Since I’m older than dirt, there have been occasions over the years when first-term state legislators would ask me if I had any advice for them.
Yes.
When a major and controversial …
Lamar was right
Beware the Cretin Caucus
I know Tennesseans are passionate about sports but I didn’t realize that we have an epidemic of young men having their genitals removed so they can play women’s basketball. Why …
Knoxville: Scruffy no more
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 …
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 …