Famous Praise - Good enough for me

Jimmy Morrow’s church service opened like an Appalachian blue grass show: There was a guitar, a tambourine, clapping hands and clomping feet; there was that ...

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Peace Agitator - How would we (and Obama) fare if in the same game, on a level playing field?

Pennsylvania bothers me. I was born and raised there, 18 years in northwestern Pennsylvania, in New Castle, son of working-class parents who now live on ...

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Truth to Power - Hunter never lets go until he's told you a story

I had the privilege of handing my friend David Hunter the 2008 Career Achievement Award from the Knoxville Writers Guild on April 26 in a ...

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KSO: Virtuoso Paganini

Part of Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's ...

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David Wilcox

Tickets on sale Friday, March ...

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KSO: Virtuoso Paganini

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Hunter never lets go until he's told you a story

I had the privilege of handing my friend David Hunter the 2008 Career Achievement Award from the Knoxville Writers Guild on April 26 in a gala at St. James Episcopal Church. In case you missed ...

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Ask a Gay Guy: Dress-Up Outings

A friend e-mailed me a few weeks back to ask for my input on “any personal experiences or general knowledge that separates the gays of the South from the rest of the country.” He was ...

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Good enough for me

Jimmy Morrow’s church service opened like an Appalachian blue grass show: There was a guitar, a tambourine, clapping hands and clomping feet; there was that ...

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Get a rope, part II

These things, don’t they always fall out this way? I hem-hawed around Jetta’s apartment all morning, muttering something like, “How’d I get myself into this?  ...

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How would we (and Obama) fare if in the same game, on a level playing field?

Pennsylvania bothers me. I was ...

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The Thought of Bombs Will Take Over Our Minds

“The thought of bombs will ...

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Activism not just for the young

“Oh wad some power the ...

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Lights On

Architecture has long been the host to advertising in one form or another. With the minimalist aesthetic of early 20th century functionalism, architects sought nontraditional ...

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Three Beauties

Hollywood Boulevard, the main street of the movie capitol, is lined with theaters. Like most built in the 1920s, these had large marquees, canopies that ...

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Would a Democrat change U.S. Middle East policy?

Recently, when Vice President Cheney ...

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In the Campaign, the Unspeakable War

Iraq remains a significant concern ...

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The Somalia Syndrome

"This poor country keeps taking ...

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I hate that I hate my hair

I hate the fact that I hate my hair. Trivial, yes, but it’s true. I’m a black woman living in a society dominated by images of white European standards of beauty. You know: hair that ...

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Abate Spring Fever with a Good Days Piddlin'

By Stephanie Manning

Too many people put gardening in the “chore” category. You know the story: It’s the weekend before Mother’s Day or Memorial Day, and you have people coming over for a cookout. ...

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