by Ralphine Major | May 30, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major As I write about the upcoming American holiday, I try to think of a unique introduction. It dawns on me that it does not matter so much about a new approach for Memorial Day. It is much more important that we remember the day and what it...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 30, 2017 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jed McKeehan Tennessee Code Annotated Section 55-10-416 defines an “Open Container,” as a container containing alcoholic beverages or beer, the contents of which are immediately capable of being consumed or the seal of which has been broken. The statute goes on to...
by Mark Nagi | May 30, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Well, we are finally here. Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final was scheduled for Memorial Day evening. And for the first time ever, your Nashville Predators are taking part! The fact that the Preds, an 8 seed in the Western Conference, have managed to...
by Steve Hunley | May 29, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Since Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States, the news coverage has been relentlessly biased. If you doubt that, a new study from Harvard University should answer that question definitively. The study, conducted by Professor Thomas...
by Ray Hill | May 29, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Jake Lindsey epitomized much about how Americans saw themselves when he joined the army in February of 1940. Lindsay, a resident of the tiny hamlet of Lucedale, Mississippi, joined the armed forces well before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The...
by design | May 22, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I have mentioned in previous essays that my wife, Becky, and I are in the midst of downsizing. When we first built our home thirty-seven years ago I swore I would never do it again. I have always said they would have to take me straight from my...