America + Afghanistan = no answers
Fun fact: Before I was seduced by the glamour of journalism (sarcasm alert), I had a couple of...
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Tag: Donald Trump
‘Enemy of the People’? Acosta book tops summer reading list
This tweet has been pinned atop Jim Acosta’s Twitter account since last fall: “We are not the...
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Politicians and a sense of shame
Why did Republicans in Tennessee stand against Glen Casada until he agreed to resign as speaker of...
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Howling with the alpha dogs: Reflections on Cas and Trump
Video archivist Bradley Reeves and Ciderville’s own David West produced a wonderful tribute to Cas...
Read MoreValliant: a colorful career in politics, land development
Knoxville attorney John Valliant Jr.’s parents migrated south from Canada and wound up in Oak Ridge in 1943. His father worked on the super-secret classified Manhattan Project “and he was an illegal alien,” Valliant laughs. As...
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Trump is Democrats’ best friend
Rejoice, Democrats. You should admit that President Donald Trump is your greatest ally who will...
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It’s just not funny
Donald Trump has killed comedy. Or, rather, Trump Derangement Syndrome has killed comedy. If you...
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Blackburn counts on Trump, ‘Fox factor’
Donald Trump is the key to the U.S. Senate race in Tennessee, in one of two ways. He is popular –...
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‘Fire and Fury’ shows chaos in Trumpville
Let me be clear. I don’t like Donald Trump, and I wish he were not the president. But it does no...
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