I watched one of my favorite movies the other night, “Quo Vadis.” Despite the cheesy costumes and over-the-top acting, it has important historical value, in that it describes a critical but faded …
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CHRISTINE FLOWERS
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6/24/22
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By all indications, Bradley County Commission’s assistant Lorri Moultrie is an asset to taxpayers and does a crackerjack job. But lame duck Commissioner Charlotte Peak is right to question a 12% …
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6/24/22
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We citizens, as elected officials, try to travel the high road. After all there is not much traffic there! As members of school boards we sign up for a job that is challenging, rewarding and many …
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DAWN ROBINSON
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6/20/22
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6/17/22
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6/15/22
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6/10/22
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6/8/22
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6/6/22
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There are a lot of examples out there of places being renamed. A dorm at my alma mater used to be called Confederate Hall; now it’s Memorial Hall. I once skied at Squaw Valley Resort in California, …
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BILL CAREY
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6/1/22
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6/1/22
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5/30/22
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5/27/22
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5/25/22
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City officials are damned if they do — and don’t — when it comes to efforts to buck up South Cleveland and make a dent in a horrific housing shortage.
Many of you responded on Facebook to …
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5/23/22
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5/23/22
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Yes, $4.7 million is a lot of money for the state’s taxpayers to bear in the name of helping firefighters. It comes out to $24,000 for each of the estimated 194 Tennessee firefighters projected to …
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5/20/22
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5/20/22
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5/16/22
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5/13/22
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The 428,000 net new jobs last month in the Labor Department’s recent report is mildly encouraging since every major industry added workers. But the report also contains a warning that inflationary …
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5/11/22
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