by design | Oct 28, 2013 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I think if I were to take a poll of what is a person’s favorite season in our monthly walk through the year; I would get a host of replies. There are many who would say, “spring” for who doesn’t like the re-awakening of the earth after a cold and icy...
by Joe Rector | Oct 28, 2013 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Since the demise of the U.S. economy in 2008, too many Americans have lost their jobs. In Tennessee 424,000 parents have lost them, and that number doesn’t include the people who are no longer looking for work. (Kids Count Data Center) It’s a sad...
by design | Oct 28, 2013 | Columnist
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Would it surprise you to hear that the majority of our appellate judges in Tennessee will be up for a “yes-no” retention election in August 2014? Voters may select whether or not to keep each judge listed on the ballot in...
by Steve Hunley | Oct 27, 2013 | Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Well, it looks like the 2014 election season has already begun. The flap about innocent folks being arrested without cause is being laid at the doorstep of Criminal Court Clerk Joy McCroskey by much of the local media. They have likely been fed this...
by Ray Hill | Oct 27, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill In 1938, Albert Gore defeated a host of opponents to go to Washington as the Fourth District’s Congressman. Gore had long idolized a former Congressman from the Fourth District, Cordell Hull. Hull had known Gore’s father quite well and lived in Carthage...
by Mark Nagi | Oct 21, 2013 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Back in March, Tennessee football coach Butch Jones was the Grand Marshal for the Food City 500 Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. He was impressed with what he saw at the track that some like to call “The Last Great Colosseum.” “The magnitude...
