Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – Last year a bill, The Clarification Act, that protects children from being vaccinated without the informed consent of a parent was passed by the Tennessee General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Bill Lee. This week, the General Assembly has advanced a bill […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A bill to repeal and refund Tennessee’s franchise tax has two significant changes in the House. House Bill 1893 requires a list of companies receiving a portion of the $813.5 million refund to be named on the website of Tennessee’s Department of Economic and Community […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Memphis and the city’s convention and visitors bureau came to an agreement over hotel-motel tax funds for the renovation of the FedExForum but details of the agreement were not released. Rep. Kevin Vaughn, R-Collierville, said that the agreement means that the funding is in place […]
Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Unemployment in Tennessee dropped to 3.3% for February after a slight rise in the seasonally adjusted rate a month before. The rate is the same as in February 2023 and below the 3.9% rate nationally. The drop comes after increased unemployment rates in 93 of […]
Here are some news stories that might be of interest. Most articles will be more or less summarized in the headline. You can skim the headlines and summaries, and click the links if they are of interest. Keep in mind, many of these reports are products of an unreliable news media, so although they will […]
During this Holy Week, perhaps we can pray that the uncanny pull so many feel toward the ever-after will lead to a deeper reflection on the paradises, earthly and heavenly, from which the fairy stories we enjoy get their point and purpose. One of my favorites passages in Dante’s Purgatorio is when Dante finally reaches […]
Last Saturday the NY Times published a profile of author and academic Jonathan Haidt. This is just one of several pieces the Times has published about Haidt in connection with his new book “The Anxious Generation.” The profile is odd because it has an overarching tone of snarky cynicism about Haidt and his work while […]
Move over, illegal migrants. You’ve got some competition for taking advantage of “sanctuary” status and they’re coming waving rainbow flags. These aren’t people who are in the country illegally and trying to dodge ICE. They’re transgender and they are flocking to Sacramento, California, where the City Council just voted to declare itself a sanctuary city […]
Back in 2019, Berkeley, CA became the first city in the country to pass an ordinance banning natural gas in newly constructed buildings. That obviously meant no gas appliances in these new buildings. But before the ordinance even took effect the city was sued. There were twists and turns in the story but about a […]
TWO is a coincidence, three is a trend. First Brexit, then the Indigenous Voice referendum in Australia, now the defenestration of Leo Varadkar in Ireland: his attempt to change the Irish constitution on woke lines crashed and burned in a defeat so humiliating it seems to have led to his shock resignation last week. Apparently, […]
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