"South Knox" blogger Randy Neal has an exclusive with the gubernatorial candidate from Clarksville. Next we asked her thoughts on why Tennessee ranks so poorly in education and what we can do about it. Ms. McMillan said "it is a shame," and...
Tim Nichols, via normblog…
2 Caveats -
1) I know I promised a different take on this subject in the past, but I’ve always managed to get stuck actually writing it…
2) Etymology is a poor substitute for definitions. I always...
A few weekends ago, the corner of the blogosphere where I have set up camp was a flurry of activity based on one topic: Blogher09. It is a conference for bloggers, mostly women (but men can go too!), put together...
Alain hits on two main things I think about. Those being our obsession with status as a society and the unachievable idea of being valued based one's achievements. Status has been and continues to be something I struggle with. The...
There is no such thing as “plain food” anymore. Concerns about production, cost, availability, nutritional content, and its overall impact on public health and the environment have put food at the fast-growing intersection of U.S. public policy and grass roots...
TN03 has learned from a Democratic Party source that Chattanooga physician Brent Davis Staton will be announcing a decision whether to join the Third District race “in the near future.” There had been unconfirmed reports for several weeks that Dr....
Our summer garden has proven to be so bountiful and a source of so much happiness. Below Katie(our beloved intern) and Beth)one of the wonderful newcomers to the farm crew) are carrying honeydews and cantaloupes which we've been harvesting each day by...
There are two great injustices of my middle school years, inflicted from adult to child, that to this day infuriate me: Mr. Tipton's and Mrs. Lumpkin's failure to do the reasonable and right thing in two very different circumstances.The Great...
Welcome to TN03, a Chattarati blog dedicated to covering a single political race: that for the U.S. House of Representatives in Tennessee’s Third District.
Old hands can skip this paragraph, but if you haven’t been paying attention, here is some background:...
A cover of a cover. Written by Bob Dylan, popularized by Jimi Hendrix, arranged by Dave Matthews and recently renewed by Bear McCreary, I’ve been playing this song for more than a decade. This recording was banged out this morning...
The front yard of our home on Clover Street was quite nice when we bought the home earlier this year. It really needed a bit of love though and some expert grooming and now it looks fantastic. Mostly...
Let’s get this out of the way: Chattanooga, we set a lofty goal and we let you down. A good boss once told me, “don’t apologize, just tell me how you’re going to fix it,” so here goes. Never mind that school...
First of all, name that book.Second of all, let me tell you a little story. Yesterday started badly when both boys woke up at 6:30, having soaked their beds. I figured it was going to continue on this...
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