By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Iron-willed Czech Tomas Berdych ended eight years of tyranny under nemesis Rafa Nadal to storm into the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday before his next opponent Andy Murray restored British colonial rule to the floodlit center court. Maria Sharapova inflicted another grand slam reality check on Eugenie Bouchard and will play an all-Russian semi-final […]

  – Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios said he was proud of what he achieved at his home Grand Slam and would learn from the experience after being knocked out by Andy Murray 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 in the quater-finals. Kyrgios beat far more experienced professionals Ivo Karlovic and Andreas Seppi on the way to the last eight against Murray and […]

By Zach Noble  /  The Blaze Is man’s best friend being hunted down in one Texas county? Dozens of dogs in Wise County, Texas, have gone missing over the past two months — but law enforcement has no idea where the pets are going, KXAS-TV reported. “I think it’s very suspicious that three very large, friendly dogs disappear from the […]

  By Lawrence J. Fedewa   /  Washington Times Every day hundreds of millions of Americans get up, go to work and interact with other people all day long. Some of these Americans are black and some are white. There is work to be done, parties to go to, friends to talk to, neighbors to check with, salespeople and store clerks […]

  By Christy Stutzman  / Washington Times It caught my eye, near the bottom of the second page of a recent newspaper. A short article under the “In Brief” section of USA Today was tucked away, almost unnoticeable. The headline read: “Marines Delay Fitness Plan for Women, After Half Fail.” It went on to report that due to that fact […]

By Walter Williams When gasoline sold at record prices, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said, “I think it’s time to say to these people, ‘Stop ripping off the American people.’” When the average price of regular gas was close to $4 a gallon, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called for Congress to look into breaking up giant oil companies. The claim was […]

Earlier this month in Sumner County, Judge Dee Gay ruled against a motion for a summary judgment against Ken Jakes’ lawsuit asserting that state law requires the Sumner County School Board (SCBOE) to accept email and telephone requests for review and inspection of public records. The case was followed by Neil Siders and his report in regards to this case is […]

January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 338 days remaining until the end of the year (339 in leap years). Holidays Christian Feast Day: Saint Angela Merici Devota (Monaco) Sava (Serbia) January 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) John Chrysostom, Doctor, Bishop of Constantinople, 407 CE (commemoration, Anglicanism) Liberation of the remaining inmates of […]

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius   Confucius (551–479 BC) was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. His followers competed successfully with many other schools during the Hundred […]

If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. —Luke 9:23 In his book The Empty Church, historian Thomas C. Reeves says: “Christianity in modern America . . . tends to be easy, upbeat, convenient, and compatible. It does not require self-sacrifice, discipline, humility, an otherworldly outlook, a zeal […]

If not Agenda 21 then socialized health care….. Consideration of a Resolution supporting Governor Bill Haslam’s “Insure Tennessee Plan,” submitted by Councilman Ernest Brooks II.

The Coalition for a Healthy Tennessee has decided that this tiny little newspaper is worthy of its notice….  we are thrilled, of course, however since they are likely funded by the teat of the taxpayer we can produce nothing more about them.

Consideration of Ordinances to amend the text of the official code of the city of Jackson relative to Title 7, FIRE PROTECTION AND FIREWORKS; Title 12, BUILDING, UTILITY, ETC. CODES; and Title 14, ZONING AND LAND USE CONTROL, Chapter 4, SIGN CONTROL to adopt the 2012 editions of the International Fire and Building Codes, and make various amendments to the […]

From an article written by David Thomas  / The Jackson Sun Costs associated with chronic, preventable disease in Tennessee are about $6 billion annually, according to an analysis by the Governor’s Foundation for Health and Wellness. That has prompted area healthcare, business and civic officials to hold a forum Jan. 30 to address the chronically poor health condition of Tennesseans […]

Pop rock legend Rick Springfield was sued by a fan after allegedly knocking her out with his buttocks. According to news reports, Vicki Calcagno was at a concert in 2004 watching “Jessie’s Girl” star Springfield when the singer fell—and allegedly loved her with a little too much of “that body.” Calcagno claimed Springfield knocked her unconscious after he fell and […]

Gov. Bill Haslam (R-TN) is on tour again making six more stops around the state to promote his Insure Tennessee plan to extend health coverage to more than 200,000 low-income people and rob taxpayers to provide for it. The Gov had decided to kicked off his tour last week at hospitals in Jackson and Memphis where the admins had already promoted […]

  Illinois school district warns parents that in doing investigations under new cyber-bullying law it may require students to hand over their Facebook passwords [Vice Motherboard on “cyber-bullying”] Sheldon Silver (D), “the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he fights federal corruption charges,” the New York […]

See what happens when you pass “sexual orientation laws” By Eugene Volokh  / The Washington Post Several readers have e-mailed me about the Bill Jack / Azucar Bakery incident in Denver (I quote from an article here at The Post, by Abby Ohlheiser): A Denver bakery has found itself at the center of an LGBT rights controversy. But this isn’t […]