Voices

Ushering in the New Year with ... "Maybe"

Jan 04, 2021 at 10:00 am by Paulette Jackson

Have you ever wondered why you are here?You are the only you there has everbeen or ever will be.You have so much to offer Maybe you will invent somethingthat no one has ever.... Read More

Opinion: Why CARES Act II is essential to Tennessee's economy

Dec 21, 2020 at 08:54 am by Voice Wire

The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic has stretched far and wide, affecting many Tennessee residents who had always been self-sufficient. Here in Nashville, our hospit.... Read More

Your Feelings About the Pandemic Are Normal. Normal, Normal, Normal!

Dec 18, 2020 at 12:15 pm by aGentleDrLaura

This morning I was watching the “noise.” Which, by the way, I regularly swear off and start scanning again. One segment was all about mental health and the pandemi.... Read More

Opinion: Failure in leadership led to Nashville's Great Flood and continued flooding after

Dec 17, 2020 at 11:40 am by robmtchl

The record rainfall before 2010 was way back in 1979 when the remnants of Hurricane Frederick on May 5th dropped 6.68 inches on Nashville. The Mill Creek area in Antioch and S.... Read More

Mike Sparks: DeBerry's voice amplified as member of governor's cabinet

Dec 14, 2020 at 12:00 pm by Voice Wire 2

The year 2020 will go down as being known for COVID-19, social-distancing and the political ambush of John DeBerry by the Tennessee Democratic Party. DeBerry, a Memphis Democr.... Read More

Sometimes What We are Taught to Believe Isn't the Complete Truth

Dec 03, 2020 at 10:33 am by robmtchl 1

Recently many people have been posting quotes by Teddy Roosevelt. It sounds like an amazing quote put forth by a true statesman (which I believe Teddy Roosevelt was.) Perhaps.... Read More

How to Help a Person in a Trauma Flashback

Nov 30, 2020 at 07:00 am by aGentleDrLaura

Thanksgiving is over. We've eaten our fill of turkey, pumpkin, and other favorites. Now we're onward toward the next holiday experience. Many people feel a lot of joy. Holiday.... Read More

Puritans. Pilgrims. Mr. Perkins and Praise

Nov 19, 2020 at 09:00 am by Paulette Jackson 3

Religion, has been amongst us these 35 years; but the more it is disseminated, the more it is condemned by many. Thus, not profanity or wickeness, but Religion itself is.... Read More

Legal Aid: SNAP recipients have more benefits than they realize

Nov 11, 2020 at 08:00 am by Voice Wire

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused upheaval to the lives of almost everyone, but the effects have been most pronounced among lower-income people. Here in Tennessee, man.... Read More

We should look back to the '80s for our future

Nov 09, 2020 at 09:19 am by robmtchl 1

The populist conservative movement known as the New Right enjoyed unprecedented growth in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It's greatest salesman was Ronald Reagan. It appealed.... Read More

Dear Rutherford County, Don't be like Nashville! Take a look at corporate tax breaks!

Oct 28, 2020 at 09:16 am by robmtchl 1

Recent events to the north of us in Davidson County have pointed out some very serious flaws in the standard arguments revolving around growth, economic development and p.... Read More

Your Vote Matters

Oct 26, 2020 at 10:30 am by Chloe Cerutti

As a transplant from Washington State where mail-in voting works exceedingly well and is standard practice, I can highly recommend this voting procedure as a method which ha.... Read More

A Visit to the ER Feels Like We've Been to a Superspreader Event

Oct 22, 2020 at 12:59 pm by MK37130 4

Recently my husband had to go to the emergency department at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital and it feels like we've just been at a superspreader event. It is infur.... Read More

Faparusi: Key to economic recovery is small business, entreprenuership

Oct 19, 2020 at 10:00 am by Voice Wire

In the first quarter of 2020, our country and state shut down, not because there was a world war but because there was a global pandemic that caught us flatfooted. Due to the.... Read More

Faparusi: SCOTUS nomiation 'a matter of the president's discretion'

Oct 15, 2020 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire 1

Independent Senate Candidate, Yomi "Fapas" Faparusi, provides his opinion on the nomination of Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Yomi Faparusi stated, "Article II, Secti.... Read More