A search for more burial space for military veterans in Southeast Tennessee that has spanned more than 40 years and at least three 3rd District House members e…
Kenyetta Brown takes her three children to Sheila Jennings Park in College Hill Courts every day.
The phrase "Climate change denier" has wormed its way into the modern lexicon to shame those who have a different view of the science supporting, or not, the i…
So the federal government wasn't shut down over the weekend, although we may have to go through this whole drama again in six weeks.
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for October 4, 2023.
Nineteenth-century U.S. Sen. Henry Clay of Kentucky once said he'd "rather be right than [be] president."
Against all odds, Congress avoided a government shutdown last weekend by passing a 45-day stopgap funding bill. The bill keeps government funding at current le…
Michael Ramirez's Free Press cartoon for October 3, 2023.
I'm not sure that an assembly of presidential candidates has ever given off stronger loser vibes, if I may use a word favored by the 45th president of the Unit…
Just about everything that has gushed out of our Great News Funnels in recent days and weeks seemed to be sounding an all-too-real warning: Our world's greates…
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for October 3, 2023.
The last two Supreme Court terms were a shock to the system. First came the Dobbs ruling that overturned the fundamental constitutional right to abortion care …
I wasn't sure exactly what to expect when I opened philosophy professor Clancy Martin's new book, "How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind."
The U.S. Supreme Court prepares for another term on Monday. On the docket in coming months are cases touching on a variety of important subjects, including the…
Ever since debt was invented in ancient Sumer, there have probably been people enriching themselves through bad investments. The trick is to make these investm…
