgia is suing Tennessee to claim water and land, what battles will soon take shape? One writer lays out the likely ...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Public Education Getting Hijacked?

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Talking with friends recently I was reminded again that I'm all alone when it comes to following the actions of the state legislators in...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Mash-Up of Odd Legislation Flows In Tennessee

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Taking taxpayer funds from struggling schools and giving them as tuition fees to private schools seems a poorly thought idea. Republicans ...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Secrecy, Paranoia and Daily Life

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Last year a spy movie franchise based on Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne series hit movie watchers with a cornucopia of paranoia and high t...
Thursday, March 07, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul Ignores 30 U.S. States Wanting Drones of their Own

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Some faux drama brought out by Sen. Rand Paul wailing about the use of surveillance or armed drones ignored a basic fact - U.S. states want...
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Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Vouchers for Public School: Who Benefits?

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Taking Tennessee taxpayer funds away from public schools and giving those funds to private schools - whether you call it "vouchers...
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Sunday, March 03, 2013

TN House Leader Says No Debate for Legislation

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Business owners in TN are facing new orders via the State - employees with handgun conceal permits are allowed to use their vehicles to stor...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Mobile Apps Control Happiness?

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A company called Apigee, which makes mobile apps and other APIs (application program interface), conducted a recent survey which boasts that...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Hooked: The Science of Corporate Foods

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For many years I have offered this joke about food - "Food is addictive. I started eating at a very young age and I still do it, someti...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Curl Up and Dye; or, Washington's Hair Cliff

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A recent outrage du jour: the fiscal meltdown of the Senate haircut emporium, promoted by email and 'news' reports: "Sinc...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Valentine's Day Sewage Plant Tours Return

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Valentine's Day tours of a sewage treatment plant were a massive hit with visitors last year, so romantics get more of the same this ye...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Montana Zombies and Fashionable Fear

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Someone hacked into local Emergency Broadcast Systems in Montana and Michigan to warn viewers that dead bodies were coming back to life as Z...
Thursday, February 07, 2013

Baracula and Lincolnstein

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Inevitable? What happens when you create a mash up of toys, presidents, and Hollywood monsters ...
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Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Fake Fakery or Bold Boldness?

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The daring legislature of Tennessee is pushing for a State Constitutional Amendment to ban a state income tax despite the fact the current ...
Thursday, January 31, 2013

The Stench of He-Goats in Mtn. Dew

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Some months ago I learned that food additives are beyond bizarre. And despite consumer labels on products we seldom know what we are actuall...
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