Cook: Voting Day is every day
For many in Chattanooga, it hurts in the worst place.
Cook: The littlest spaceman: a story of family [photos]
It was just after Valentine's Day. Kat, 34, and Krista, 29, had tried for years to get pregnant. Back in the fall, the doctors had good news: the fertility treatments worked. Really worked. Krista was carrying twins!
Cook: The most broken system in Tennessee
Need a reason to be against the death penalty?
Cook: The annual Christian Bryant column
Each year, around this time, I try to write a column about Christian Bryant.
Cook: How to save the future of football
A century or so ago, American football was quite different. Touchdowns counted 5 points. Field goals, 4. There was no such thing as a forward pass. Or helmets. Games were 70 minutes long. A first down came after five yards, not 10.
Cook: Make America Meek Again
Years ago, I stumbled onto centering prayer, then meditation, and both have saved me in the way swimming lessons would a drowning man.
Cook: Death row communion: remembering Kelly Gissendaner
One year ago this week, prison officials working for the state of Georgia - backed with the blessing of prison chaplains, wardens, politicians and parole board members - executed Kelly Gissendaner.
Cook: Brainerd High is America
Protest has always been part of who we are. Dumping tea. Greeting tax collectors with tar and feathers. Declarations of rebellion. There is no America without American protest.
Cook: In aftermath of 9/11, UTC professor teaches love
For the last 10 years or so, students have reunited in early September over a meal. Sometimes it's just two or three. Sometimes the table is packed.
Cook: Why I ran the Cameron Bean Memorial 5k
Cameron Bean lives. How else can you explain what happened last Saturday, when a small town of runners woke up before dawn to descend upon the North Shore, all because of Cameron?