Cook: Everybody has a heart – the wisdom of Will Hunt
One year ago this week, Will Hunt's heart gave out.
Cook: A prayer for Butch Jones
Thank God for Butch Jones.
Cook: City Hall silence and the ongoing sewer crisis
Since early August, the city of Chattanooga has disconnected water service to more than 400 of its citizens and commercial customers.
Cook: It’s tough getting old: jelly doughnuts and herniated discs
Looking back, I should have seen it coming.
Cook: The living, the dead and the courage of memory
Between 1885 and 1906, four black men were lynched in Chattanooga.
Cook: Las Vegas and our response time
There is a gap, a moment, a pause.
Cook: Kneeling good for the American soul
He could have turned his back.
Cook: How much tourism is left in the ground?
Like any nonrenewable energy source, our current tourist economy will one day run dry. Past economies prove this death-rebirth life cycle; from indigenous and Cherokee to pre-industrial to 20th-century factories, none last forever.
Cook: $100 million and 450,000,000 box tops
Last week, Hamilton County commissioners voted 8-1 for a property tax plan that promises $100 million for public school infrastructure.
Cook: Gen. Stewart and the Good Man argument
The 98-year-old statue of Confederate Gen. Alexander P. Stewart should come down.
