Yearly Archives: 2008

Live at the Met continues with MacBeth

The Metropolitan Opera continues its eight-performance series of high definition live broadcasts with a new production of Giuseppi Verdi's MacBeth on January 12 at...

Property Rights Coalition seeks equal time to air information at “blight” hearing

The Steering Committee of the Clarksville Property Rights Coalition has requested that the CPRC, and the groups who are working with us, the Tennessee...

American Road Show: New Hampshire votes

Crossing into blue state territory is always an adventure; being in blue state territory as the first presidential caucuses and primaries unfold is, to...

TACIR to act on verifiable votes

Yesterday’s New York Time’s Magazine cover story, "Can You Count on Voting Machines?," offers valuable and in depth coverage of electronic voting machines...

Development on steroids: Rethinking urban planning for a city on the grow

It is with a walloping dose of dismay, a meager bit of optimism and sometimes amusement that I follow stories of the city's intent...

The Corporation: Examining the new world order

One hundred and fifty years ago, the corporation was a relatively insignificant entity. Today, it is a vivid, dramatic and pervasive presence in all...

Life Center Foundation: Hope thrives in the aftermath of substance abuse

The Life Center Foundation is all about hope. So is Bill Irby, director of this life changing program that serves as "a bridge to...

The road home: A journey of memory, hope

While in the U.S. Army for 20 years, I identified my home of record as St. Louis, Missouri, where I was raised on the...

NYT to blast e-voting; TACIR urges verifiable votes in Tennessee

"A long way from where we started..." With those words activist Bernie Ellis, a staunch advocate for traceable, verifiable voting records, cited a BRAD BLOG...

The “F” word: Give it a rest!

It's a New Year. How about a resolution of a different kind? I get dozens of e-mails, bulletins, notes, jokes, "funny" surveys, cartoons, etc., replete...

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