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.

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 […]

By Walter Olson Who could possibly have seen this coming? [Arnold Kling]: Servicing [of mortgages] has been traditionally a very low-margin business, with the whole ballgame about keeping costs low. Back in 2009, policy makers treated mortgage servicers like a piñata. They beat on servicers to provide foreclosure relief, loan modifications, and so forth. They told them to administer new […]

Just because the biggest scandal involving a fraternity house has fallen to bits, that doesn’t mean universities are stopping their crackdown By Tom Leonard  /  The Spectator It’s a new semester and a new start at the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson, the university’s founder, once encouraged America’s youth to ‘come and drink of the cup of knowledge and fraternise […]

If you remember back to March 2014, Øbama signed Executive Order 13661 which banned Russian gun maker Kalashnikov from being able to import AK-47’s and other Kalashnikov weapons such as the Saiga shotguns into the USA as a sanction against Russia’s involvement in the Ukraine. Well…here’s some good news for you AK fans: Kalashnikov enthusiasts, rejoice. The official importer of Russian-made […]

It has occurred to me that there are things which you should fear because they might actually cause you harm (either physically OR emotionally). However, there are also things which other people tell you that you should be really, really afraid of and, well, you’ll see. Things (my personal favorites) which inspire TERROR: Any envelope with the words ‘Internal Revenue […]

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. Ray Kroc Raymond Albert “Ray” Kroc (October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984) was an American businessman. He joined McDonald’s in 1954 or 1955 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. Kroc was included in Time 100: The Most Important […]

January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 339 days remaining until the end of the year (340 in leap years). Holidays Australia Day (Australia) Christian Feast Day: Alberic Paula Timothy and Titus January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Duarte Day (Dominican Republic) Liberation Day (Uganda) Republic Day (India) In 1340,  King Edward III […]

Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, but who can find a faithful man? —Proverbs 20:6 We are often disappointed by the unfaithfulness of people. A family member promises to write, but months go by without a letter. A pastor says he will visit when we are sick, but he doesn’t make it to the hospital or to our […]

By Thomas Lifson A favorite tactic is to claim that “code words” or else “dog whistles” are being used when negative words are used – that these bad things are rally all about blacks. The Blackstar prefers to “code word” method. Here are six alleged code words that only, in their fevered imagination, apply to black people. “Thug” Perhaps these […]

By Trevor Thomas  /  American Thinker When Jesus stood before Pilate, just prior to going to His execution, Pilate asked Him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” After some discussion, Pilate concluded, “You are a king, then!” Jesus replied, “You are right in saying that I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for […]

While the officially admitted manipulation and suppression of gold prices by Western central banks has been documented extensively, world renowned economist and money expert Jim Rickards argued last week that the real purpose of it was to benefit the Communist Party regime ruling mainland China. As China becomes a global superpower in an increasingly globalized world, the dictatorship in Beijing […]

Written by  Selwyn Duke The government officials allegedly asked 10-year-old students what lesbians “did.” Another bureaucrat queried a young boy on what a Muslim was. And, apparently, they didn’t get the answers they wanted. Because one Christian school is now being actively monitored by the state — and another is going to be shut down. The latter is the Durham […]

Fuel the movement to restore America’s founding principles You are in a strategic position to help Hillsdale regain lost ground by educating millions of citizens about the principles of liberty—necessary for free enterprise to flourish—in 2015. Hillsdale College has a three-point plan to restore the principles of liberty in our once-great nation. This plan is already underway! Here are the […]

There is little disagreement that our planet warms and cools and certain changes occur as the result, and that it has done so since man has had the capacity to record it, is not a point of contention with me. The fact that there have been innumerable geological periods, ice ages when most of the planet froze solid and hot […]

An inspiring message of God’s faithfulness. You may and probably have seen this before, but enjoy and praise Him for what He’s doing in your life again. Sue 54 years ago, 300 feet above the forest in the middle of Oregon, my Grandfather’s life was about to be changed forever. He had just taken off in his twin engine Piper trying to […]