Opinions
School is in session, patience is urged by everyone
The school bell rang for the first time this year last week, and by this week, school buses ...
Columns
Why is Iran at the Olympics?
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) wrote the following op-ed in OutKick questioning why Iran – a country plotting ...
Opinions
Clinical psychologist concerned about chronic diseases
To the Editor: I am a clinical psychologist who has been working with children and their families since ...
Columns
What unions learn from failure
BY JOEL SCHLOSBERG As Americans take August to process the presidential race upheavals of July, the most consequential ...
Opinions
Advantages of living and shopping in a small town
Small towns such as Elizabethton may not be the home of multinational corporations, shopping malls, or the seemingly ...
Columns
Where have many of the insects gone?
BY J. RONALD WINTER GUEST COLUMNIST Last year (2023) I mentioned to my wife that I was seeing ...
Columns
Bombs bursting in air…what about innocent civilians?
BY RUSSELL VANDENBROUCKE Responding to the announcer’s familiar, “ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, please rise for our ...
Columns
Living in peace and being good Americans
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Millions of Democrats went to the polls in state primaries to cast their votes ...
Opinions
Free meals for students ensures no hungry students
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is giving an estimated 3,000 more school districts in high-need areas the ...
Columns
For years, Big Tech put profit over children’s safety; Senate takes big step to hold them accountable
Since 1998 – the last year Congress passed a major law to reform the tech industry and protect ...