Sohn: There’s a dark, growing drumbeat in far-right politics
We'll have no Jan. 6 probe
Sohn: Biden turns politics on end to finally seek COVID-19’s origin
President Joe Biden made a good decision this week when he decided to roil the political waters by publicly disclosing a division within the intelligence agencies about the possible origin of COVID-19.
Sohn: Governor, wipe that migrant egg off your face
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee needs a rather large handkerchief this week - one large enough to wipe a significant amount of egg from his face.
Sohn: Tennessee’s bathroom bills belong in the toilet
Tennessee businesses beware. You are now subject to being spied on and reported to the state bathroom police.
Sohn: The GOP’s tired whine and a great policing idea
Too many House Republicans are quick to preach personal responsibility, but clearly not so quick to take that responsibility - let alone model it.
Sohn: How many times will we pay for a still-not-working Bellefonte Nuclear Plant?
Almost five years ago we wrote on this page: "It is truly mind-numbing to comprehend the vast waste of [electricity] ratepayer and taxpayer money lost on the siting, building, scrapping, building again and now abandoning Bellefonte Nuclear Plant."
Sohn: You’d think these migrant kids might vote while they’re here
The same Republicans who saw no problem with migrant children ripped from their parents arms, put in cages and lost to their families because the Trump administration didn't keep track of them, are now up in arms because migrant children are traveling through Chattanooga and a few being cared for here.
Sohn: As the COVID-19 seems to ease, what is ‘back to normal?’
We keep hearing about how we're "getting back to normal" in these not-quite-yet post-pandemic days.
Sohn: Mike Carter was a good Republican, and a good representative
Tennessee lost a good state representative and a good Republican over the weekend.
Sohn: Can a Jan. 6 commission slow GOP gaslighting?
In the same week when more and more Republican lawmakers were making light of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol - one Georgia representative even saying it looked to him like "a normal tourist visit" - top Democratic and Republican members of the House Homeland Security Committee reached agreement on legislation to form a 9/11-style bipartisan Jan. 6 commission to investigate the riot and insurrection.
