deepest sympathies

I'm inclined to lean more towards Martin Lewis's final salute to Jesse here than I am the folks who paid tribute to the man in the ABC news story...

I'm inclined to lean more towards Martin Lewis's final salute to Jesse here than I am the folks who paid tribute to the man in the ABC news story...

I learned early this morning that an acquaintance of mine and the radio station died over the weekend. Dickie Householder sometimes did color analysis for Cougar football games for us and was always present when we had the Titans Caravan come to town. In fact, I have a picture of Dickie on my cell phone from last year’s Caravan stop in LaFollette.

Nathan More comments on the suggestion of requiring Tennessee voters to have a photo-ID voter registration card in order to be allowed to vote:

The argument advanced by some here in Tennessee is that such a vote will "depress turnout". And they're right - it will depress turnout of those who shouldn't be voting in the first place.

The argument advanced by some here in Tennessee is that such a vote will “depress turnout”. And they’re right - it will depress turnout of those who shouldn’t be voting in the first place.

The rancor that Democrats everywhere exhibit when the topic of voter identification arises is enough to make one’s head explode. Bill Hobbs notes the potential for mass voter fraud in the wake of the theft of complete voter records from the Davidson County Election Commission. Such is a legitimate concern. Even without that example of the most unbelievable gross negligence by the Commission,