The bullet holes punched into the center mass of this pistol-packing suburban soccer mom weren’t fired by ISIS terrorists preparing for a shopping-mall assault, or by local cops training against an active shooter at the local school. They were fired…
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Are You Afraid of Commitment?
I was CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers through the Great Recession. We could tell on the front end things were going to get tough, so we brought in some consultants to help us reframe the challenge and improve our performance….
Read MoreLegislature Helps Business Boost Price of Cigarettes
Tennessee smokers will begin paying more for cigarettes on July 1 under a bill signed into law last week by Gov. Bill Haslam. The 15 cents-per-pack increase is the first of three that will total 35 cents by July 1,…
Read MoreIs Franklin TN a Special Place?
I’ve lived in Franklin now for 19 months and I’m finding that there are delightful things in the most ordinary places. Delight has taken on a whole new meaning for me, so I thought I’d share some of my favorite…
Read MoreShould Girls Play Boy’s High School Football?
It took a broken bone in her ankle while playing softball for Thalia Townsend to convince her mother, Michelle Larsen, to let her play football. Now Townsend, a 13-year-old girl set to begin seventh grade at West Carroll this fall,…
Read MoreObamaCare Collapse Has Begun
Despite over $205 million in federal taxpayer funding, Hawaii’s Obamacare exchange website will soon shut down. Since its implementation, the exchange has somehow failed to become financially viable because of lower than expected Obamacare enrollment figures. With the state legislature…
Read MoreScientists May Have Discovered Origin of Noah’s Flood
After decades of theorizing and searching, scientists are reporting that they’ve finally found a massive reservoir of water in the Earth’s mantle — a reservoir so vast that could fill the Earth’s oceans three times over. This discovery suggests that…
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