Spying must always be denied - especially if one is not spying when it is often vital to claim instead you are spying. And generall...

In towns all across America, human politicians are being replaced by animals. Sometimes, a cat holds mayoral office. But other crit...

The Bizarro World Republicans continue their assault on Amercan government, as noted at Knox Views and elsewhere . Whatever goals ...

Incumbent 1st District Congressman Phil Roe is being challenged for re-election by another Republican, Dan Hartley, who blasted Rep. Roe dur...

In Appleton, WI, it is legal to carry guns in public, but carry around a chicken and you will be fined.

The State Line Drive-In in Elizabethton is offering a free night tonight to celebrate the installation of a new $80,000 digital proje...

The Wall Street Cheat Sheet gathered the info and report s that life here in little old Morristown, TN makes it one of the "8 Least Exp...

What's the goal of TN Republicans in Congress who want to cut funding for Food Stamp programs? Their argument makes little sens...

With enrollment options for the Affordable Care Act set to start in just days, Congressman Phil Roe is pushing a very weak alternative...

The daring folks at Frightmare Manor will be open for a very special Friday the 13th sneak preview of the Halloween Screampark which h...

Thanks to some mutual friends - actor Michael Abbott Jr and producer/actor David Horton - I have been in contact with East TN filmmake...

Such immense fun this week seeing "news" readers and parents and noobs saying "Twerk", it's sooo 2010. Even the ...

  Check out this harrowing account from astronaut Luca Parmitano about an unusual and nearly deadly accident - water filling up his space h...

Cormac McCarthy's novels have found new life in movies, and his early novel " Child of God" is about to hit the festival ...

I read books.  I mean the printed-on-paper kind, the original hand held technology. If you read them too, consider how you...

This month marks the start of Year Eight for this humble and lovable blog. Blogs are not the hip thing they once were, and mine is wordy, ...

Certainty, accuracy, nailing down meaning and fact - we might understand the concept of such an idea, but achieving such may well be a...

The forced cuts in federal spending means federal public defenders must cut staff by as much as 50%, but the law demands far more expen...

It was no real surprise Chattanooga's Times-Free Press fired Drew Johnson. More surprising was his hiring in the first place. As noted...

After a few months off, I'm easing back into writing about politics and cultural trends, and the notion of an Americanized "ru...