"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was a raw, relentless assault on moviegoers in 1974. And it's still as grim and challenging toda...

I've noticed that in the last few days, I've gotten thousands of hits on this page from China - thousands. Spam comments land consta...

Why is Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey intent on taking out 3 members of the state's Supreme Court? Is it a political power grab? The reasons ...

I noticed an image of four film directors who have been the premiere filmmakers of the last few decades, Scorsese, Spielberg, Coppola a...

Who knew? Cartwheels at public meetings in Arizona - that is prohibited by law. One lone lady fights for her right to cartwheel. Toting ...

For some years I've been a fan of Betsy Phillip's writing , she's wicked smart and has a razor sharp style and calls out BS for...

" If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail...

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...