It’s time to take the “Family Values” mantle away from people who use it as a cudgel against those who don’t see eye to eye with them. No longer can …
Can One Billboard Owner Threaten Tennessee’s Beauty?
I was only 9 when the Highway Beautification Act passed in 1965 but I remember it—not because I was some 4th grade public policy nut, but because the woman who …
The Politics of Fearmongering Are Invading Our Schools
A rhinoceros is terrorizing my mailbox! He’s down there right now, ramming at it, leaving me no choice but to harness the power of my wrath and indignation to force …
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.: It’s Past Time to Respect Facts—and Our Fellow Human Beings
When, on my first trip to New York City, I ordered a Coke at a deli, the man behind the counter asked me to say it again. “I’ve never heard …
Want Change? Vote Local and Don’t Buy the Con
We had quite the kerfuffle here in House District 18 this summer, and I don’t mean the infamous shoving incident between Martin Daniel and Steve Hall. I’m referring to the …