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If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a couple dozen times: Politics and hypocrisy are strange bedfellows. Any of us who toe ideological lines …
This is a subject that came up in a Facebook discussion about the famous Ken Burns documentary, and I felt compelled to expand on my …
USA Today ranks the three worst jobs in America as 1.) Taxi Driver, 2.) Logger, and 3.) Newspaper Reporter, in that order. Police Officer doesn’t …
This sort of put the troubles in the East Knoxville community around Austin-East High School into perspective for me. Last night, Scott High and Austin-East …
As a newspaper editor and a journalist for more than 20 years, I’m highly critical of the press. I believe we owe it to not …
There’s nothing more embarrassing in journalism than being spectacularly wrong. Trust me, I know. I’ve been there, done that…maybe should’ve had a t-shirt made. A …
“Pray without ceasing.” It is one of the most familiar verses of the Bible. It comes from 1 Thessalonians 5:17, but you know the words …
I never expected it to take me 20 years to get back. After 20 years, I wasn’t even sure I could find my way back …
I’ll warn you at the outset that I am a recovering Tennessee football fanatic. I haven’t burned by Vols gear, and don’t intend to. You …
The descendants of Lewis Alexander Garrett (1868-1932) — which include Maude A. Garrett, Warren Omar Garrett, Elza Oral Garrett, Henry Clayton Garrett, Serina Bell Garrett, …
Life is good if you’re Phillip Fulmer. I mean, it’s not $900,000-per-year good. But it’s $450,000-per-year good. And that’s pretty good when you’re sitting around …
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