NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Fans stopped by a memorial Wednesday at the Country Music Hall of Fame to say goodbye to country artist Glen Campbell, who died Tuesday at age 81. A table with flowers and a condolence book for people to sign was set up in the rotunda near…
Read MoreDay: August 10, 2017
State Senator Mark Green Not Running In 2018, Announces New Organization to Recruit People of Faith For Elected Office
In a remarkable year for State Senator Mark Green (R-Clarksville), who was the first to announce a run for governor and then selected as President Trump’s choice for Army secretary, later withdrawing his name from consideration as his nomination process became “a distraction,” followed by a grassroots effort to…
Read MoreNeighbors File Lawsuit To Stop Homeless Village On Church Property in South Nashville
Neighbors have filed a lawsuit to stop plans for a village for the homeless on the property of Glencliff United Methodist Church in South Nashville, reports NewsChannel 5. The “micro home village” would include 22 tiny homes about 220 square feet each. The Metro Board of Zoning Appeals approved a building permit…
Read MoreU.S. Defense Chief: North Korea Risks Destruction If It Starts War
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday that North Korea risks annihilation if it starts a war, and he told Pyongyang it must end its pursuit of nuclear weaponry. Mattis said North Korea “should cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the…
Read MoreCommentary: Are Conservatives and the GOP Better Off Today Than We Were Before Trump?
by Jeffrey A. Rendall At the end of his lone presidential debate opposite President Jimmy Carter in 1980, Ronald Reagan looked straight into the television camera and famously asked the American People, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” Republicans and conservatives need to similarly ask…
Read MoreHow the GOP Could Yank Party Endorsement from NeverTrump Senator Jeff Flake in Arizona
The Republican Party could dispense harsh discipline against GOP senators who deride or undermine President Donald Trump, using an little-known rule to pull official endorsements. One of those senators who could lose the nod of his own party could be Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, up for re-election in 2018. Rule…
Read MoreReport Calls On Attorney General Sessions To End EPA’s $1.5 Billion Slush Fund
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established a practice in recent years that allows the agency to “create its own de facto power of the purse,” according to a report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released Tuesday. The EPA and Department of Justice (DOJ) force private companies and individuals…
Read MoreNew York Times Admits Its Front Page Climate Change Article Was Wrong
The New York Times issued a correction to its Tuesday front page article, now admitting that the government climate report it “obtained” had actually been publicly available online for months. “An article on Tuesday about a sweeping federal climate change report referred incorrectly to the availability of the report,” TheNYT…
Read MoreConexion Americas Led Coalition, With Randy Boyd’s Non-Profit as a ‘State Partner,’ Says Students Here Illegally Deserve ‘Educational Equity’
Conexion Americas, the convener and leading member of the Tennessee Educational Equity Coalition (TEEC), has issued a letter to Sens. Alexander and Corker asking them to continue Obama’s administrative bypass of Congress that unilaterally created the questionable DACA program. Gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd’s education non-profit Complete Tennessee, on which Conexion Americas’ founder…
Read MoreFaith: Verse of the Day for Thursday, August 10
VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing August 10, Thursday Deuteronomy 20:1 “When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you…
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