This past Sunday was the official Father’s Day, a celebration honoring fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Father’s Day started as a Catholic tradition as the Feast of Saint Joseph,… Read More
There are a couple of ways to look at the Paris Climate Accord. First, it is a mechanism to get the entire world to focus on and take action to lessen the impact of… Read More
In a recent sermon, Dr Tim Elmore spoke about leadership and a quotation he used from Chronicles seems appropriate not just to the past, but to the issues our community faces today. Their leaders… Read More
What is happening in Kingsport? In a nutshell, we are not growing, and the attempts to “prime the pump” have been largely unsuccessful. We must alter course. First, a sobering dose of reality. We… Read More
When I served on the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen, my mantra was “It’s all about four votes.” With seven members, you had to have four votes to pass any item. It didn’t… Read More
There has been much debate about the benefits or costs associated with “free trade.” To some, foreign trade is the devil incarnate-it has cost America jobs and negatively impacted our economy. To others, it… Read More
I recently heard a sermon preaching on the virtue of compassion, “concern for the misfortune of others accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate that suffering.” Truly that seems a worthy human emotion and… Read More
Kingsport seems to be in a perpetual state of flux. As we face our pains, perhaps an interesting question to ask might be, “How would Kingsport act if they were a business in similar… Read More
If the end of the year is about forgiveness, then the beginning of the year must be about starting anew. In that respect, perhaps there is a reason for the week lag between Christmas… Read More
We are witnessing a truly important event in American history. It amounts to a clash of culture or perhaps more appropriately stated, a confrontation of two diverging visions of our country. On one side… Read More
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