Sohn: The shock is past. Now let’s tackle COVID-19
When all the pandemic confusion subsides, we hope the news is better than we expect, and the mood here and across the world can lighten.
Sohn: Coronavirus is making itself felt now in the Chattanooga area
On the same day Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declared a state of emergency to step up Tennessee's response to the COVID-19, the number of Volunteer State cases doubled from nine to 18.
Sohn: Sheriff says all dash-cam video not lost, but keeping it in the future is a $4.5 million ask?
First, we here in Hamilton County learned that all dash camera footage for 130 Hamilton County patrol deputies taken between Oct. 25, 2018, and Jan. 23, 2020, was lost after a software failure on Jan. 13.
Sohn: Sheriff says all dash-cam video not lost, but keeping it in the future is a $4.5 million ask?
First, we here in Hamilton County learned that all dash camera footage for 130 Hamilton County patrol deputies taken between Oct. 25, 2018, and Jan. 23, 2020, was lost after a software failure on Jan. 13.
Sohn: We can’t beat COVID-19 without ‘good’ government, but we sure can’t beat it with ‘bad’ government
Nothing has made the case for why we need good government more than the new and novel coronavirus known as COVID-19.
Sohn: COVID-19 deserves our concern and research; President Donald Trump deserves our panic
Are we there yet? Are we at the intersection of fear and dread? Are we afraid yet? In some ways, yes.
Sohn: It’s up to us – the community – to force political will for schools on our sad-sack Hamilton County commissioners
There is a very fine line between political will and leadership. Political will is what we lack today to take necessary but difficult actions, and leadership is what it will take to create political will.
Sohn: Tennessee tornadoes and other extreme weather are not acts of God; they are intensifying because of us
A long-running joke about Tennessee weather has been that if you don't like it, just hang around a few minutes and it will change. But the joke is starting to be not so funny. The extremes of climate change are turning our normal quirky weather changes into extremes. And into extreme killers.
Sohn: Grow Ferger Place, not blight
You know that saying about the only thing needed for bad to triumph is for good people to say nothing?
Sohn: Super Tuesday is America’s future. Please go vote your heart – and your head
Drum roll, please The headlines are seductive:
