Is it possible for the United States to break up, either de facto or formally? I wonder. The country is not a happy place. Today it is more consciously and resentfully divided, politically, regionally, racially and by sex and class…
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Presidential Candidate Most Offensive to Both Parties Declares
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky entered the campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a declaration that he’s running for the White House to “return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.” That message posted…
Read MorePro-Gun House Members Afraid of Guns in Capitol Building
The House has voted to remove the Tennessee Capitol from a bill to expand the areas where people with handgun carry permits can be armed. The chamber voted 72-14 on Monday against the amendment inserted by the Senate last week….
Read MoreNashville to Host Gun Rights Advocates
The National Rifle Association (NRA) will be in Music City this week for their annual convention bringing an estimated 70,000 people to town. The signs and posters around downtown have been going up for several days in anticipation of the…
Read MoreWhy We Usually Elect Bad People to Public Office
Politicians. Their reputation is very poor. In fairness, this is largely their own fault, but it would be foolish to assume every politician is like this. If they were, the whole infrastructure would collapse before you could say “can I…
Read MoreAmerican Catholics Ask Tough Questions on Good Friday
Over the past decade or so I have witnessed some disturbing trends at church. One would have thought that our Lord Jesus Christ had, himself, worn a government-issued uniform, given how much reverence, gratitude, and appreciation we are led to…
Read MoreLower the Drinking Age, Raise the Killing Age
The United States sends people to kill and die in war that it doesn’t trust with a beer. It trains police in war skills to assault young people it suspects of going near beer. Here’s an idea: Drink At 18,…
Read MoreLocal Christians Struggle With Cognitive Dissonance
Maybe it’s not cognitive dissonance, but there is something allowing my Christian brethren to accept, without unease, views that hold an internal contradiction. This morning, I had to run a quick errand on my way to work. Before that stop,…
Read MoreState’s Richest County Panicks Over Sharing School Athletic Fields
Williamson County Schools’ officials are scrambling today to identify ways to continue athletic activities beginning next week when the “Guns in Parks” bill, passed by the General Assembly, is expected to become law. The bill cleared a final hurdle Wednesday…
Read MoreTennesseans Rush to Explain Why Religious Freedom Is Different Here than in Indiana
Indiana’s controversial religious freedom law is not the first. It is the 20th state to pass one. Tennessee has had a religious freedom law for about six years. Former Governor Phil Bredesen signed it into law July 1, 2009. “The…
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