I was going to leave well enough alone. Except it seems, they can’t.

I made a post on social media on May 28th, along with video commentary on the particulars surrounding the passage of HB 322, an anti-human smuggling bill working to curb illegal immigration in our state. This is a great bill. We asked you to support this bill, and Tennesseans sent 7,184 emails to the General […]

The effort to ban water fluoridation has been defeated by lobbyists, for now.

Unfortunately, House Bill 897 has been watered down to little, or virtually no effect. The bill would have aligned Tennessee with the Trump administration’s plan under the direction of new HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to restrict the process of artificially fluoridating municipal water supplies. And that move has gained traction in several states, […]

The advancement of corporate influence on public policy presents a significant and imminent threat to individual freedom.

The advancement of corporate influence on public policy presents a significant and imminent threat to individual freedom. With the increasing interaction between governments and corporations in policymaking (especially using special interest lobbyists), we are subtly embracing the notion that businesses should operate without regulation. This concept incorrectly equates private property rights with the absolute power […]

Your government doesn’t need you anymore. It is working without you.

The title of this commentary is probably not shocking to you, nor is it revelatory. We know that much of our government works at the federal, state, and local levels without our input or any need for us to be involved. The real problem is that we have come to accept it as normal and […]