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I’m in a Smokies state of mind
There is something about the early-morning drive over the Smokies that gets me to thinking about a lot of stuff I don’t normally ponder. (I don’t like to “ponder” too much; it can be exhausting, you know).Maybe it’s...
Opinion
Seymour kids a source of pride
In case you hadn’t noticed, Seymour students have been all over the news recently, and it’s all good! Early this month, Seymour High debaters outscored and outperformed the competition from bigger and better-funded teams to bring...
Grieving for a young man’s lost life
Folks, even here in tranquil Seymour we aren’t immune from tragedy.Even among family, friends, neighbors, there is no measurement of feeling. Children never grow beyond being your child or the child of the neighborhood.In my neighborhood...
Obama needs to say ‘I will fix the banks’
By U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander During a hearing of the Senate Budget Committee this week, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said several times that there would be no economic recovery until we fix the banks and get credit flowing again. But...
Restoring economic growth
Whether you’re a Republican or Democrat, one would think there should be bipartisan consensus that we cannot tax and borrow our way back to a healthy economy. Unfortunately, that’s not so in Washington, and I am working...
Cell phones can be a hazard
Every time I see folks here in East Tennessee talking or texting in their cars I shake my head in amazement. What’s so darned important that it can’t wait until the driver gets to his/her destination? Is anything so urgent...
Unemployment Fund broke? Maybe
The Senate Commerce Committee heard testimony from Labor Commissioner James Neely regarding the status of Tennessee’s unemployment trust fund and the potential effect of stimulus money coming to the state as a result of the American Recovery...
Week in review: Protecting elections
Legislation that sponsors say will protect the integrity of elections in Tennessee overcame its first hurdle towards passage last week with approval by the Senate State and Local Government Committee. The bill requires voters to provide photo...
Can you hear me now? Stop calling
I don’t know about you, but my vote for the greatest technological advancement of the last century goes to Caller ID. Why? I can screen out those annoying marketing phone calls that drive all of us nuts day and night. You know how it...
Hey, I’m the new guy
I just couldn’t leave well enough alone. I happened to see an ad on the Internet advertising for an editor at a weekly newspaper, and I just HAD to check it out. Next thing I know, I’m the new editor of the Seymour Herald. I’d...
Dan’s Musings
By Dan Pursglove Do not pass go, do not collect $200. Do not go to Seymour – go directly to jail. That is, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jail in Maricopa County, or Phoenix, Arizona. In case you don’t remember who Joe is, he...
Life is Voluntary
By Henry Piarrot In 1797, King George of England, the monarch who had been George Washington’s mortal enemy during the Revolutionary War, publicly praised his former foe’s recent resignation from the presidency of the USA. ...
Dan’s Musings
I’m sitting here on a cloudy, drizzly Monday morning. That would be a pretty good excuse to be down in the dumps. The blues, they’re called. Nope, I don’t have them today, not to say that I never go there.Today...
Let’s harness nature
Don’t listen to the politicians and the naysayers. Yes, we can become energy-independent. It’s happening all over the country. What better time than now? New jobs and investments can be developed. There is no doubt that...
Changing attitudes about education
By Earnest Ball When people talk about changing attitudes towards education, the usual rhetoric is that we need “tougher standards.” I look at the rousing numbers of graduating students who are barely qualified to make a bed...
Dan’s Musings
Seymour, yes, we can. Don’t listen to the politicians and the naysayers. Yes, we can become energy-independent. It’s happening all over the country. What better time than now? New jobs and investments can be developed....
Dan’s Musings
By Dan Pursglove Good news for Seymour! Seymour resident Debbie Ramsey was the carrier of the message – or she was the sign we all look for. By now, we all know who she is – a survivor of Flight 1549, the airbus A320 that...
Living is Voluntary
By Henry Piarrot “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the...
Free Thinking
The freedom of speech has never guaranteed anyone the right to be heard. Sometimes what is heard does not appeal to everyone. Not all commentaries, jokes or skits are for everyone; nor will everyone view the same material in the...
Dolly on the Rise
Although local idol Dolly Parton's chart performance last week as a singer was down, her numbers as a songwriter were on the rise, thanks to television phenomenon “American Idol.” The most recent season’s...
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