What looked like a walkover in the Knox County trustee race just a couple of months ago is shaping up as a legitimate contest with the candidacy of Republican Richard …
Richie Beeler: Commission chair walks the walk
From a very young age, Commissioner Richie Beeler “talked the talk” as a Christian. But he admits there were troubled years when he did not “walk the walk” as a …
‘Liberal Tommy’ comes clean
Six months ago, the Knox County GOP sent an urgent message to voters in the city’s District 1: Beware of “Liberal Tommy” Smith, the district’s city council representative.
According to the …
Katrina Robinson: Meanwhile, in the wild West
There was enough commotion in the capitol’s Senate chamber last Wednesday to disturb the ghost of Elvis in Graceland’s Jungle Room all the way over in Memphis.
Sen. Katrina Robinson, a …
The dark chocolate menace
On Jan. 21, 2010, P.C. (pre-Covid), the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in “Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission.” Overturning lower court decisions, the Supremes said corporations could …
Things are moving in South Knox County
Growing up in North Knox County, I knew little about the south side. South Knox was the mostly rural area you passed through on your way to the Smokies, not …
Magical thinking
The writer Joan Didion passed away last month at age 87. At the time I was reading “The Year of Magical Thinking,” her Pulitzer Prize winning account of the year …
Justin Biggs: Young man in a hurry
Soul legend James Brown was said to be the hardest working man in show business; Justin Biggs just may be the hardest working office-seeker in East Tennessee.
Two years ago, almost …
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