When Debbie Helsley, the Knox County Democratic Party’s 2022 candidate for county mayor, finished up her senior year at South High School, she had no idea what was about to …
Gloria Johnson collapses in store; bystanders come to her rescue
Michael Knott says his wife Mandy noticed her first. Mandy said that something wasn’t right with the woman who’d just walked through the front door at TJ Maxx at 8:30 …
Just don’t trickle down my leg
(An essay in which we consider Trickle-Down Housing Theory)
Everybody knows we are in a housing crisis. We see heartbreaking stories about families sleeping in their car because they cannot afford …
Who pays the price when lawmakers play God?
She was 33 when they married. He was 38. They are thoughtful, high-achieving people, and they wanted to start a family right away. And because she was approaching the age …
Kim Frazier: It’s not about the Benjamins
Before the most recent county election, most of the guys I talk to about local politics – Republicans and Democrats alike – were confident that Devin Driscoll would win the …
Mannis says adios
When Knoxville entrepreneur/philanthropist Eddie Mannis got elected to serve in the legislature two years ago, he drew national attention. He and fellow newbie Torrey Harris, a Democrat from Memphis, were …
Let’s get tough with The Dog
Once upon a time, my best friend Joyce Brookshire, who lived in Atlanta and didn’t have a car, used to call every so often and announce, “I’m comin’ in on …
Two Dons and a Marsha
Marsha Blackburn wants to be vice president. This is not news to anyone who’s halfway paying attention to politics – nobody takes winter junkets to New Hampshire and Iowa or …