Wendell Potter’s name has a sharp resonance in Washington. For more than 20 years he was an executive in public relations for Humana and CIGNA, until he went public, first …
The Way Forward: The death of print, and the future of local news
At this writing, the Mercury is still an award-winning local newspaper with a readership, counting those who find it online, of over 40,000. We will maintain its website, with all …
Honor and the Ladies: the afternoon Suttree Landing hosted a jousting tournament
The ever-surprising riverside strip just recently known as Suttree Landing Park keeps surprising us. When that long-neglected patch emerged as a city park earlier this year, I’d assumed it was …
My lost photos: minor documents in the history of an underappreciated little street
Wall Avenue is one of downtown’s shortest streets, a two-block, one-way jog from Gay Street to Walnut. In the middle of it are the steps to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s …
My life as a two-wheeled contrarian
I’m always out of step. In the ’80s, I was all about craft beer, berating Knoxville for its embarrassing dearth of ales of a hue and bite and alcohol content …