However the recall effort against Mayor Ron Littlefield turns out, there will be no real winners.
There was a lot of unfortunate contention when Tennessee lawmakers considered and passed a bill requiring voters to present valid photo ID at the ballot box.
Residents of Bradley County and the surrounding area are no doubt proud that German company Wacker Chemical has just announced a $300 million additional investment at its facility there.
Hundreds of thousands of patriotic women have served well and honorably in the U.S. armed forces.
Not only Catholics but everyone in the Chattanooga area and indeed in our entire country should be troubled by the Obama administration's newly announced rule that religious schools', charities' and hospitals' health insurance programs must cover contraceptives.
If it wasn't already apparent that Tennessee needs to tighten up rules on providing lottery-funded college scholarships, it is now.
It is bad enough that the federal government subsidizes the purchase of unpopular electric-powered vehicles—to the tune of a $7,500-per-car tax credit.
It has long frustrated presidents to have to sign or veto spending legislation that includes both necessary items and waste. Signing such a bill means creating more debt; vetoing it means rejecting legitimate spending.
What a roller coaster ride the contest for the Republican nomination for president has become!
The Tennessee Constitution calls for the popular election of state Supreme Court and appellate judges.
Georgia lawmakers meant to do the right thing in 1994 when they enacted a law forbidding people to advertise offers to help someone commit suicide.
Flouting the will of the people of California, a panel of the ultraliberal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 2-1 ruling this week that a 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage is a violation of the Constitution's equal protection guarantee.
It can't be a good sign when our country more or less gets used to the federal government adding more than $1 trillion to the national debt, year in, year out.
Planned Parenthood has claimed often, in the wake of its funding spat with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, that it promotes women's health.
No country situated near Iran is especially secure. But perhaps no nation is threatened more directly by Iran than Israel.
