Voices

Letter to the Editor: Public Education is the Great Equalizer

May 26, 2022 at 01:29 pm by Voice Wire

As a retired educator, I want to say a special “thank you” to the current public school teachers who work with every student every day.  Unlike so many other.... Read More

'Building Safety Month' Does Little to Make Tennesseans Safer

May 18, 2022 at 10:35 am by Chloe Cerutti

Governor Lee’s Building Safety Month does little to make Tennesseans safer. One has to wonder about Governor Lee’s priorities when he declared May to be "Building.... Read More

Summer on Main Street

May 16, 2022 at 01:12 pm by cghattas

Warm weather and school holidays remind me of my childhood years at 407 East Main Street. Like many children of that day and the present, both my parents worked outside the ho.... Read More

Don't Panic: This is Not a Tax Bill!

May 12, 2022 at 01:16 pm by robmtchl

What is this notice I got in my mailbox? By law, property values in Tennessee must be brought to market value and equalized between the various property types. This notice is.... Read More

My Rights, Your Morality, No Winners

May 11, 2022 at 02:04 pm by Waterman 2

It’s not likely that many who read this piece are trained and experienced in constitutional law, least of all its author. That being said, those of us who are not member.... Read More
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A Mother's Legacy

May 04, 2022 at 09:45 am by cghattas

  With Mother’s Day approaching, my thoughts go to my mother. Helen Roberts Brown was born in Wilson County in 1930. She’s been gone from us since January 19.... Read More

Misfits and Pirates: Made for Each Other

Apr 27, 2022 at 11:23 am by Paulette Jackson

They used to be a big seller at the Toy Store. They were posable characters; a dog with a wooden leg and a cat with an eye patch, both made in the image of ruffian swashbuck.... Read More

No More Other People's Trash

Apr 26, 2022 at 02:27 pm by MK37130

Well, the Central Tennessee Regional Solid Waste Planning Board just voted to pass a resolution to disallow out of region waste from coming to Middle Point Landfill (or any la.... Read More

Opinion: The Price Nobody Wants to Pay

Apr 25, 2022 at 01:38 pm by Waterman 2

On April 15, I posted a comment in response to a piece by Chloe Cerutti in which Ms. Cerutti gave a few examples of how socialism is alive and well in America and how it benef.... Read More

Hope: Feathers and Anchors

Apr 14, 2022 at 11:49 am by Paulette Jackson

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the.... Read More