Once upon a time when Knoxville was still a two-newspaper town, the Knoxville Journal sent me to Nashville to cover state government. I was expected to produce a couple of …
We Back Pat: Coaches showcase Summitt legacy
Vanderbilt women’s basketball coach Shea Ralph was one of the players that Tennessee fans loved to hate. She was the scowling, snarling, on-court embodiment of Geno Auriemma, the coach we …
Brasfield will not run for sheriff in ’22
Updated 1/28/2022: Attorney Travis L. Brasfield contacted Knox TN Today columnist Betty Bean today to say that after serious consideration he will NOT be a candidate for Sheriff in 2022. …
This is the week I admit I was wrong
Last summer I predicted that the Republican supermajority in the state House of Representatives would redistrict Gloria Johnson to Mars.
It really wasn’t that bold a prediction, considering the way they …
Betty Reddick, I’m going to miss you something awful
How could I not love Betty Reddick?
The first time I wrote about her she was giving “some of these old Democrat men” hell. Here’s the quote I used in that …
Santa Claus is a third-grade teacher
Dateline – last day of school before Christmas, Allen Landers’ third-grade classroom, Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy:
Teddy bears and dolls and puzzles and coloring books and basketballs and assorted toys …
Schadenfreude: Enjoy it while you can
The dictionary definition of schadenfreude is “pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune.” It’s an unworthy emotion; nothing to be proud of, for sure.
But every little once in a while, …
Davis gets appointment, Keith faces loss of job
The more things change, the more they stay the same
When the four applicants for an eight-month appointment to a soon-to-be-vacated Sessions Court judgeship finished making their pitches at a special …