Plenty of novelists write thrillers each year featuring tough-guy protagonists — and hope these guys become the next or of the literary world. Not many of those protagonists, however, have the backing of someone who likely could be the protagonist of his own series of thriller novels.
Read MoreDay: March 5, 2018
‘Unbridled’ Movie Screening Held at Embassy Suites Murfreesboro
The award-winning motion picture Unbridled is set for nationwide Cinema release on Friday, April 27, 2018, to tell the real-life stories of a horse center that pairs abused women with rescued horses, resulting in mutual healing.
Read More‘We Hate the Oscars!’ Regular People Speak Up
“I stopped watching this drivel when I realized the Academy was just a popularity contest and platform to promote every idiotic idea out there,” a reader wrote to LifeZette over the weekend on the subject of the Oscars. She is hardly alone. Many others posted comments on Facebook, Twitter and…
Read MoreNashville Mayor Megan Barry Calls Report by WTN’s Brian Wilson That Sources Say She Visited Mt. Olivet Cemetery with Bodyguard Boyfriend ‘False and Slanderous’
On Monday embattled Nashville Mayor Megan Barry called a report by WTN’s Brian Wilson that sources say the mayor and her bodyguard boyfriend Sgt. Rob. Forrest visited Mt. Olivet Cemetery at sunset on several occasions over a six month period “false and slanderous.” Last week, NewsChannel 5 reported, based on…
Read MoreAnti-Skullduggery Act Invoked in Sumner County Commission GOP Primary Marred by Allegations of Candidate Intimidation
The little-known and rarely used “Anti-Skullduggery Act of 1991” has been invoked by Sumner County officials in the already contentious Republican primary in the 7th District of the Sumner County Commission. The colorfully named law, enacted as TCA 2-5-101(h)(1) provides that if a qualified incumbent dies or properly withdraws on the last day…
Read MoreJC Bowman Commentary: Keeping Union Members Trapped
An expected U.S. Supreme Court decision, will change the political landscape. And unions are desperately trying to hold on to their political power after Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is ruled on, the political landscape may very well change.
Read MoreAnalysis: The Top 6 Logical Fallacies to Look Out For in Today’s Gun Control Debate
by Jon Miltimore In 2017, the data website FiveThirtyEight declared that the U.S. had become more polarized on the issue of guns that at any time in the nation’s history. Because of the emotional nature of the debate, both gun control advocates and Second Amendment proponents increasingly resorted to violent rhetoric (“burn…
Read MoreSenator: Kim Jong Un Must Realize Trump Is ‘Very Different’ From Previous Administration
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un must realize that Donald Trump is a “very different” U.S. president with a different policy than that of the previous administration, an influential U.S. lawmaker has said. “Kim Jong Un is dealing with a very different person in President Trump,” Republican Senator James Risch…
Read MorePresident Donald Trump Mocks Democrats, Media, White House Turnover, and Self at Gridiron Gala
President Trump shrugged off the latest staff resignations in the West Wing Saturday night with a big dose of humor, calling it “another calm week at the White House.” In a speech at the annual Gridiron dinner in Washington, Mr. Trump took self-deprecating aim at his management style, and also…
Read MoreTrump Administration Strikes Multiple Deportation Deals; What’s in Them?
The Trump administration reports it has succeeded in reducing the number of countries that refuse to accept citizens deported from the United States. The administration says more than a dozen countries have been removed from the “recalcitrant” list. That opens the path for deportations to begin for some of the…
Read MoreAustralia Warns of Trade War, Pushes for Trump Tariffs Exemption
Australia Sunday warned against tit-for-tat retaliation and the outbreak of a trade war that could slow global economic growth, as it pushed to be excluded from US President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs. Canberra has sought to be exempt from the hefty tariffs, citing an understanding reached with the…
Read MorePeter Navarro: ‘No Country Exclusions’ for Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
The White House’s director of the office of trade policy on Sunday said there will be no country “exclusions” at this point for new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
Read MoreChina Will ‘Take Necessary Measures’ If US Harms Trade
China will “take necessary measures” if the United States harms the country’s economic interests, a Chinese official said Sunday, as President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium. “China doesn’t want a trade war with the United States,” Zhang Yesui, spokesman for the National People’s Congress, told…
Read MoreSen. Gardenhire Bill Removes In-State Tuition From Definition of State Benefit So He Can Give it to Illegal Aliens
Desperate to give illegal alien students in-state college tuition, Sen. Todd Gardenhire’s bill SB2263, removes publicly subsidized reduced college tuition from the current state law definition of “state or local public benefit.” SB2263 would amend Tennessee’s “Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act” which defers to the federal law definition of a “state…
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