While last month’s Jackson-Madison County School Board meeting was a transitional one that saw the Board possibly take a new direction with Harvey Walden as the new chair, it’s worth …

One of my favorite television characters is Don Draper, the embattled antihero protagonist of the award-winning series Mad Men. Draper was an excellent adman but a terrible human being. He was …

Accountability is tough. Whether it’s holding someone else accountable or ourselves, it’s a challenge many leaders face daily. In fact, I hear the question time and time again: “How …

Sheriff Julian Wiser brought up an issue at this week’s Madison County Commission meeting that needed dealt with, and he dealt with it because he, many in his department and many on the …

There’s been a lot of speculation and rumors floating around regarding the Jackson-Madison County School Board and Superintendent Marlon King this year during the elections and since. I …

Likeability and personality may get you the job, but it doesn’t necessarily get the job done.  This is true in all organizational leadership positions, and the 2024 American presidential …

Earlier this week, a fight broke out in broad daylight on the busiest street in the entire city. Based on some raw footage that began rapidly circulating on social media, a minor car accident …

With school starting earlier this month for everybody in the county, I’ve become more aware that some people actually look forward to school and classes resuming. I was always in the group …

This week as I drove south from Chattanooga I entered the billboard wonderland that is North Georgia. It was growing dark, the trip was getting boring, so I turned to Spotify for my daily mix. …

Most everyone I know has a “hidden talent.” These unique skill sets typically reveal themselves during the most mundane circumstances: icebreakers at teacher in-service, parties that have …

Grace, grace, God’s grace,             Grace that will pardon and cleanse within; …

When Wings on Brookwood advertises their boneless wings, any sensible person would think that these wings are… well, without bones.  After all, that’s what “boneless” …

In 1955, after two world wars, on the heels of the Korean War, and amidst the global rise of totalitarian governments in Europe and Asia and Cold War, the American Friends Service Committee produced …

Returning to school each fall always evokes a bit of murmuring from my children. Sleeping in, trips to the beach, and free time with friends is admittedly more fun than studying algebra and writing …

Shaking Ben Sasse’s hand and talking with him a few years ago in the basement of Oman Arena, I realized I was talking with a good man.  He had come to Jackson to speak, and instead of …

Consider this:  what if you went to the grocery store and only had 15 percent of the money to pay for the cost of what was in your cart? How about this:  what if you went to a Friday …

When our children were young, it was fairly common for the youngest child to delight in saying the blessing before meals. When our youngest, Timothy, was 4 years old he often eagerly asked to say the …

The unprecedented nature of the upcoming presidential election cannot be overstated. In one corner you have a former president, Donald J. Trump, who lost his previous reelection bid and survived a …

Last week’s official global controversy (because there is a different one each week) was the alleged parody of The Last Supper at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. I heard about …

I don't do politics. That is a statement I used to say because of all the stress politics brought me and caused me just to be angry. I would say the only thing I could I do anyhow for my nation, …