Cook: The crime of closing Taft
Raise my damn taxes.
Cook: Robert E. Lee is alive and well
The first time I saw Robert E. Lee, he was wearing red suspenders and smiling, standing on his front porch not far from a front-yard garden full of collard greens.
Cook: Would Meryl Streep move here?
Meryl Streep, an actress so engaging she could play a London statue and still win awards, received an Oscar nomination earlier this week for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the film "The Iron Lady."
Cook: I’d like to wager nothing, Alex
Last November, Chattanooga law clerk Julie Podlesni went to California to compete in the TV quiz show "Jeopardy!"
Cook: Let’s buy the Lookouts
I wish I could say that the idea came to me in a dream, the booming voice of James Earl Jones filling my subconscious as the wind cracked through a field of dry cornstalks, Kevin Costner nearby, looking confused, while Shoeless Joe caught fly balls like they had nowhere else to go but his glove.
Cook: Race, truth and MLK
I believe Dr. Martin Luther King was a founding father of another sort -- like a president of the American conscience -- who begged us to declare independence from the cruel kings of racism, poverty and violence.
Cook: What is Tim Reid’s crime?
"Enough is enough," Mayor Ron Littlefield said not long ago. "This is an insult to churches. He is the moneychanger in the temple.
Cook: The most insulting law of the year
It was deeply embarrassing, the 5.2-mile drive from Highway 153 to Red Bank.
Cook: Roe, roe gently down the Tennessee River
Ever tasted Tennessee paddlefish caviar?
Cook: My heart like a kick drum
"I NEED A TICKET."