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We’ve written about the oil spill pretty frequently here at Speak to Power. Knoxville blogger Jen McClurg Roth is doing what she can to bring awareness to what’s happening in her native Alabama and the Gulf Coast. From KNS, Jen McClurg Roth has created an organization called Clean The Gulf Now (CTGN) setting up...
This page on Knox Views is really cool. R. Neal has set up all the latest news regarding the BP Deepwater Horizon spill. One stop shopping we wish we were having to do, but Knoxviews just made it easier. And in related news, a poll by ABC suggests that the BP Oil Spill is...
Katie Allison Granju is just asking for one thing in the aftermath of the loss of her son, Henry. It’s not a lot really considering what she’s been through. She’s just asking people in law enforcement to do their job. As a mother who has lost a child, it is certainly tempting to get...
No one wants to bury their child. Finally, there are reports that the case of Henry Granju is finally being investigated by the Knoxville Police Department. It’s not going to bring Henry back, but it’s a start to put the people who took a tire iron to him to justice. As more details about...
Are we thinking things through? I think about that sometimes. In politics, in life in general and in our day-to-day lives. It’s simple to get into the outrage game when it comes to all of these things, but the question that keeps coming back to me is if collectively we are taking steps to...
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And people are talking about it. Jen-Sized weighs in. Steve Ross linked to her this morning, but I wanted to revisit some of her analysis. But is this for real? Of course what he did was wrong, but I can’t stop imagining this dude in the common area with his fellow inmates. “What are...
Jamie Satterfield at the Knoxville News Sentinel is covering the trial of David Kernell and reports that he wasn’t the only one to take a look into Sarah Palin’s Yahoo account. Former University of Tennessee student David C. Kernell isn’t the only person who allegedly perused a one-time presidential running mate’s private Yahoo! e-mail...
I don’t know about most people, but spring is usually the busiest time of the year for me. This year has been no exception. This is the first full week I’ve spent at my home sleeping in my own bed in about two months. The great thing about the world of technology is that...
From the Tennessee blogfather R. Neal, who has the numbers and analyzes what money was spent in Tennessee elections in 2007-08. A new study by the National Institute on Money in State Politics finds that the 2007-2008 state legislative campaigns were the most expensive ever, breaking the $1 billion mark for the first time....