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 have some hypocrisy in us — regardless of who you are, which party you ascribe to, or how partisan or non-partisan you may be. For example, I’m opposed to the increased interference and regulations of “Big Government,” yet I’m also opposed to abortion-on-demand and favor government regulations to restrict abortions. That’s hypocrisy. In American politics, …
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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 views a little bit — compelled because I was once one …
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 appear anywhere on the list of 25 Worst Jobs in America. …
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 played a softball double-header at Caswell Park in East Knoxville. The …
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 only our readers but perhaps more importantly our profession and the …
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 Chattanooga TV station is likely figuring that out today, after apparently …
“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 even if you don’t know the chapter and verse. They’re so …
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