Setting the record straight on primaries, the grassroots, and special interest money.
On Friday, I got a very unexpected voicemail from Michael Patrick Leahy of the Tennessee Star, thanking me for publicly endorsing Matt Van Epps, and saying he was [attempting] to say something nice about me. I responded with thanks. What I did not know at the time was that he was on his podcast just […]
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, […]
School Choice Symposium – Jackson, TN
Thank you to We the People of West TN for hosting this debate on school choice and welcoming Gary Humble (Tennessee Stands) and Trey Cleek (Americans for Prosperity) to the stage with moderator Shawn Graham (co-host of Faith In Action on Bott Radio). School vouchers is one of the top political issues right now in […]
You will get the government you deserve.
This statement is as true as the law of gravity and has been noted over the centuries by men like Thomas Jefferson and Alexis de Tocqueville. Oftentimes we think of this sentiment in terms of elections, but that is much too simplistic a view. The role of an engaged citizen is so much more involved […]
Out of state interests are interfering in our elections.
If you live in a district with a contested Republican Primary, your mailbox is being flooded by political junk mail. But what you may not understand is that most of that mail is being paid for by PACs out of Washington DC. There are MILLIONS in out-of-state dollars flooding into our elections. And it all […]
Our response to disparaging remarks made on the Matt Murphy Show 99.7 WTN
It is a regular occurrence to be cast in a negative light on the Matt Murphy Show here on “conservative” talk radio in Nashville. And lately, the rhetoric has been turned up due to a relationship with the TN Faith and Freedom Coalition, an organization based in Williamson County that by all accounts is the […]
The bizzarro world of Tennessee’s Republican Party is embarrassing.
Many in Tennessee are finally waking up to the realization that the Republican Party you have been sold is far from the party that actually represents you at the Capitol in Nashville. There is a natural tendency to expect that the people we send to represent us in Nashville are the best of us and […]