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R. Neal weighs in on the show trial at the Sheraton:

From the Commericial Appeal:

One of Cohen’s opponents, airline lawyer Nikki Tinker, while agreeing with the resolution in principle, found the timing of the House debate and vote suspicious.

Bob Tuke, who is running for the U.S. Senate from Tennessee, is the man to take Lamar Alexander's place. Tuke, a former marine and a war hero, knows how to take the hill come November.

In the name of full disclosure, I have to tell you I am a strong supporter of Bob Tuke, and I hope you will be,too.

Here is his open letter to Lamar:

Dear Senator Alexander,

While perhaps he oughta have cross-posted at TennViews, Bob Tuke gets some kudos for being the first candidate to use the National blogs to get his message out.

Doesn't it strike you as odd that while the problems associated with homele

Yesterday, it was Bill Clinton who decided to use the pulpit to preach politics on the Sabbath, where he patronized black church-goers by lamenting that having to choose between his wife and Senator Obama is a God-given dilemma.

Seattle has headlined much lately in dealing with the Homeless issues facing their city. As with any place that tries new tactics, good and bad press abound, but press that spotlights the issues facing cities with homeless populations (and thats just about all of them) brings with it an incremental increase in the knowledge of homelessness for our society - something desperately needed because so much of the general public is either ignorant or extremely indifferent to the problem.

Governor Phil Bredesen delivered his sixth State of the State address from the well of the House Chamber this week. Here are highlights of the speech and a review of the four priorities Governor Bredesen, with the cooperation of the General Assembly, has advocated and will continue to advocate in 2008: education, public safety and security, economic development and jobs, and health.

He noted the following a