Chad Hellwinckel, Knoxville Permaculture Guild
Chad Hellwinckel’s work as a research scientist in the University of Tennessee’s College of Agriculture, studying energy usage and alternatives to petroleum-based sources while he ...
What the Hell is Going On?!
Local experts untangle the background of the crisis on Wall Street and discuss what might follow Congress’ "no" vote on bailout plan
Wall Street lay in near shambles Sept. 24 as President George W. Bush pleaded on national television for ...
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On Obama and the Fears We Dare Not Name, Revisited
Shortly after Barack Obama’s victory in the Iowa caucuses, I wrote a piece called, “On Obama and Fears We Dare Not Name.”
It’s time we named those fears, because something dark is afoot. Bev Conover, ...
“A normal person”
When I first started going to Jerry at Twin Blades for a haircut, I got there like I did everywhere else: by riding my bike.
When I go there now he still asks me, every ...
Re-Consider DFW
Like a lot of folks, I’ve been revisiting some of David Foster Wallace’s work in the wake of his suicide, and actually read his book of essays Consider the Lobster for the first time. ...
Paean to Economic Collapse
A couple of years ago I came across a modern re-telling of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Ozymandias on Daily Kos. Despite the passage of time, The New Ozymandias is still relevant as to the ...
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The Big Read, Indeed
The Grapes of Wrath proves a timely selection for annual literacy initiative Years of easy credit and excess lead to a recession caused by high ...
The Grapes of Wrath proves a timely selection for annual literacy initiative Years of easy credit and excess lead to a recession caused by high ...
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We're Not Getting Any Younger
Oak Ridge museum provides peek into future as life expectancies extend, population ages Arlene Mamer is staring into a black-and-white monitor, a mirror image ...
Oak Ridge museum provides peek into future as life expectancies extend, population ages Arlene Mamer is staring into a black-and-white monitor, a mirror image ...
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12 Hour Road Trip — An Art Collaboration
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Profiles
America's Funnyman
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Castanets
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Charlie Louvin
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Truth to Power - Ah, Look at the Golden Parachute as Bush Socializes the Losses
Everybody sing along.“We’re all socialists now,We’re all socialists now.Dubya’s nationalized the economy,We’re all socialists now.”(With apologies to Garrison Keillor.)
Everybody sing along.“We’re all socialists now,We’re all socialists now.Dubya’s nationalized the economy,We’re all socialists now.”(With apologies to Garrison Keillor.)
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Famous Praise - North Geogia Car Camping
While picking up a rock to hammer in my tent stake, I inadvertently squashed a glossy black widow, its jointed legs curling in on ...
While picking up a rock to hammer in my tent stake, I inadvertently squashed a glossy black widow, its jointed legs curling in on ...
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Famous Praise - Out For A Drive, Sunday Style
Jump in the car, follow me. Forget the deep-pocket gas prices for a minute; fill up the tank and toss a cooler in the back ...
Jump in the car, follow me. Forget the deep-pocket gas prices for a minute; fill up the tank and toss a cooler in the back ...
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