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September 11th, 2001. A Date Which WIll Live in Infamy

Sep 11, 2021 at 08:00 am by robmtchl 2

September 11th, 2001   To quote Alan Jackson: "Where were you when the world stopped turning?"   A date that for our generation will "live in infamy." They mur.... Read More

Shouldn't Laws Protect Rights and Grant Privileges?

Sep 03, 2021 at 09:00 am by robmtchl

Rights and privileges are determined by the societies that embody and enforce them. Separate from that is whether there are moral or ethical rights. See, the way I think.... Read More

Can you Believe What those Stupid People have done? This will make you MAD!!

Sep 01, 2021 at 09:19 am by robmtchl

On June 16, 1858, a future President Abraham Lincoln said "A house divided against itself cannot stand." In that speech, he was addressing the national divide over t.... Read More
Rutherford County's Historic Courthouse

Why you shouldn't drive drunk or vote angry

Aug 30, 2021 at 10:00 am by robmtchl

It seems there is a lot of anger going around. A recent poll conducted by NBC News, along with Survey Monkey and Esquire, found that 49 percent of Americans say they are angry.... Read More

Do for-profit hospitals provide more charity care than tax-exempt hospitals?

Aug 20, 2021 at 09:40 am by robmtchl

Many U.S. hospitals provide charity care to financially disadvantaged patients without the expectation of getting paid for their services. Nonprofit hospitals receive a sizabl.... Read More

New Census Data: Rutherford County surges by 30%

Aug 16, 2021 at 09:32 am by robmtchl

According to information from the US Census Bureau, Rutherford County's population as of April 1, 2020, is 341,486. That is up 78,882 people from the 2010 census. Of the larg.... Read More

Rapid Development May Encroach on Historic Cemeteries

Aug 06, 2021 at 10:45 am by robmtchl 10

The people who lived before us are often just beneath our feet, even if their tombs are sometimes forgotten. Lost under urban development, they are rediscovered when a subway.... Read More

America, The Open Road Awaits!

Aug 05, 2021 at 09:00 am by robmtchl

From the first "road trips" of the pioneers lighting out for the riches of the West to the California Gold Rush to the Dust Bowl refugees of the Great Depression chasing jobs.... Read More

BestPlaces.com ranks Nashville/Rutherford County 'Manliest' area in the nation

Jul 28, 2021 at 08:00 am by robmtchl

BestPlaces.com Manliest Cities Article ranked what makes a city manly from 50 major metropolitan areas. Using criteria such as number of professional sports tea.... Read More

To Dump or not to dump? Thats the question about landfills

Jul 20, 2021 at 09:30 am by robmtchl

To dump, or not to dump? That's the question! Landfill dumping has been a main approach for municipal solid wastes disposal and will be continued in the near future. However,.... Read More