Ben Kredich couldn’t have had a stronger, more loving family – smart, successful parents, loyal, protective brothers and a comfortable home alive with music and fun. He won that lottery …

Have I mentioned that I’ve moved?
And yeah, I’m just kidding – I realize that I’ve spoken (or written) about little else this whole summer long, getting way behind on most …

In most places, nobody has to be reminded that August is the dogdays of summer. Here in Knoxville, however, August means fall football practice. Pretty soon, we’ll be dividing Saturdays …

The time has come, the Walrus said,
To talk of many things:
Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax —
Of cabbages — and kings —
And why the sea is boiling hot …

Remember when Knox County Commission behaved so badly that it got written up in the New York Times? Here’s a reminder of the Bad Old Days.
I never really understood the …

Back in 2021, the newly elected chair of the Knox County Republican Party got a lot of attention by promising to win control of the Knoxville City Council away from …

Roses are red. Violets are blue. Covid was real, and still is, too – regardless of what Ron DeSantis, Robert Kennedy Jr. and Glenn Jacobs say.
I still haven’t figured how …

Natalie Rice didn’t even try to sleep the night the Russians rumbled into Ukraine. She, along with most Ukrainians, had believed that Vladimir Putin’s posturing was just high-stakes saber-rattling that …