As a proud Vietnam combat veteran who, along with the other members of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 979 of Kingsport, is preparing for Vetera... Comments(1)Read Complete Commentary
Our government is not Santa Claus with a big bag of health care goodies. There is no free ride. Our nation is broke, there is no money to pay for he... Comments(4)Read Complete Commentary
After completing the registration form and paying the required fee for an educational display table at the Northeast Tennessee Conference On Social ... Comments(27)Read Complete Commentary
Once again Tony Shipley has latched onto a controversial topic in order to raise his visibility, and once again the Times-News is enabling him. By t... Comments(0)Read Complete Commentary
Enough on the DBA/BMA versus DKA bashing. Let’s take a look at facts and decide who we should trust. The DKA began in 1939. The DBA began last... Comments(4)Read Complete Commentary
As a longtime member of Kingsport’s Ridgefields Country Club, I found your cartoon “One in Hole,” as illustrated in the November 1... Comments(4)Read Complete Commentary
As an adult and now a Christian, I have been told that I must accept the fact that some of my tax dollars go to the National Endowment for the Arts ... Comments(10)Read Complete Commentary
Re. “Kingsport to Study Wadlow Gap-U.S. 23 Corridor,” John Campbell is quoted: “We see it as an opportunity to improve access into... Comments(2)Read Complete Commentary
Osama bin Laden should be hunted down and brought to justice. If one gets bitten by a snake, the best thing is to kill the snake, not wait and let t... Comments(14)Read Complete Commentary
Why do we want to be the ghost of our own true self when we can be the Holy Ghost power of our Father God? Helloween is also noted as trick-or-treat... Comments(5)Read Complete Commentary
Re. Virginia Thompson’s letter Oct. 30, I was well aware that many readers would strongly disagree with my column about flu vaccination. That ... Comments(0)Read Complete Commentary
The money supply has been doubled, out of thin air, in the last year, in addition to all of the previous increases. That is similar to British pound... Comments(3)Read Complete Commentary
Millions of dollars are being paid for fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims. This type of crime has become one of the fastest growing in America ... Comments(8)Read Complete Commentary
If your neighbor stood across the fence from you with his arm around his little girl and told you she deserves a life as a second-class citizen, tha... Comments(10)Read Complete Commentary
I agree that one should look at the 70-year record of DKA in deciding on BMA funding for downtown development. When I arrived here 20 years ago, DKA... Comments(4)Read Complete Commentary
While speaking on climate change at MIT recently, President Obama said some opponents “make cynical claims that contradict the overwhelming sc... Comments(46)Read Complete Commentary
I was born and raised in the Riverview housing development and was fortunate that although I was from the stereotyped one-parent household, my sibli... Comments(2)Read Complete Commentary
A reporter questioned Al Gore about a British court’s findings of errors in his movie “An inconvenient Truth.” Gore skirted the tr... Comments(11)Read Complete Commentary
The op-ed piece from the Jerusalem Post Oct. 30 misses a very salient point: Islam has been at war with the rest of the world almost since its incep... Comments(5)Read Complete Commentary