Gene Patterson reminisces on streaking ca. 1974. (Yes, we remember the "couple on the bull" incident.) KnoxViews...

Does anyone else get the feeling that our financial crisis is in large part manufactured and that we are being manipulated by the Invisible Hand of the Masters of the Universe? Deregulation and predatory lending played a part, sure, but the timing of the "meltdown" was curious. And all that wealth t...

Gov. Bredesen today announced ten local bridge projects that will be the first projects in Tennessee to be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Work could be underway on the projects by the end of March. In addition to creating local jobs and making bridges safer, Gov. ...

The motion to limit comments about a high-profile murder case at local media websites is generating a lot of controversy. (See the Knoxville News Sentinel, WBIR, and KnoxViews). This opens up a whole can of "free speech" worms that will be hotly debated, but one thing really bugs me about all this. ...

Start: Feb 26 2009 - 19:00 Timezone: Etc/GMT-5 From the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists: Different Faces: How the media cover race and diversity is set for February 26, 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Cansler Family Branch, YMCA, 616 Jessamine St, Knoxville TN. (For a Google map, click here...

Is anyone else (besides Mike Cohen) following Top Chef? I'm rooting for Carla. That Stefan guy is a [expletive deleted] and that other guy is pretty good but I don't think he's in the same league. That said, he will probably win because he isn't as quirky, personality-wise. I hated to see Fabio go, ...

Kristina Shands with the Tennessee Clean Water Network says there are 14 destructive water bills in both the Sentate and House that threaten the quality of our state's waters. TCWN needs everyone to call their elected officials and tell them TO PROTECT TENNESSEE'S WATER. We especially need folks in ...

I have this little electronic dictionary program that I've had on my PC since about 1993. It's 8MB and would fit on the tiny hard drives of the day and on even smaller notebook hard drives. It's the Random House Webster's Electronic Dictionary and Thesaurus College Edition Version 1.0, Copyright 199...

President Obama addressed the leadership of the U.S. Conference of Mayors yesterday at the White House. He laid out his plan to help local governments: ...you're on the front lines in our communities. You know what happens when folks get laid off, or they lose their homes or their health care, and t...

The Mrs. and I were discussing this the other night. I don't recall a more strident, coordinated attack on policy in quite some time, much of it fueled by disinformation spread by extremist right-wing talk radio propaganda outlets. There's also the steady stream of talking heads, so-called experts, ...