Commentary
Editor’s column: The insurrectionist’s dictionary
Those of you who were among the 20 million Americans to tune into Thursday night’s opening hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol and those of you who plan to continue watching will likely become familiar with a number of terms. And if you read newspapers […]
Stockard on the Stump: Lawmakers create ‘bureaucracy’ to oversee immigrant child care
Some Republican lawmakers went into shock last year when they heard a plane load of unaccompanied immigrant minors debarked in Chattanooga and left a group of children there. Rumors swirled that the federal government was dropping off immigrant kids across the state, creating fear they would take over the government and start running the state […]
Commentary: An angry grandmother speaks out
I am an angry grandmother If you want to read about polls, money spent and campaign contributions, then stop reading now. But if you need to share in my frustration and anger about the continued massacre of our children, read on. Our children have just been through a pandemic. Many of them have not been […]
Editor’s column: Go west, Democrats.
For more than a decade, Tennessee Democrats have lamented the lack of a “bench” — that is, elected officials at the city and county level who can develop into respectable candidates for U.S. Congress and governor, much as Triple A ball clubs prep talented players for the Show. The lack of a political bench means […]
Commentary: State of insanity
Middle Tennessee’s economic vitality is built in good measure on relocation: decisions by employers to move operations here. The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce’s relocation pitch paints a picture of a region “defined by a diverse economy, low costs of living and doing business, a creative culture and a well-educated population.” The state of Tennessee’s […]
Stockard on the Stump: Democratic chairman to push for state handgun registry
Frustrated with the constant mass shootings across the nation, Rep. Vincent Dixie wants to do a little more than pray. He says he plans to sponsor a bill in 2023 requiring handgun buyers to register with the state, though he considers such a slight measure a “slap in the face.” The legislation would enact rules […]
Commentary: Another week, another mass shooting in America
Here we are yet again. Another week and another horrible mass shooting in America, this time at a Texas elementary school. I have always been a worrier. And because of school shootings, I worry about my friends who are teachers. I worry about my nieces and nephews. I worry about my friends who have school […]
Commentary: Southern Baptist Convention silences women
For the first 25 years of my life, I attended church religiously. I was an active member of the youth group in a Southern Baptist church. I enrolled in college at Union University—a conservative, Southern Baptist institution. When I graduated, I became the youth minister at my home church, and eventually a deacon at the […]
Editor’s column: Is this what our veterans died for?
Memorial Day usually makes me a bit nostalgic, as I think about not only the men in my family who risked their lives in combat to protect America’s freedoms but about all the families who didn’t get to witness their loved ones return home. I get a little emotional as I look at the American […]
Stockard on the Stump: Rutherford voters face quandary with Carr vs. Allen mayoral race
After years of wandering in the political wilderness, perennial candidate Joe Carr has an election he can win: Rutherford County mayor. As the Republican primary victor, he is guaranteed to pick up the votes of every person who simply marks the “R” box. But a major question is whether he can draw the backing of […]