Chattanooga’s Bob Corker probably has never been content tinkering with small problems and little ideas. He’s always been a builder with a bigger vision.
Gov. Phil Bredesen issued a statement this week urging tolerance and respect for religious freedom in the wake of arson at an Islamic center under construction in Murfreesboro.
Chattanooga’s Bob Corker has probably never been content tinkering with small problems and little ideas. He’s always been a builder with a bigger vision.
President Obama’s formal observance of the end of American combat operations in Iraq was correctly low key, a marker of a milestone that comes not with the victory that the war’s instigator once envisioned, but rather with reconciliation with the reality of a pointless war.
Though the Atlantic hurricane season extends from June through November, September historically is the most active month of the period and early to mid-September is the busiest period within that time frame. Current events certainly support that fact.
The county school board’s decision to reconsider tonight an earlier vote in which board members approved creation of a pension plan for themselves owes mainly to public criticism about two issues.
No one is sure of the exact number, but there is general agreement that about 1 million additional people have been adversely affected by surging floodwaters in Pakistan in recent days.
Once upon a time, candidates who had weathered primary races in the spring and summer waited until Labor Day to renew campaigns seeking election in November.
It is now obvious that a vein of vehement Islamophobia has been opened among many Americans, and it is being recklessly and maliciously exploited for political advantage in the fall elections.
Wal-Mart Stores has made significant advances in becoming greener and more energy efficient, but the company has not managed to shed its long image of low-pay and benefits, and alleged discrimination toward women employees with regard to pay and promotion.