Samson in the swamp

By Dr. Jim Ferguson Who do you listen to these days? Perhaps you’ve quit listening all together. Most folks I know stay at least partially engaged in the events of the day, but sometimes I wonder. There is an excuse for being uninformed. Though we live in the...

Positive Signs on Rocky Top

  By Alex Norman Tennessee athletics have been a source of major controversy, internal strife, and nearly constant underachievement for the past decade.  There have been too many coaching changes and administrator changes to count on the UT campus, and the...

The Price of Freedom is Not Cheap

By Ralphine Major It is always a solemn sight, the grave of a fallen soldier. Across our country, national cemeteries are dotted with thousands of markers often decorated with flags for Memorial Day. They designate the final resting place of America’s finest who have...

Truth or Consequences

By Joe Rector The legend regarding the father of the country tells us that he “could not tell a lie.” As children, we are taught to tell the truth or otherwise suffer the consequences. As witnesses in court, we “swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing...

What Are Court Costs?

By Jedidiah McKeehan In every single kind of court case, both civil and criminal, there is typically a cost to you just to be involved in the case.  That cost is what is commonly referred to as the court costs.  What are court costs?  Court costs are what the court...