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  • Letter: Black Swan Published 5/1/2013 at 12:07 p.m. 1 comment

    Flinter: However, there was one little problem. We were the only attendees.

  • Letter: Expecting Better Published 5/1/2013 at 12:05 p.m. 0 comments

    Leopold: I write not take issue with your critique of my data selection. You are right to point out other measures could show Tennessee in a better light.

  • Letter: Bumbling Bureaucrats Published 4/24/2013 at 12:10 p.m. 0 comments

    Arthur: In the April 4th issue (“We Need a Bypass,” Frank Talk), Frank Cagle argues that Republicans “rejected over $1 billion in federal funds” to show Obama “who’s boss.” That’s not the case.

  • Letter: Unfake Cover Published 4/17/2013 at 10:34 a.m. 0 comments

    Wilson: Your fake-cover ads are clever, but attention should be paid to the content of the cover story in relation to the product being advertised.

  • Letter: Trash Talk Published 4/17/2013 at 10:33 a.m. 0 comments

    Mosley: Our state is every bit as beautiful as Georgia or the Carolinas, yet we allow a few heedless people to trash the view for everyone else.

  • Letter: Would Jackson Approve? Published 4/17/2013 at 10:32 a.m. 0 comments

    Smith: I ask you to put your skills toward convincing me of the federal government’s constitutional authority to deny its citizens their Second Amendment rights or the right to make their own health care choices.

  • Letter: Excellent Work Published 4/17/2013 at 10:30 a.m. 0 comments

    Habercom: It is historically important. It will influence thinking. Excellent work.

  • Letter: Good Leader Published 4/10/2013 at 10:51 a.m. 0 comments

    Murrah and Adams: Tribe One has played an important role in our community for many years and we, like others, mourn its passing. Perhaps more than others, we also own an intimate knowledge of the organization and the financial burden ...

  • Letter: Bad Option Published 4/10/2013 at 10:50 a.m. 0 comments

    Headrick: In order to strip skin off the backs of low-income workers making less than $15,415 per year (2012 dollars), Gov. Haslam refused to accept $730.7 million from the feds to supply TennCare to 144,500 low-income Tennesseans in 2014.

  • Letter: Pension Reform Costs Published 4/3/2013 at 10:17 a.m. 0 comments

    Anderson: As Senate Bill 1005 and House Bill 948 go up for another committee vote today, March 26, higher-education employees question the full cost analysis and the potential risk that this “reform” may cost taxpayers more in the long run, ...

  • Letter: Further Tips Published 4/3/2013 at 10:15 a.m. 0 comments

    Bodnar: Even fewer are aware that the word “tips” is an acronym for “To Insure Prompt Service.” Because income is dependent on performance, this system offers workers an incentive to provide adequate service.

  • Letter: Fix Education Published 3/27/2013 at 10:50 a.m. 0 comments

    Spencer: Our own education system is destroying our children’s future.

  • Letter: The Mystery of Roy's Portraitist Published 3/27/2013 at 10:44 a.m. 0 comments

    Perkins: There is a painting of the famous musician Roy Acuff on the ground floor in the Museum of East Tennessee History located on Gay Street. Can anyone else help?

  • Letter: Final Riposte Published 3/20/2013 at 11:00 a.m. 0 comments

    Letterman: My point about “current education” should have been directed at the fact students are taught to take “the test,” not to assemble the facts and come to a logical conclusion.

  • Letter: Making Some Noise Published 3/20/2013 at 10:57 a.m. 0 comments

    Ogle: Congratulations to Knoxville’s Black Lillies and kudos to Ryan Reed for a great cover story!