Political Blog: Keep it real
2008-08-28
The speakers on Wednesday included military person after military person. John Hutson, rear admiral, retired, shared his frustration with “arrogance abroad and incompetence at home” then offered that he was a former Republican inspired by Barack Obama’s ideals of unity and common purpose.

VW announcement like 'Second Coming'
2008-08-10
A report in Newsweek last week described Chattanooga’s reaction to the announcement that Volkswagen will build a $1 billion assembly plant here as a near-religious revelation.

CD Reviews: Justin Townes Earle: “The Good Life.” Bloodshot Records.
2008-02-11
For those who loved country before Music Row smothered it in studio laquerwork or who are just fans of flavorful southern music with short attention spans, here’s the skinny on singer/songwriter Justin Townes Earle’s studio debut “The Good LIfe”: as soon as it hits shelves March 25, pick it up.

Sean’s Current Earworms
2008-08-29

Trends and news
2008-08-26
Today in the column and podcast we take a look at some tech news and trends that seem to be evident these days.

Restaurant feedback — and how it is sometimes taken
2008-08-27
I had an e-mail conversation with my friend, “Wild Bill.” The topic of the morning was letting a restaurant owner know when the meal was less than perfect. He had breakfast at a local diner recently. The pork chop and biscuits were both excellent, but the scrambled eggs were dry and the gravy for the biscuits was a little burned. When he walked up to the counter to pay, the fellow at the register asked if his meal was OK, and Wild Bill told him about the eggs and gravy. “He had no reaction other than to nod his head that he heard what I said,” Wild Bill said.

Slaughter leads Trojans against his former team
2008-08-24
E.K. Slaughter was looking for a head coaching job and was excited when the offer was extended by Soddy-Daisy principal John Maynard.

NASCAR: Bump-and-win it
2008-08-24
They’ve avoided the talk of a two-man battle for the Sprint Cup championship for several weeks. Following Saturday night’s Sharpie 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway, the duel is on for Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards.

Saturday in Atlanta
2008-08-29
The Tide win if ...: They can use two advantages — Clemson quarterback Cullen Harper’s elongated throwing motion and an inexperienced offensive line — to force turnovers and incompletions on third downs.

Davidson enjoying life in the Sweet 16
2008-03-27 They lined up along Faculty Drive late Wednesday afternoon, four and five deep, quite possibly more folks than Davidson College’s 1,700 total students.