Cook: The vacation that wasn’t
Erlanger freezes paid time off for 4,000 employees in attempt to curb losses
Cook: Reform and roads less traveled
One of the most significant moments in local politics is unfolding smack-dab before us.
Cook: Married with children
We need conservatism more than ever.
Cook: Congested area ahead
It is rush hour Friday and I'm leaving downtown and headed north into the heart of Chattanooga road construction: across the Olgiati Bridge, up the road dividing what's left of Stringer's Ridge, and onto the exit ramp toward Red Bank and Signal Mountain.
Cook: The life and death of Jamie Coots
You hear me? God won't fail.
Cook: Opening the door for education
In a week or so, state Sen. Todd Gardenhire plans to introduce legislation that will take some political bravery. His bill deals with a politically emotional topic -- the kind we yell at the TV about -- and is not necessarily along party lines. It may not even be the most popular idea -- at least just yet -- among his constituents.
Cook: Anyone like me
Several weeks ago after church, I met a woman who told me a story about growing up in Chattanooga.
Cook: This can be done on any street
On a cold evening last week, about 50 of us - in coats and scarves, some strangers, some not - gathered in Franklin and Tresa McCallie's Read Avenue home to talk about the one thing we don't ever talk about.
Cook: A true love story, again
I got my wife a card. It cost $2.95 at the grocery store and has a picture of two cats cuddling by the fire. The inside reads: "Thoughts of you make me feel warm and fuzzy all over."
Cook: Hoffman again … and again
It's been 10 days since Philip Seymour Hoffman, possibly our era's finest actor, was found dead and alone in his apartment, a needle in his arm.
