Voices

We should look back to the '80s for our future

Nov 09, 2020 at 09:19 am by robmtchl 1

The populist conservative movement known as the New Right enjoyed unprecedented growth in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It's greatest salesman was Ronald Reagan. It appealed.... Read More

Dear Rutherford County, Don't be like Nashville! Take a look at corporate tax breaks!

Oct 28, 2020 at 09:16 am by robmtchl 1

Recent events to the north of us in Davidson County have pointed out some very serious flaws in the standard arguments revolving around growth, economic development and p.... Read More

Your Vote Matters

Oct 26, 2020 at 10:30 am by Chloe Cerutti

As a transplant from Washington State where mail-in voting works exceedingly well and is standard practice, I can highly recommend this voting procedure as a method which ha.... Read More

A Visit to the ER Feels Like We've Been to a Superspreader Event

Oct 22, 2020 at 12:59 pm by MK37130 4

Recently my husband had to go to the emergency department at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital and it feels like we've just been at a superspreader event. It is infur.... Read More

Faparusi: Key to economic recovery is small business, entreprenuership

Oct 19, 2020 at 10:00 am by Voice Wire

In the first quarter of 2020, our country and state shut down, not because there was a world war but because there was a global pandemic that caught us flatfooted. Due to the.... Read More

Faparusi: SCOTUS nomiation 'a matter of the president's discretion'

Oct 15, 2020 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire 1

Independent Senate Candidate, Yomi "Fapas" Faparusi, provides his opinion on the nomination of Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Yomi Faparusi stated, "Article II, Secti.... Read More

Legal Aid Society: Why Civil Legal Aid Is Essential for Economic Recovery

Oct 02, 2020 at 11:00 am by Voice Wire

COVID-19 has sent Middle Tennesseans into a tailspin. It is becoming evident that the long-term effects will be serious, and in some respects, permanent. Many of us are fac.... Read More

Mike Sparks: We should all be concerned about Tennessee Democrats removing John DeBerry from ballot

Sep 25, 2020 at 10:30 am by Voice Wire 4

I had a good, yet surreal conversation with Rep. John DeBerry earlier this week. We were talking about how America is changing and that our civil liberties and freedoms are sl.... Read More

Sparks: Democracy Dies in the Darkness

Sep 16, 2020 at 08:00 am by Voice Wire 2

A few years ago, I decided to go back to Middle Tennessee State University and take the remaining few hours to complete my college degree. After attending a few semesters part.... Read More

Baum: MTSU-Meharry partnership will transform rural health care

Sep 15, 2020 at 10:00 am by Voice Wire 1

Many in Tennessee state government share the goals of increasing access to health care, helping rural and distressed counties and providing additional funding for education..... Read More

Brandon Thomas: Confederate symbols are here to intimidate

Sep 10, 2020 at 11:00 am by Voice Wire 4

Outside of a Black-owned business in Nashville, a box with a Confederate flag hung from a tree. The box wasn’t about history: it was about intimidation. The box, which h.... Read More

Brandon Thomas: Why our healthcare workers deserve better than Mike Sparks

Sep 01, 2020 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire

Recently, State Rep. Mike Sparks, R-Smyrna, presented HR 8001 to the General Assembly, "A Resolution to commend local governments, healthcare workers, long-term care facilit.... Read More