Scam Alert!

Dan ArpOpinion

Okay. Got your attention. I have been pondering this for some time trying to decide how to best present it.
I am not an engineer. However, I have been blessed with …

Mule Trading

Dan ArpOpinion

This came to me Monday as I stood on the bank of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park gazing over into Mexico.
Farmer Red had a mule. Farmer Blue …

It’s beginning to look a lot like chaos!

Dan ArpFeature

Observations.
Pictured is an image of the miasmatic scene at the Heiskell Post Office. Every day, in the wee hours, pallets of Amazon packages are unloaded for the postal workers to …

New store in Heiskell: Who says a dollar …

Dan ArpPowell

Remember the old slogan, “who says a dollar won’t buy much anymore? Every day is dollar day at the Dollar General Store.”
Well, my hometown, Heiskell, Tennessee, now has its own …

It’s probably not zebras

Dan ArpPowell

Several years ago, I met a man named Jim Hill, plant manager of DuPont Chattanooga. Heard him speak at the Chattanooga Manufacturers Association and then later got him to give …

Making elephants illegal

Dan ArpOpinion

Most everyone is familiar with the sayings “ignoring the elephant in the room” or “don’t think about a white polar bear.” Of course, we will then see the elephant and …

Mirror, mirror on the wall

Dan ArpPowell

Who is the fairest of them all? Well, certainly not me. These are the times that try our souls. Polarization seems to be at an all-time high.
Without disclosing my political …