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  • TIDBITS: All this technology is killing me

    When technology works as it should, our lives go so much easier than we would have dreamed was possible just a few short years ago.

    May 24, 2013

  • STUMPTALK: This is what we just elected

    Socialism — a) Any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.

    May 24, 2013

  • An American tragedy?

    I knew a bond trader. Not well, but well enough to pity the man. Money was his only measure of worth. On a good day (if he made a lot of money), he was ecstatic. On a bad one, he was morose. He could be pleasant in conversation at times, but now and then he would appear clueless about the broader range of human experience. Although he was rich (by my standard, at least), there was something shallow and tawdry about his life.

    May 22, 2013

  • A creative retelling of history

    A wonderful film, “42,” has been showing at the Rocky Top theater in Crossville the last several weeks. It takes us back to 1947 when the lives of two Methodists, Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson, first intertwined.

    May 22, 2013

  • Stumptalk: A super majority legislature

    Much media attention has recently been focused on the inability of the super majority of Republicans in the 2013 legislature to enact every Republican bill into law. Why is this different from some of the recent super majority Democratic legislatures? If you were paying attention to the debates in the committees, and analyze that debate, you will find that Republicans don’t automatically follow their party leaders when it comes to doing what each individual legislator thinks is best for Tennessee. Republicans actually try to do what they think is best for our citizens.

    May 20, 2013

  • Tidbits: Jolie’s move a conversation starter

    Angelina Jolie, named the “Sexiest Woman in the World” by People Magazine in 2005, stunned the nation last week when she revealed she had chosen to have a preventative mastectomy after genetic testing revealed she had about an increased risk of developing breast cancer.

    May 20, 2013

  • LION AND THE LAMB: Ten years in captivity

    Traditionally male violence against women has been delivered by fist or gun. On May 6, however, another delivery system was brought to light: chains and rope.

    May 14, 2013

  • WE THE PEOPLE: Crashing those Pearly Gates

    Too often when one of our “public servants” dies, even if he is a blot on the human race, he is elevated to sainthood before they can get a tag on his toe. Then the press eulogizes him right into heaven before St. Peter can check his credentials. Even those who are a bit skeptical of this revision of history tend to adopt a “forgive and forget” attitude. Margaret Thatcher’s recent death seems to indicate that the British are less forgiving and have a better memory.

    May 14, 2013

  • TIDBITS: Practical advice for new grads

    Another graduation season is upon us, and soon a new crop of young adults will head out into the world, full of hopes and dreams for the future.

    May 13, 2013

  • STUMPTALK: The right to bear arms

    The anti-gun activists are wacky as a June bug for their solutions to eliminate gun-violence. They have it backwards. Instead of going after those that perpetrate these despicable acts, they are mounting attacks on law-abiding citizens, restriction of access to firearms, limiting magazine size and universal background checks.

    May 13, 2013

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    Here are some of the winners of our READERS' CHOICE AWARDS! Thanks to everyone who voted! For the complete list, check out the Wednesday, March 27th edition of the Crossville Chronicle.

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