Tag: Opinion

America’s Dike Is Leaking (Op-Ed By Thomas Antkow)

Image Credit: Kara van Malssen / CC by Thomas Ankow [Special to The Tennessee Conservative] – As a small boy I loved tall tales and adventure stories. Fables intrigued me. From Aesop to Twain and everything in between I could surround myself in fantasy and adventure. Not for today’s children.  Today, everything has become a […]

American Refugees – Will The Influx Of Blue State Refugees Into The Heartland Ruin The Country Or Save It?

American Refugees: The Untold Story of the Mass Exodus from Blue States to Red States, Roger L. Simon, Encounter Books, 232 pages Image Credit: Canva By Mark Pulliam [The American Conservative] – America is badly divided. Urban and coastal progressives openly loathe traditional Americans living in rural areas and “flyover country,” Hillary’s “deplorables,” and the […]

The Cat & Mouse Chase Of Parental Rights Bills In Tennessee’s 2024 Session – Freedom Or Control?

Image Credit: Canva By Connie Reguli, J.D. (Family Policy Specialist and Activist) – For parental rights aficionados, Tennessee’s current cat and mouse game over three separate parental/family rights bills is dizzying.  And if you are an unsuspecting-easily-excited layman who still believes legislative headliners, this appears to be bait and switch tactic which is now seemingly […]

The Cold Civil War (Op-Ed By James V. Ferguson, MD)

“We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of Earth.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Image Credit: Canva By James V. Ferguson, MD (contributor to the Tennessee Conservative) – It was December 1862 and the war was not going well for President Abraham Lincoln. Elected just two years before, he was the first President […]

Message to Tennessee Dem Steve Cohen (Op-Ed By Kat Stansell)

Image Credit: @RepCohen / X Submitted Kat Stansell (Independent Journalist and Earnest Patriot) – Dem. Rep. Steve Cohen made the news recently, by whining on the “X” machine that “very few stood for the black national anthem” at Sunday’s Super Bowl, disparaging the crowd as he did so. Note to Rep Cohen: that was not the country’s real […]