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Joe King All too often, the labyrinth which is politics leads us down a winding path that focuses more on pandering to voters rather than balancing issues equally. Although the approval rating of congress continues to sink, this sense of imbalance...
By Daniel Pursglove We almost take it as a given that we can read. Most adults do read and enjoy it or at least use the skill to gain useful information. Unfortunately, there are those with the skill but don’t have glasses: ...
Here in Seymour just about a year ago I had winter on my mind. I was somewhat predicting a cold winter. Right now I think that we have lost ‘Winter’ from our vocabulary. Somehow or other I found myself perusing spring...
By: Lee RamseyLife isn’t fair, especially when it comes to the TSSAA and high school sports.Have you ever stopped to think why certain high schools win more than others; especially the private schools? It isn’t an accident...
We The People In Seymour, as in the rest of the country, we are looking for government money. Many don’t stop to realize that this is all borrowed money and when we do get some of it we can’t keep it for long. It has to be passed around...
By: Lee RamseyWell guys the long agonizing wait is over. It’s finally here.The angle of the sun has changed. Have you noticed? It sets lower on the horizon with a special glow.The leaves on the trees are beginning to...
In Seymour, as in the rest of the country, we are looking for government money. Many don’t stop to realize that this is all borrowed money and when we do get some of it we can’t keep it for long. It has to be passed around...
What was supposed to be Isiah Thomas’ triumphant return to the New York Knicks’ management team is over before it even began. And none of the principles in the proposed move have even acknowledged its folly or the sheer chutzpah...
By: Lee Ramsey It takes money to run a high school athletic program. That is a pretty well known fact. Football brings in the most money and supports itself along with other minor sports. ...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is once again considering a ban on caffeine after an Australian Football League (AFL) player suffered a bad reaction to a sleeping tablet he took to counter the effects of a caffeine...
By: Lee Ramsey Sports have been a big part of my life and probably yours too if you’re reading this. I’ve played, coached or covered sports as a newspaper journalist almost all my life. If...
Is Seymour being picked on? No not really the same forty some days of bad weather are affecting the rest of the country. In some parts they are having much worse weather, plus wild fires. Thank God that our...
By Daniel Pursglove The Dragon is waking up; we’re safe here in Seymour. But many of us and others from all over the region and the country will approach just to get a close up look or to put the Dragon to...
By Lee Ramsey Well here we go again; discussing more UT athlete behavior problems. Last week two University of Tennessee football players, Darren Myles Jr., 19 and Da’Rich...
By: Lee Ramsey Summer means different things to different people. When it comes to sports, that statement takes on a whole new meaning. For school kids, summer use to mean riding you bicycle...
The 106th General Assembly adjourned to become a part of Tennessee history in the early morning hours of June 10. Although the state's budget and education reforms adopted during the Special Session...
By Jordan Korbritz In what might be the most offensive sales campaign of all time – or perhaps it’s merely the most original sports marketing ploy we’ve ever heard of – the Florida Marlins are...
How was your Easter? I hope that it wasn’t dedicated to who ate the chocolate ears off my bunny? For me it seems that each year I learn something...
Yesterday, Today and Forever…. God’s Amazing PowerThousands of Christians are unaware as to how amazing the power of God really is. The old Testament saints had great power and did great acts that are seldom heard of today among...
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 drinks. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When...
