It’s understandable that there is an impulse among some state House members to expel state Rep. David Byrd, R-Waynesboro, for sexually harassing young women basketball players when he was a …
The Casada Lesson: You don’t work for the governor
Former House Speaker Glen Casada certainly did enough to deserve being ousted from leadership, but the speed and the ease with which it happened could not have occurred had his …
Adhering to due process solves jail overcrowding
Turns out doing the right thing can save the taxpayers money. Overcrowding at the Knox County jail appeared to be leading to the imminent construction of another “pod” to handle …
Dem debates just widen gulf between liberals, many voters
Republicans, independents and conservative Democrats looking for someone to replace the rude, crude, ethically challenged chief executive occupying the Oval Office looked on in vain at the Democratic debates last …
Stage is set for big UT changes
Imagine for a moment it’s a few years down the road.
– Will the University of Tennessee School of Agriculture be located at UT-Martin, out west where the farmers are?
– Will …
Casada’s political wounds were self-inflicted
It is ironic that the crash of the triumphant House Speaker Glen Casada’s empire may have been the result of him and his minions being petty and vindictive. Imagine that. …
The emperor’s new clothesline
I was just a kid, but I remember a bit of gossip that got the whole community outraged. We heard tell of a new fancy subdivision in town called Hickory …
The ‘talk’ has it a three-person race
Predicting a Knoxville mayoral election is often a slam-dunk. But this time around there are three major candidates, and in the next two months two of them will likely proceed …