Cook: The United States of P.T. Barnum
Twenty years from now, we will look back at this type of hostage-taking, shutdown politics as the first step in which such political cannibalism became normal.

Twenty years from now, we will look back at this type of hostage-taking, shutdown politics as the first step in which such political cannibalism became normal.

Face your fears, they said. Stare down your demons, they said. Step out of your comfort zone, they said.

Our government has shut down.

Adam Tatum is a human being.

The package arrived a few weeks ago in her post office box.

A long time ago, in a land far, far away, I was a coach, and a very bad one.

There are many rivers and creeks across the land, and boys play in them all the time.

Monday at lunch, I went for a little bike ride with Blythe Bailey, who's the transportation director for Chattanooga.

I hope you read about this idea and faint with delight. Laugh and not stop. Like you just won the Super Bowl and are headed to Disney. Like the Sullivan Show crowds that greeted the Beatles. That kind of joy.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.
