102 were killed in Afghanistan in June; 14 have died so far in July (and this is just the 6th, 25 more days to go). Please take a moment to view this beautiful tribute. The bagpipes will touch...
I would never really call myself an environmentalist. But by most definitions, I suppose I am just a teensy bit of one. But I think of it totally differently. Here are my jumbled thoughts... God gave us this...
Growing up, my parents told me awful stories about the economy in the early 1980s. My dad was finishing graduate school and worked part-time at a grocery store. Inflation was out-of-control, and he spent his days constantly re-pricing items. (This...
By a 5 to 4 vote Tuesday evening, the Chattanooga City Council approved a $185 million operational budget for fiscal 2011 that includes a 37-cent increase to the city's property tax rate. The tax increase, approximately 19 percent, is the...
After a swift and unanimous confirmation, Bobby H. Dodd was sworn in as Chattanooga's 27th police chief Tuesday evening. Judge Bob Moon, a childhood friend of Dodd's, conducted the oath of office and delivered a few brief remarks in praise...
My parents were married for 26 years. That entire time, if you opened our medicine cabinet, you'd find two tubes of toothpaste. My dad was an Aquafresh or die man, and Mom was a Colgate consumer. Never the twain shall...
A few months back I saw a review for Envibum diapers and they looked so amazing I was instantly sorry they weren’t available when I first got all my diapers. Well recently I bought two of them just to...
At the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Oklahoma City, Daily Energy Report caught up with Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield to discuss LEED-certified public buildings and fuel-efficient vehicles.
"We are making sure that all of our new public buildings are LEED-certified," Littlefield...
I’ve updated my Textmate MML bundle to include creation of multi-song NSFs (which I’m using for the background music in Mimeo and the Kleptopus King). The updated bundle includes two new Commands “Build All” and “Run All” that compile all...
Kim and Steve were married in beautiful fashion at the JW Marriott at Grande Lakes in Orlando. You know it's going to be something when a beautiful pair of Jimmy Choos are waiting in the bride's room. Just married...I love...
Stacked cork. By Cathy Collier.
Written by Cat Collier.
Team Lump, a revolving collective of self-described lowbrow, picky, educated, lesser known artists brought their sculpture garden installation Skins & Skeletons to the Association for Visual Arts Gallery. On Friday...
As sheriff of Graham County, Arizona, Richard Mack became somewhat of a national figure through a legal challenge to the so-called "Brady Bill." He has since become an author and seminar speaker, and was a featured guest at the Tennessee...
The Supreme Court dominated last week's news cycle with the confirmation hearings of U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan as well as a split ruling on the interpretation of the Second Amendment.
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"America's foundation myth: the taming of the uncivilized frontier, where a good man can triumph in the face of adversity and prosper." IFC's documentary opens with grit and intensity as it explores iconic themes of the Old West and the...
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