From the Campaign Trail
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Tall Tales
On conspiracy theories and public schools Local attorneys Warren & Griffin kindly let me hang...
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Serenity Now
Turn off the news. Keep chipping away. They say all politics is local, and it sure feels that way...
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The Honor System
A little story about trust and public service A couple of months ago, a retired Hamilton County...
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Drive Time
Keeping my eyes on the road A couple of weeks ago I drove from New York to Boston with a total...
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The Ground Game
Progress starts with pushing back I spent the week before last in Middle Valley, knocking doors...
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No Labels (Really)
Getting past artificial divides I was standing on a doorstep in Middle Valley last week when I...
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Discomfort Zone
Where’s the right place to say things are wrong? A neighborhood association meeting is an awkward...
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The Promise
Five years into my mission for Mom Mom’s body began winding down about five years ago, though her...
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Time Management
The candidate survey nobody sent me When I ran for State House in 2022, the first of many...
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Listening to Mom
Illuminating words for challenging times I spent Mother’s Day thinking about my mom. In that...
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Hixson Homecoming
The Tennessee I miss, in fifty-two doors At this early stage of the campaign, I’m still canvassing...
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The Bucket List
Mercifully, the regular session of the 2024 Tennessee General Assembly came to an end last week. ...
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News on the Ground
“Tennessee is just so red. It feels hopeless.” I’ve been canvassing for several weeks now and...
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Hope Grows Like Weeds
Where things seem dark, look for the light. I spent much of Friday in the back seat of a car en...
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State of the Union
Workers are David against the Goliath that’s Tennessee. Last Monday, a few of us pro-worker folks...
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The Good Old Days
I miss the childhood we willingly gave away Flowers are popping up everywhere, and so are those...
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Save Us from the GOP
In early 2021, as Covid deaths in the United States were nearing half a million and the first...
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💔 Heartbreakingly Beautiful
The day I moved to Chattanooga 27 years ago, I gazed out my car windows and thought, I can’t...
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Marching on Capitol Hill
In journalism school I was taught never to write about a future event as if it’s already happened....
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A Walk in the Weeds
Even if you don’t have school-age kids, please read this nerdier-than-usual story about Gov. Bill...