Cook: The one speech you won’t hear
Columnist’s note: President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak this afternoon at Amazon. Odds are, his speech is already written. If not, I humbly offer this one in its stead.
Cook: Fishing and talking
Before we bring up the president's visit (See Barack City!), let's talk about fishing.
Cook: Friberg paddles from Cuba
Record Collector: Ben Friberg
Chattanoogan Ben Friberg attempting Cuba to Florida SUP record
Ben Friberg and a crew of friends and filmmakers leave today for Key West to begin his latest adventure: becoming the first to stand-up paddle board from Cuba to Florida.
Cook: The hero in orange
One of the last times I saw Peter Hampton alive was during baseball season this spring. He was wearing that pair of bright UT-orange sweatpants. I spotted them from the dugout.
Cook: Fishing while brown
In the early evening on July 3, four local men went fishing.
Cook: The next 1,000 days
Last week, Maria Shriver, former first lady of California, was in town. Still not exactly sure why.
Cook: Before Fonda, there was Webb
Not long ago, I got my Astroturf kicked by a 73-year-old man. I felt worse than Allen Casey's barge looks. By the time this man was done with me, I was like a guy wobbling out of a bar at closing time: no warm fuzzies, just a lot of stumbling and sweating followed by the worried feeling that, any minute, breakfast would be coming back up the down spout.
Cook: Black and white anger
The email came Tuesday morning. It was written by a man in Hixson. He had read Monday's column about Trayvon Martin and the fragmentation of America. Call him Rick. I assume he's white.
Cook: All we cannot save
Really, no one was acquitted. No one set free. Not George Zimmerman, and certainly not the rest of us.
