Republicans risk outrunning voters

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The Republican Party is running hog wild. But to where and for what purpose?
Let’s make the case for GOP overreach that could have short- and long-term consequences:
Partisan election of school …

Lifelong learning: The big dill

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Pellissippi State Community College has opened enrollment for non-credit spring classes. See the catalog here. OK, so there are classes ranging from motorcycle riding to line dancing to hand guns …

Tim Burchett has lost his way

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Sometimes I feel sorry for U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett. He seems to have less fun the higher he rises, and he for sure is less effective.
Burchett was masterful in the …

Sheriff flunks Civics 101

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We’ve made the Washington Post with this quote from Tom Spangler.

“We will not become the mandate police,” Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler said at a news conference in Tennessee as …

The silent Paul White speaks

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Paul W. White, terminated as senior director of Parks and Recreation for Knox County, never issued a press release or called any reporters I know. He just disappeared – until …

Lost in a masquerade

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The Knox County school board endured an hour or so of public comment Wednesday before deciding the best plan for battling Covid and its variants is no plan at all. …