Should travelers confronted by young beggars give them money?
Anyone who’s taken a Caribbean cruise or visited one of the world’s less affluent countries has been approached – sometimes even mobbed – by children begging for money. Many are dirty and obviously...
View Article“Dwonna Know What I Think?”
It’s an enormous step, coming out as the person you’ve always been. Part of coming out is explaining that very fact to the people who love and care about you. You are still the person they’ve always...
View ArticleLincoln Homes party was “not a block party”
It's been called a block party by media. That's a lie. A block party assumes that all the people on the block are participants. This was not the case in Lincoln Homes Friday night. This was a private...
View ArticleJune 21, at last the Summer Solstice arrives!
. With the advent of our own marina, boaters have the option of cruising on the Cumberland to stops like Palmyra, Cumberland City or Dover. Discover the region by waterway and see Montgomery County...
View ArticleMerriel Bullock-Neal receives Unity Day Award
Dr. Merriel Bullock-Neal, candidate for Juvenile Court Judge, received this year's Unity Day Award for Community Service.
View ArticleCAPs’ Marshall Fitz ridicules GOP immigration reform intransigence
The inaction of House Republicans has come at a heavy cost to American families, communities, and the economy. To date, the House's failure to pass immigration reform has cost our nation more than...
View ArticleOpinion: Low voter turnout is “shameful”
By the time polls closed on August 7, Election Day, a meager 8,105 people cast votes in one of the biggest fields since 2006. Add that to the 11,906 people who voted in the early voting period, and...
View ArticleThe case for cursive writing
Cursive writing requires us to think think before we write, to ponder the meaning of words in a quest to find the right words and put them to paper.
View Article“Dwonna Know What I Think?”
In their 1968 book Black Rage, African American psychiatrists William H. Grier and Price M. Cobbs wrote: “Beating in child-rearing actually has its psychological roots in slavery and even yet black...
View Article“Dwonna Know What I Think?” Life lessons from Air Supply
Listen, we’ve all been a fool for love at least once, and we all thought that we, too, would find endless love. This happens for some, but for many of us, love eludes us, and we sometimes make fools...
View ArticleAmendment 1 passes in a clear urban/rural divide
Tennessee took a step back for women with the passage of Amendment 1 on the November ballot. The amendment makes the state the fourth one to add the word "abortion" to its constitution.
View ArticleThe Interview: Offensive on so many levels…
Having followed the controversy over release of the film "The Interview" for the past week, I decided --against my better judgement and personal preference -- to take a peek at the film. Fifteen...
View ArticleDwonna Know What I Think? New Year’s Resolutions
“I really hate how people talk trash about other people trying their new year resolutions. More people might stick to their resolutions if they didn’t feel like everyone is already expecting them to...
View ArticleFrench outpouring of support greater than on VE day; lack of American...
"In greater numbers than on VE day..."
View ArticleFive reasons kids should play organized sports
Regular physical activity provides a long list of physical benefits for children, but that’s not all. Daily exercise also promotes mental and emotional well-being that includes self-esteem.
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