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John Cole’s Tennessee

February 1, 2023 By Tennessee Lookout Leave a Comment

This John Cole editorial cartoon is from Tennessee/Lookout

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Fair Criticism Does Not Equal Incivility

January 27, 2023 By Tennessee Lookout Leave a Comment

This editorial is from Tennessee/Lookout. In 1910, one year after leaving the presidency, Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt delivered a speech at the University of Paris — better known as the Sorbonne — titled “Citizenship in a Republic.”  The speech is better known as the “Man in the Arena” speech, and you may be familiar with it as one portion is […]

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Know Better, Do Better: A Civil Rights Reading List

January 16, 2023 By Tennessee Lookout Leave a Comment

This article by Holly McCall is from Tennessee/Lookout. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated two months before my fourth birthday in 1968 and Robert Kennedy, former U.S. attorney general and Democratic presidential candidate, was assassinated the day after I turned four.  I remember Kennedy’s death, although not King’s, despite that King’s occurred in Memphis, […]

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John Cole’s Tennessee: In the Belly of the Beast

January 11, 2023 By Tennessee Lookout Leave a Comment

This editorial cartoon is from Tennessee/Lookout

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Jone Cole’s Tennessee Presents: TVA’s ‘Frozen’

January 6, 2023 By Tennessee Lookout Leave a Comment

This editorial cartoon is from Tennessee/Lookout

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The Angry Grandmother’s ‘Twelve Banned Books of Christmas’

December 12, 2022 By Tennessee Lookout Leave a Comment

This article is from Tennessee/Lookout. All y’all know I love to read, I always have and one of the joys of owning a bookstore was recommending books to customers of all ages. Once someone discovers the pleasure of escaping mentally with a great book, that wanting to read never goes away.  This grandmother is stunned to […]

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Tennessee DCS Situation Represents Abject Failure of Government, Lawmakers

December 7, 2022 By Tennessee Lookout Leave a Comment

This article is from Tennessee/Lookout When Tennessee Lookout reporter Anita Wadhwani first reported in August 2021 that children in custody of the state were left sleeping on the floors of state office buildings, some surrounded by mounds of clothing and dirty diapers, readers were outraged.  One might think that Gov. Bill Lee, who frequently touts his […]

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Cook Thanks Supporters

November 13, 2022 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

I want to express my heartfelt thanks to all my neighbors who wrote me in on the ballot for Mayor of East Ridge in the Municipal Election. I want to especially thank the folks who helped me put up campaign signs (Earl Wilson, Rick Robertson and Chuck Janow), and who worked the polls for me […]

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East Ridge Citizens’ Voice

November 8, 2022 By Contributed Article Leave a Comment

The citizen of East Ridge MUST HAVE a voice when it comes to decisions that are being made by the City Council.  Far too often, the voice of our citizens completely falls on deaf ears. THIS NEEDS TO STOP. The current and previous administrations do not care about the citizens of East Ridge. They have […]

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Write in Dick Cook for Mayor

October 25, 2022 By Contributed Article Leave a Comment

We are approximately two weeks away from election day and this is a very critical election for our City. People ask me why l am supporting Dick Cook for this election and l decided to share my reasons why. I have known Dick for over 10 years and he has been a dear friend and […]

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Now is the Time to Stand Up to the Challenges Facing East Ridge

October 18, 2022 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of op/ed pieces that will provide readers with proposals to improve East Ridge by write-in Mayoral candidate Dick Cook, publisher of East Ridge News Online. The incumbent is welcome to submit his own op/ed articles, as are candidates for City Council. Early voting for the East Ridge Municipal […]

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City of East Ridge Buying Gas out of State?

October 14, 2022 By Contributed Article Leave a Comment

The City of East Ridge has been fortunate in being one of three cities in the State of Tennessee to be approved for and receiving benefits from the state in regards to additional revenue from sales tax collected in the form our city receiving back 75 percent of the states portion of sales tax collected. […]

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TDOT Shuts Down East Ridge with No Warning

October 6, 2022 By Contributed Article Leave a Comment

TDOT shuts down East Ridge on Thursday with absolutely no warning, no detours, and not safety in mind.  TDOT has hijacked Tombras, McBrien, and Moore during the busiest time of day on a very busy day of the week.  These are actual TDOT employees from what I can tell too because their trucks say TDOT […]

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Let’s Adopt an Ordinance that Makes City Employees Accountable

September 29, 2022 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

On Accountability  EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of op/ed pieces that will provide readers with proposals to improve East Ridge by write-in Mayoral candidate Dick Cook, publisher of East Ridge News Online. The incumbent is welcome to submit his own op/ed articles, as are candidates for City Council. It is my belief […]

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Personal Integrity In Our Elected Officials

September 21, 2022 By Contributed Article Leave a Comment

 Life in America over the past decade or two (at the very least) should have taught us all something about our elected officials: 1) the need for personal integrity and accountability and 2) the seeming total absence of it in the people we keep electing. This applies at the local, state, and national levels and […]

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