Has Knoxville finally lost its inferiority complex?
With the beginning of a new city administration I thought it might be good to look back at how the most recent mayors brought …
Knoxville: Scruffy no more
Speakers can block statue removal
Sometimes (often?) the Tennessee legislature passes little-noticed housekeeping bills that slide by during session while the body is busy debating who can use what bathroom, the Bible as the state …
Is Trump era bringing end to the Howard Baker Party?
What do these gentlemen have in common: Howard Baker, Winfield Dunn, Lamar Alexander, Fred Thompson, Don Sundquist, Bob Corker and Bill Haslam?
They are Republicans who won statewide races in Tennessee …
2020 brings challenges for Bill Lee
Bill Lee’s governorship is in some ways unique in modern Tennessee politics. He came into office as a bit of a fluke after his opponents destroyed each other. He did …
Memo to Mike Bloomberg: Stop apologizing already
My wife and I had few qualms about sending our daughter off to Manhattan to attend college. We had spent time there during Mayor Rudy Guliani’s crackdown on crime, spending …
Americans yawn through impeachment
House Democrats are making speeches about the portentous and solemn process of removing a president from office by impeachment. America is yawning.
There is no more dramatic example of the bubble …
State fails to spend funds earmarked for poor Tennesseans
Republican legislators like to complain about federal bureaucrats making laws instead of Congress. Who’s been making your spending decisions, gentlemen and ladies? And who among you approve of a $200 …
Look for tight state budget
What happens when our tax-cutting, fiscally conservative legislature is faced with a recession and a revenue nosedive?
Some experts are predicting that we are headed for a recession because, well, we’re …