Tonight, we honor two brave men, Pfc. Brandon Owens and Sgt. Roberto Sanchez, who died in separate incidents in Afghanistan. Since 2001, there have been 871 American troops killed in Afghanistan. Since 2003, there have been 4348...
As you know, the special election held today in the 62nd District of the Tennessee House of Representatives has been unofficially won by Republican Pat Marsh. To help him celebrate his victory, I have come up with a list of...
Are protestors at Tea Parties angrier or happier than people who are not engaged in the political process?
According to an article in the Boston.com, Tim Kasser, a pyschology professor at Knox College, people engaged in political activism are happier.
At least...
This post is for the homecomb cataboys. I received the following message via Facebook: I know you weren't at Covenant too terribly long ago, but we're looking for clues. I am referring, of course, to the endless search for the true Rob...
I was leaving Greenlife, making my way with my bike between the parked cars. On the hood of one car was a baby in an infant seat with a woman standing nearby. I stopped to coo over the baby (just...
i promise if i had the time, the skillz, the wall, legal or not, i would be a graffiti artist. it must sound stupid right, i mean, who gives a flip? i want to hide in the dark...
For my project, I need an easy way (without modifying site CSS, please!) to create a special script - cursive or small-font - to produce a section of correspondence or journal entry. The text should make clear what it’s...
After a great weekend in the wet weather, my friends have had a chance to upload the pictures they took (at least a good handful of them) to their flickr accounts. Molly and I decided to leave our DSLR’s at...
Breast cancer doesn't just plunder body, it is a thief of memories. I have good reason to hate it, too: The memory album of my mother is too small. Blank pages are haunted with wonderings of "what might have...
KIM PHAT TIEU NAM VANG HOUSTON TX11550 Bellaire BlvdHouston, TX 77072(281) 879-8010This Houston Vietnamese restaurant scores a 9.5 out of 10. Loved it! Delicious pho, the signature vietnamese dish, is a meat soup that is eaten by adding fresh sprouts...
This week’s I Heart Faces challenge is Excited. I am in love with this picture of Tebow and just how excited he is over all. He was excited to be outside and Fuller was running circles around the house, making...
Local lawyers Wade Hinton and Maury Nicely are set to join Volkswagen Group of America’s Chattanooga Operations as in-house counsel on November 2. Both Mr. Hinton and Mr. Nicely practice with Miller & Martin, PLLC, which has offices in Atlanta,...
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know it is Tuesday and ya’ll kicked our asses on Saturday and that this is a little bit late but folks it has been a hard pill to swallow.
Not the fact that you beat us. It...
Without thinking Angels (or even Abraham or Isaac) are or were real, and without feeling it is strictly necessary to go find a positive message where nothing truly positive was originally intended in passages from the Jewish and Christian scriptures,...
Past Counterpoint performers, clockwise from left: Tim Hinck, Sheri Peck, Jenny Wilkes, Aaron Roche / Photo Credit: Zach McDonald
There are very few organizations or individuals in the southeast promoting composition and performance of new, contemporary classical music. Fortunately, Chattanooga is...
Today, voters in the 62nd House District will elect a replacement for former Rep. Curt Cobb. These off-cycle elections are usually little-noticed and attended only by activists, but not this time. More political observers than I can list or link here...
So, a few hundred words in… Don’t look for installment two for at least a week. That few hundred words was pretty tedious. Now, I’m welcoming feedback of any size or shape but mainly I’m hoping for points on...
Third District candidate Robin Smith filed her first federal fundraising report since entering the race for Congress in early July. According to a press release, her campaign raised more than $149,000 between July 1 and September 30, or more than...
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