It is not promising that the "latest news development" in the presidential race is that real estate mogul and reality TV show host Donald Trump endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
If the collapse of the U.S. housing market should have taught us anything, it is that federal government intrusion in the market can have disastrous consequences.
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, a charity that fights breast cancer, recently decided to cut off funding to America's biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.
Who can count the occasions -- both happy and solemn -- when master pianist Jim Wilson enthralled, inspired and comforted local audiences at worship services, concerts, weddings, funerals and other important gatherings?
Gov. Bill Haslam is a fine, enthusiastic leader in tough economic times. His common sense and his sense of hope for Tennessee shone through in a visit Thursday to Chattanooga's Downtown Rotary Club.
There is little we would like more than for peace and stability to reign in Afghanistan and for the U.S. military to be able to end combat operations there immediately. But that has to be guided not by wishful thinking but by conditions on the ground.
If common sense and a reasonable reading of the First Amendment to the Constitution prevailed, there would be little need for federal legislation explicitly spelling out protections for religious liberty and expression in the public square.
California virtually destroyed its once-large auto industry over the past couple of decades by imposing costly environmental regulations and too-high taxes. A little over 20 years ago, California had eight automobile-manufacturing facilities.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney had an impressive win Tuesday in the Florida primary over former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Some of the so-called Occupy Wall Street protests around the country have descended into hooliganism and even rioting.
On Jan. 26, the parent company of yet another "green energy" concern that got vast subsidies from the federal government filed for bankruptcy protection. Ironically, the company, Ener1, took that painful step exactly one year after Vice President Joe Biden visited its plant in Indiana and declared that it was changing "the way Americans power their lives," ABC News reported.
Why should it surprise anyone that U.S. intelligence officials have indicated they believe that Iran is willing to back terrorist attacks on American soil?
Many public officials find it easy to propose more spending and higher taxes. But Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam should be commended for proposing in his State of the State speech to legislators on Tuesday an actual reduction in the state's budget.
There was a time when, if you wanted a bicycle, you saved up and bought one -- with your own money. Then you maintained the bicycle -- with your own money.
Olan Mills grew from humble beginnings in 1932 to become at one point the nation's biggest portrait studio. It employed thousands of people in Chattanooga, where it was headquartered for most of its existence, and across the country.
