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COLUMN: Are we a nation run by fools?

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 20:23
It seems like only yesterday when President Obama stood in front of an electrified audience at the 2012 Democratic National Convention just days before the deadly September 11, 2012 attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, reminding supporters,

GUEST EDITORIAL: China not biggest US creditor

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 21:36
Populist politicians are much too eager to jump on the bogeyman bandwagon.

COLUMN: Obama may be wrong about politics for '14

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 21:36
Thirty-one months ago Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell affronted the media and other custodians of propriety by saying something common-sensical. On Oct. 23, 2010, he said:

COLUMN: Three lost girls are found

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 21:35
The story of three girls grabbed from the streets of Cleveland and caged in their neighborhood for some 10 years demands scrutiny beyond expressions of shock.

Feds get closer look at fake mobile bill charges

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 19:47
WASHINGTON (AP) — When a mysterious, unauthorized fee appears on your cellphone bill, it's called 'cramming' and consumer advocates and regulators worry it's emerging as a significant problem as people increasingly ditch their landlines for wireless phone

CARTOON: Background Check

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 17:39

Karen Parr-Moody's Delusions of Glamour: Memories of Manhattan and mother love

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 00:52
The end of 1993 was rough on Judy Parr. She had lived in Alabama her entire life and here she stood, late one night, on the platform of an Atlanta train station.

COLUMN: Syrian intervention: Some questions

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 19:40
For all the armchair generals advocating U.S. military intervention in Syria, I have a few questions:

GUEST EDITORIAL: Parents must add 'tech talk'

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 19:03
Parents have a lot on their plates these days. Among the latest challenges is the need to come to grips with today's technology and how it might affect the lives, safety and even the futures of children. Today, having '

CARTOON: Let Us Pray

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 18:08

A commitment to Clarksville: Former newspaper editor Dee Boaz establishes a scholarship that will last through the ages

Sun, 05/05/2013 - 00:30
Back in her working days, Dee Boaz was a 'poor newspaper lady,' she said.

GUEST EDITORIAL: FBI probe tarnishes political star

Sat, 05/04/2013 - 03:35
When Gov. Bill Haslam ran for the state's top post in 2010, he bolstered his credentials as a successful businessman by touting the family company.

LETTER: After all of these years, bridge is still unsightly

Sat, 05/04/2013 - 03:33
I moved here some six years ago and after my first trip down Riverside Drive, wrote a commentary about the unsightly railroad bridge which was in dire need of a paint job.

CARTOON: Iron Man

Fri, 05/03/2013 - 18:47

COLUMN: The limits to surveillance in US

Fri, 05/03/2013 - 18:27
America's top intelligence official said Thursday there isn't any evidence so far that the Boston Marathon bombers had help from foreign terrorist networks.

CARTOON: Syria game changer

Fri, 05/03/2013 - 02:22

The limits to surveillance

Thu, 05/02/2013 - 22:55
America's top intelligence official said Thursday there isn't any evidence so far that the Boston Marathon bombers had help from foreign terrorist networks.

COLUMN: Supreme Court is not enforcing constitutional limits

Thu, 05/02/2013 - 22:21
But under today's regulatory state, which Madison could hardly have imagined, the legislature, although still a source of much mischief, is not the principal threat to liberty.

GUEST EDITORIAL: Jason Collins' bravery is an inspiration

Thu, 05/02/2013 - 22:07
In a self-authored Sports Illustrated article released online Monday, NBA player Jason Collins became the first openly gay active player in the history of major American team sports.

LETTER: Generate, not create

Thu, 05/02/2013 - 22:07
If those officials in Washington put as much effort into addressing the employment situation as they do on immigration and gun control, I believe the economy would recover.