Sometimes, I wish I were a traffic cop

Driving my boys Tater and Bud to school this morning, we were in traffic behind a minivan. Not an uncommon occurrence, right? Wel…

Friday Perspective: Requiescat in pace, Michael Jackson

Hard to believe that Michael Jackson is actually dead. No matter how he led his personal life, it's undeniable that he truly…

Stealing from the dead - or - You can't take it with you

From the Oak Ridge Police Department blotter in the Oak Ridger newspaper: April 5th: Cynthia Jo Cantrell of Powell, TN, reporte…

Dying to take advantage of this sale? (Updated)

On my drive this morning, I passed a cemetery. Anderson Memorial Gardens in Clinton, TN, to be exact. At the main entrance gate …