Opinion

Ron Hart: The Fourth Estate should have an estate sale


We have legacy corporate media that have stood by and asked no questions when the Democrats say Trump, MAGA and Republicans are a “threat to democracy.” All the while, Democrats seek to keep Trump off the ballot in several states, jail him, take his assets in New York, expand the Supreme Court, ban voter ID, censor speech and suppress opposing […]

Seth Campbell: Unpopular demand: A voucher-made mess


As the Tennessee legislature continues forward with this session, the voucher program championed by Gov. Bill Lee is undoubtedly the hallmark legislation of the year. It’s evident that Lee wants school vouchers to be his lasting legacy once he exits the political arena. The major issue with the voucher bill is that it’s wildly unpopular throughout Tennessee. While some of […]

Letter to the Editor: Our legislators are working for lobbyists, not us

Dear Editor, I just read the article in Main Street Maury concerning the bill being considered that would give Maury County permission to raise the adequate facilities tax on new construction. This bill would help but is not sufficient. The builders keep lobbying, effectively, against it. Mr. Cepicky is quoted as saying, “This is the builders’ compromise that they have agreed they […]

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Blackburn: Biden budget offers more taxes, more spending, crippling debt


Every day, Tennesseans and Americans struggle to pay rent, afford groceries, and fill up their tanks because of President Biden’s reckless, inflationary spending that has added more than $6 trillion to our national debt. In fact, since Inauguration Day 2021, prices across the board are up 18.6 percent, meaning a family in Tennessee has to spend an additional $922 a month — $11,064 over […]

Joe Dubin: ‘And don’t forget to put your seatbelt on!’


Time has a way with us, and it also has a way with places that we remember growing up. Sure, most of the places we reminisce about in our youth are gone or they have been rebuilt and look nothing like they did from years past and that is okay. My mother always said to make your memories out of […]

Ron Hart: Democrat dogma: Blame business for passing on inflation costs


When you create inflation like Joe Biden has, that cost is always passed on to the consumer. Materials, regulatory and oil costs are up, along with interest rates. The expense to do business naturally goes up; and for Biden to childishly chide business owners for raising prices, calling them “greedy and gouging” (even yelling that his Snickers bars have shrunk), […]

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Seth Campbell: The reality of four years ago


As the campaign season continues to progress, I was surprised to see former President Donald Trump’s campaign pose a somewhat familiar political question. In his quest to reclaim the presidency, Trump is asking Americans: Are you better off now than four years ago? The question is a common political play that has been utilized time and time again, but was […]

Joey Hensley: Senate takes steps to protect children from danger online


Last week, lawmakers prioritized legislation to protect children from harmful online content, as well as protect the religious freedom of foster and adoptive parents in Tennessee. Other legislation advanced to crack down on the opioid crisis by punishing distributors of deadly drugs and expanding the ability for providers to treat opioid addiction. Protecting Children from Social Media Act It is […]

Ron Hart: Weaponizing government against Trump is backfiring


All the contrived “lawfare” cases against Trump are falling apart. The cases were assigned to inept and corrupt blue-city prosecutors. And, on cue, the prosecutors are botching their jobs in a clumsy sequence of events that are more telling about the veracity of the pursuers than about their targets. They are failing because of the emergent truths found in the […]

Seth Campbell: President Biden gave dynamic State of the Union


Over a century ago, American writer and humorist Mark Twain is said to have read his own obituary, and then quipped, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Perhaps President Joe Biden can relate to Twain’s overall idea. Despite the constant clamoring from cynical and misguided Republicans, Biden is not only alive, but clearly doing remarkably well. The annual […]

Opinion: Why should state tourism department records be secret?


An often quoted phrase related to open government is one by Louis Brandeis, an attorney and associate justice on the Supreme Court whose work and writings spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric lights the most efficient policemen,” Brandeis wrote in a “Harper’s Weekly” article in 1913, one of […]

Opinion: East Tennessee legislators help preserve Tennessee history



Two East Tennessee lawmakers may have just saved Tennessee history, as far as being a subject in public schools is concerned. Senator Art Swann of Blount County and Representative Lowell Russell of Monroe County co-sponsored a bill that was just signed into law by Governor Bill Lee. The new law ensures that the required stand-alone semester of Tennessee history remain […]


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