And a fine Saturday morning to you, dear readers. Does it seem like I have not been writing? Sadly, this is true - I've not been wri...

Yeah, what goof off thing is this? It's a by-product of American education reform, STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engin...

Dear Knoxville voters - You really, really need to do better in choosing your representatives ... unless maybe you agree with Senator...

The arguments Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court present very tough problems to resolve - should smartphones/cellphones/tablets alw...

We really don't  have much choice other than humor to challenge the status quo of constant surveillance. John Oliver interviews Keith Al...

The "long read" nature of my writing style and my general slow, sometimes oh-so-slow, process could - to some readers- appear cont...

Recent releases of once secret files reveal the details of a 6-year CIA effort to salvage a Soviet submarine dubbed Project Azorian.  ...

The news that most websites were hit with a security hack made headlines this week, and there's a couple of layers of bad to repo...

Outbreaks of Happiness have been reported all over the world , from Tokyo to London to Tahiti .., And recently it's hit Memph...

It surely does sound like a $300 million Goodfellas kind of move : " Nice auto plant you got here, Volkswagen. Shame if anyone...

Ridley Scott and Cameron Diaz More than once filmmaker Ridley Scott has defied Hollywood and audience expectations by bringing an unu...

The first rule about sex education in state universities is - you can't talk about sex education in state universities.

Sure seems debate about whether or not to increase the bottomed-out minimum wage takes place in a wacky fantasy world from a kooky Depr...

I toil with words and language, it's what I do. I write, I read, I arrange and rearrange the words looking for the combination whic...

Once again I've been working with the Morristown Theatre Guild, directing this One-Act Showcase which opens next Friday. The Gu...

There's a line in the movie "Tender Mercies" when Robert Duvall's character says "I don't trust happiness." ...

While outrage over antibiotics in chicken or beef grab headlines, critical questions about antibiotics and other meds taken by us human...

PBS Frontline aired a program titled "Generation Like", exploring the rapid spread and rise of online activity on social medi...

I mentioned earlier (in Time) the state legislature is debating a bill to stop the back and forth of Daylight Savings Time. To clarify...

A lawsuit points to widespread bribery and gifts paving the way for the arrival and use of red light cameras in Tennessee and other sta...