Bill Hobbs

Why is the mainstream media covering for John Edwards? You know that if the only thing about the story that was different was that he had an R after his name instead of a D, it would be the lead story in every paper and on all the news broadcast nets in the country.

An Ol' Broad comments on the news that Tennessee's most prominent liberal Democrat is going to host a fund-raiser for the most liberal candidate ever nominated for the presidency, who may or may not dei

Lola Potter, the public information officer for the Tennessee Department of Finance & Administration who has stonewalled me on my open-records request for video shot at the governor's mansion underground ballroom blasting site since mid-March, finally caved in today and agreed to let me view the v

MoveOn.org is offering free Obama buttons. You know, if a million Republicans each ordered one and entered a bogus mailing address, MoveOn.org would sure waste a lot of money on postage...

Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen's Revenue Commissioner, Reagan Farr, thinks spending tax dollars for state revenue employees to make videos of skits that joke about auditing dead taxpayers is "fairly good fun." NewsChannel 5's Phil Williams has the story.

Blue Collar Muse has a report from and video of the press conference at which the Institute for Justice announced it will be handling the legal battle against the city of Nashville's attempt to abuse its eminent domain powers in order to steal an old woman's p

Over at the Fuel Cell Store Blog: A radically different design for a hydrogen fuel cell car - both inside and out.

Google News is a free service and doesn't carry ads. So why is it worth $100 million? And what does it say about the future of Google's online health records project? Click the link and find out...

The Tennessee GOP has released video of Republican National Committee Victory '08 Chairman Carly Fiorina's speech Monday, July 21, 2008, at the Women of Distinction luncheon hosted by U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. It's in six parts, including two videos comprising the post-speech Q&A session.

Danny Newton, a frequent and always-loaded-with-facts commenter here at this blog, emailed to report on a legal victory for eminent domain abusers in Cookeville, Tennessee.

The City and the County have taken more property than they need to do some kind of development park.