Overall, I had a pretty good Christmas. The cold snap was brutal, but family, friends, food, lights and music made the season better than tolerable, so I was lucky. Some …
Santos, Campfield and lying in politics: How low will they go?
Last week during one of the 15 roll calls it took congressional Republicans to elect Kevin McCarthy Speaker of the House, there was a long pause when the reading clerk …
Briggs to anti-abortion lobby: Bring it
State Sen. Richard Briggs does a lot of reading. This week he says he’s thinking that he might need to study up on drag shows.
He was joking.
Probably.
Or maybe not, since …
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I’m keeping the headline of the schmaltzy New Year’s Eve column I’d written about dealing with the loss of old friends. But the news stories being generated by the Supreme …
Russians claim Knoxville woman killed in Ukraine: Russians lie
Last week I got a call from an out-of-town friend who wanted to know if I’d heard about a Knoxville woman who had been killed in Ukraine. He wanted to …
Gloria Johnson: The hardest-working woman in politics
This is the season for taking stock. We look back, evaluate and resolve to do better next year. Maybe some find reason to pat themselves on the back, but that’s …
Make way for the Good Ol’ Girls
Courtney Durrett told the Democratic Women of Knoxville on Dec.6 that it took “kind of a coup” to allow her to become the first woman ever elected chair of Knox …
The real McCoy: My 2022 Person of the Year
Update: Lynne McCoy died on January 20, 2023. Her family plans a celebration of life in the spring, a time for rebirth. Her obituary.
I found a baby crow under my …