Opinion: Lying among politicians and the rest of us; neither leads to much good
How can you tell when a politician is lying?

How can you tell when a politician is lying?

Students and their parents who already have to worry about mass shooters, social media bullying, opioid abuse and those annual standardized tests in schools now have a heightened cause for concern.
The latest battle on the abortion front involves the application of one of a series of 19th-century federal laws that, according to a U.S. District Court judge who cited it, "bars the mailing of abortion drugs only when the sender has the specific intent that the drugs be used unlawfully."
Nobody likes to be played, especially where elections or critical issues are involved.
During the Trump presidential administration, U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, often was characterized by his critics as the president's poodle for his slavish devotion, votes, and, later, his objection to certification of the 2020 presidential election.
The invitational email from the Hamilton County mayor's director of communications invited members of the media to the dedication of the Victims Memorial Park Thursday.
Remember when the teacher punished the whole class because Johnny was flipping eraser bits into Caroline's hair and nobody would rat him out?
While politicians debated side issues related to an expansion of the Tennessee Education Savings Account (ESA) pilot program, many Hamilton County students continued to struggle in underperforming public schools.
It's true that the just concluded 2023 Tennessee legislative session has concerned itself at various times — and sometimes oddly — with drag queens, TikTok and firing squads, so residents who care about fiscally conservative government, low taxes and business growth may be wondering how the state fared in these areas.
Fifty years ago today, the United States Supreme Court ruled on a case dealing with the right of a Chattanooga student to wear a Confederate emblem on his jacket, and that ruling seems to have been a precedent for subsequent court rulings on similar matters.