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I just heard about a local business losing a major customer over a trivial misunderstanding.
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DANNY TYREE
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3/3/23
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As I have just learned, when you lose a best friend of 40 years it is hard to think about anything else. So I hope you will allow me to reflect on friendship and loss.
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DAVID CARROLL
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3/3/23
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In my travels to other cities, I am always on the lookout for greenways and trails to get ideas and comparing what we have here. I am also curious to know the story of how a path was established: how did that community rally to get a greenway on the ground?
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CAMERON FISHER
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3/3/23
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3/3/23
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“You know, since I’ve been eating these chia seeds, I’ve noticed my beard has gotten heavier.”
My husband, Peter, was talking to my father downstairs. I sat up at …
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CARRIE CLASSON
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3/1/23
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Can you name the three people whose named appear in the Tennessee Constitution?
If you guessed George Washington, John Sevier and Andrew Jackson, you’d be wrong on all three counts. Article …
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3/1/23
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To The Editor: Concerning the front page article "BCSO employee under investigation," in the Thursday, Feb. 16, edition, I have to say that I believe that publishing this piece front and center in the paper, with multiple photos, was in extremely poor taste.
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3/1/23
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To The Editor: The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are pairing up to make global health rules for all of us on this planet, in all countries. They are not asking for our input or our approval. These rules will be mandatory for everyone, except the elite and the people making the rules. These rules will override our United States Constitution and we will be victims and slaves to their recommendations.
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3/1/23
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3/1/23
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The day started at 7 a.m. with a breakfast meeting and ended after 11 p.m. — and I was exhausted.
It was 1996. I had spent 16 straight hours with Pennsylvania’s freshman Sen. Rick …
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TOM PURCELL
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2/27/23
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As he called for an end to the death penalty last week, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said the only words that matter. And they’re so important, they bear repeating here:
“The …
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JOHN MICEK
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2/27/23
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When the Academy Awards are handed out March 12, one of Hollywood’s most confounding contradictions will be on display. The Oscar for Best Documentary will go to a film that few Americans have seen or even heard of. Yet, at the same time, streaming audiences are embracing documentaries in unprecedented numbers, creating a boom for the misunderstood genre.
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PETER FUNT
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2/27/23
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2/27/23
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Do these names mean anything to you? Zayre. Western Auto. Woolworth's.
For many of us, those names bring back fond memories of the stores of our youth. Some were downtown, others were on busy …
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DAVID CARROLL
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2/24/23
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My wife and I moved to Bradley County/Cleveland from Arlington, Tennessee (Shelby County), about a year and a half ago. Since our very happy relocation here, I have had several moments when I came very close to writing a letter to the Banner. It’s a New Year now and I can no longer put off composing this very positive missive.
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KEN PFOHL
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2/24/23
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Let's defund China.Earlier this month, a large balloon — sent aloft by the People's Republic of China — drifted its way across the United States before it was eventually shot down by a U.S. …
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2/24/23
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2/24/23
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To The Editor:
In a front page article titled “Bradley County resident charged with voter fraud” published on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, reporter Grant Bromley wrote about a …
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BILL CAREY
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2/22/23
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When people think about historic events, they usually think about military rebellions, battles and elections. But in 1854 something important happened to Nashville that doesn’t fall into any of those three categories. Had it not occurred, Nashville would have become a publishing center, and never gotten Vanderbilt University or its medical center.
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2/22/23
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There are no small number of accusations lately that — shocking as it may be — some of our politicians are lying to us.
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TOM PURCELL
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2/22/23
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