Opinion

The Tennessee Court of Appeals in a ruling on Friday, Aug. 16, put much-needed limits around the so-called investigative exemption that has been used by the state to cloak otherwise public records. “We hold that public records created in the ordinary course of business, which are non-investigative in nature, and which are otherwise accessible by Tennessee citizens under the TPRA (Tennessee Public Records Act), do not subsequently become exempt from disclosure because of the initiation of a criminal investigation in which those records become relevant,” the Court ruled in Scripps Media, Inc. ...

To the Editor: The US Capitol Visitors Center opened on December 2, 2008 to serve as a visitor center and as a museum. The center cost the American people $621 million dollars. It is the anti-religious left's vision of America. On the opening of this structure, all references to faith and God had been carefully, deliberately removed from its photos and historical displays...

To the Editor: I want to take the opportunity to thank the excellent staff at our hometown medical facility, Tennova Healthcare-Shelbyville, for a really positive experience during my recent medical procedure there. With Dr. Monajjem handling the surgery and Dr. ...

To the Editor: I wrote previous opinions on climate change on June 22,2019 and June 29,2019. In the rebuttal to the 29th article (7/5/19), I was addressed as someone who "didn't have a basic understanding of climate science." That struck a nerve with me, but I swallowed my pride and decided to do some more study on the subject. ...

To the Editor: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell receives a salary of $193,400 per year. He refuses to bring anything to the floor for a vote so why should we pay him for doing nothing? He even refuses to bring up a bill to prevent Russian meddling in our elections. McConnell listens to only one person and that is Donald J. Trump. He cares nothing about the American people...

If you're a minor who vapes, stop. Though it may seem like a fad, health experts paint a grim future for those who enjoy those cinnamon and buttered popcorn-flavored smokes. For those who may not know what in the world I'm talking about, here's the thing. (Don't feel bad, I've had to ask a lot of questions too.)...

I don't know if you're like me, but I use to shudder right before I'd get those letter grades: A, B, C's. Thanks to great teachers, I mainly avoided Fs in high school. To be honest, however, the grades weren't always in that particular order. Smirk Emoji. Yet, it was good...

Each year, without fail, we'll get a call from someone in the community asking when Halloween will be celebrated. In the past, these calls have always left me scratching my head. Halloween is always celebrated on October 31, All Hallows Eve, the night before All Saints Day...

To the Editor: About 2 1/2 years ago, I reluctantly moved to Nashville to an assisted living home to be nearer to my children. Phew! What a change in my life. After living 80-plus years in Bedford County, the transition was, and is, unbelievable...

To the Editor: Did you know, The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi receives an annual salary of $223,500 per year? And what have taxpayers received from her to benefit the country in the last 3 years? Nothing but resistance for every policy put forth. ...

The PAST Act, a Humane Society of the United States-authored piece of legislation, passed the House of Representatives on July 25 with 78 percent voting in favor. Ninety-six members of the House, or 22 percent, opposed it. While the HSUS and radical animal rights groups have championed the legislation as bipartisan and industry supported, a deeper look simply proves otherwise...

What will the Democrat platform look like for 2020? A list of Democrat "presidential hopefuls" are still espousing radical agendas. They all sound alike on this radical agenda. They still have time to perfect their platform, but I would have thought each one would have picked a single item to run on...

To the Editor: I read with interest the letter from the lady about our speed limits. Thinking about her comments about speed: My street is a cut off Cannon Boulevard to miss the red light at 64 West. The speed people drive on Riverview Drive and Carlisle is like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. No children have been hit or killed yet. Animals are another thing...

To the Editor: I would like to respond to a July 29 letter, “Climate change” that questioned my letter of Jun 22. The person who wrote the “Climate change” letter displayed such a fundamental lack of understanding of climate science that the best advice I can give him is to start by Googling the website “What We Know” from the American Association for the Advancement of Science...

To the Editor: If climate change is so well documented as indicated in the June 22 Article "Climate change is scientifically documented" why did Lynn Goldfarb not point me to a few of the "massive amount of articles" that addressed the major causes of climate change(including CO2 emissions). ...

To the Editor: The Media Research Center (MRC) was founded 30 years ago to combat media bias. They are the most effective organization in America at exposing, confronting, and neutralizing the leftist media. As part of MRC, the media analyst monitors every major TV network, newspaper, and online news website in the USA...

To the Editor: What is wrong with Shelbyville? They have lowered all our speed limits. It used to be 40 miles an hour. We went through all the road work for years, just for them to lower the speed limit to 30 when it was done. On Madison Street they have now lowered it to 40 instead of 45...